Mastodon: "All I ever wanted was for someone to tell me this album helped"
We bring an emotional darkness for people. If they want to be in that safe place, they can be." Finding time before rehearsal for his set on The Late Sh...

We bring an emotional darkness for people. If they want to be in that safe place, they can be." Finding time before rehearsal for his set on The Late Show with Seth Meyers, Mastodon drummer and co-vocalist extraordinaire Brann Dailor delves deep into the psyche of the band and their fans. Mastodon's latest studio release, ‘Emperor of Sand' is once again a conceptualised epic tale that uses storytelling to resonate - though getting to this point is a surprisingly relaxed process, he explains. "We're never quite sure what it's going to sound like, there are never any pre-determined notions when it comes to anything Mastodon, and that's what makes us organic." 'Emperor of Sand' is a project fuelled by the band's personal lives, and as the recording sessions progressed, their tales were used to flesh out the album's narrative. "Over a few months, we put together a basic outline of what the story should be and then tried to tie it all into what everybody was experiencing - life, cancer. Bill [Kelliher guitar]'s mother was going through brain cancer, and it seemed to work metaphorically, but it had to be a representation."
"I want it to be someone's everything, because it is for me."





