Mastodon
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Mastodon formed in Atlanta, Georgia in the late 90's by the fusion of
two errant duos. Guitarist\vocalist Brent Hinds and bassist\vocalist
Troy Sanders one one side, and drummer [Brann Dailor] and guitarist
Bill Kelliher (former members of Lethargy and Today Is The Day) on the
other. Mastodon recorded one demo only (know as Mastodon 7") before
enlisting with metal label Relapse records. They recorded three full
length albums for Relapse: "Remission" (2002), which features on its
cover artist Paul Romano's interpretation of a dream Brann once had, a
burning horse); "Leviathan" (2004), a concept album with central theme
Melville's "Moby Dick" (Brann Dailor read the book during a flight and
had the idea of using that theme for a concept album); "Blood Mountain"
(2006), which features the song "Colony of Birchmen", recently
nominated for a Grammy Award as "Best Metal Performance of the year"
(2006). Both "Leviathan" and "Blood Mountain" have been elected "Album
Of The Year" by Metal Magazine "Metal Hammer". Mastodon also recorded
an EP by the title "Lifesblood" (2001, re-edited including their first
demo as "Call of the Mastodon" in 2005) featuring songs that would
later become some of their best assets on live
performances.
