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MASTODON RETURN TO THE PROG SIDE ON NEW DOUBLE ALBUM
IF IT’S OUT THERE, IT’S IN HERE
The American prog metal heavyweights are back with Hushed And Grim, eulogising a fallen friend over 15 tracks.
Mastodon: progging out on their new album.
CLAY PATRICK MCBRIDE
Mastodon are to release their long-awaited ninth album, Hushed And Grim, via Reprise Records on October 29. The double disc sees the Atlantan four-piece re-embrace prog, four years after the arena metal of the Grammy-winning Emperor Of Sand.
“Overall, I think Hushed And Grim is our proggiest album,” says guitarist Bill Kelliher. “It’s more of a whole. On the other records, there’s a proggy song here or there, but, here, every song has been progged out a little bit.”