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The Atlanta, Georgia USA-based Mastodon play a form of technical Sludge/Grindcore
combination that has made them a force on the worldwide Metal scene. Since
forming in 1999, the band, Bill Kelliher on guitar + vocals, Brent Hinds
on guitar + vocals, Troy Sanders on bass + vocals and Brann Dailor on
drums, has essentially lived on the road.
After non-stop touring they decided to record a demo, which would ultimately
be released in a shortened EP form on Relapse Records as "Lifeblood".
The success of the EP spurned more touring and even greater success and
their first full-length album, "Remission", was finally released
in 2002.
A second full-length disc, "Leviathan", followed in August
2004; the album, which propelled Mastodon into the critical limelight
throughout much of 2005, hit #5 on the Billboard's Top Heatseekers and
also broke into the U.S. sales chart, peaking at #139 on The Billboard
200.
The Atlanta's foursome again decided to tour as a part of the Unholy
Alliance tour in the summer of 2006; the tour was a perfect opportunity
to expose the band to an even wider audience and came fresh on the heels
of their next release, "Blood Mountain", their Warner Bros Records
debut, which was released in mid-September with the accompanying singles
"Capillarian Crest" and "Colony Of Birchmen"; the
latter became their first Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock entry at #33
and the album eventually peaked at #32 on The Billboard 200.
Mastodon's latest album, "Crack The Skye" runs 50 minutes but
features only 7 tracks, built around four-part centerpiece "The Czar";
the disc, released in March 2009, debuted inside the top 20 of The Billboard
200. The quartet will head out on a European summer tour with Metal gods
Metallica.
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