New Mastodon Coming Early 2009

Mastodon are talking up their new record, Rock Sound has the highlights.

Posted Thursday, 31 July 2008 in

Mastodon are talking up their new record, bassist Troy Sanders recently had this to say to Artist Direct about the album:

''We finished the bulk of it. All of the basic tracks are done. We finished them on the Monday before we flew out to Seattle to start this tour. We go home on August 23rd. Then we have 10 days booked in the studio to touch up things, add any bells and whistles, take away anything we don't want, mix it and then figure out the sequencing. It should see light at the beginning of 2009.''

And how does it sound?

''I think it's become more spacious, melodic and a bit more epic, in the grand scheme of things. Some of the guitar parts really space out. We paid a lot of attention to the vocal patterns. We really tried to become more melodic with the vocals, making them more intertwined with the songs. It's by far the biggest departure from record to record that we've done. A lot of the stuff on this record doesn't quite sound like us.''