MASTODON is an explosive, unbridled force. Possessing an uncanny song-writing sense, fearless innovation, unparalleled technical ability and a bottomless pool of raw talent and creativity, and is inarguably one of the most exciting new bands to form in the last 10 years. The group's third album, Blood Mountain, isn't just unconventional, it's surreal, progressive and unrepentantly heavy.
Instead of writing songs for rock radio, Mastodon drew inspiration from within, combining their favourite musical styles, including thrash, doom, prog and psychedelic metal to concoct something utterly original, undeniably devastating and irrefutably entrancing. In a recent interview with MTV.com, drummer Bränn Dailor said about the upcoming CD, “It's hard to be inside something and talk to people about it. And it's kind of a cliché that the people in the band think that what they're working on at the moment is the best stuff they've ever done. But I guess that's the way that we feel. It's just more intense, more — I mean I like everything we've ever done. But at the moment, I'm really digging on this stuff. It's hard for me to put into words what's different about it. It's just better.”