“Mastodon make a fantastic, fantastical return on Emperor of Sand”
“Drawing as much from their past as well as their present, Mastodon refuse to go extinct just shy of two decades of music-making. Emperor of Sand is at once emotionally powerful and musically arresting.”
“Metal needed this album. It needed a record that’s doomy, heavy and magnificently multilayered, and Mastodon’s seventh album is exactly that. “‘Emperor Of Sand’ is like the Grim Reaper,” says drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor about the album’s cancer concept, which reflects the band’s recent familial losses. “Sand represents time. If you or anyone you know has ever received a terminal diagnosis, the f”
“Full of melodic singing and zig-zagging riffs, the new Mastodon LP reins-in the Atlanta metal band’s technical abilities without watering them down—though it smooths out some of their angular edges.”
“Our take on the proggy metal band's seventh album”
“On Emperor of Sand, Mastodon pads out rehashed ideas from their last several albums with alt-rock choruses that went out of style with the 90s.”
