Mastodon (band)
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 Mastodon playing music in 2012. From left to right: Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders and Bill Kelliher. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Progressive metal, sludge metal |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Relapse, Reprise, Roadrunner |
| Members | Brann Dailor Brent Hinds Bill Kelliher Troy Sanders |
| Past member(s) | Eric Saner |
| Website | www |
Mastodon or (The Mastodon) is an American heavy metal rock band from Lawrenceville, Georgia. Formed in 2000, As of 2023, the band has made eight studio albums. In 2018, the band won a Grammy Award for the song "Sultan's Curse".[1] Sanders is from Athens, Georgia, while Hinds was born and raised in College Park, and while Kelliher and Dailor were born and raised in nearby Lawrenceville.
In 2002, the band made Remission. This was their first album. Mastodon's second album, Leviathan, was released in 2004. It is a concept album. It is based on Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.[2]
Discography
[change | change source]- Remission (2002)
- Leviathan (2004)
- Blood Mountain (2006)
- Crack the Skye (2009)
- The Hunter (2011)
- Once More 'Round the Sun (2014)
- Emperor of Sand (2017)
- Hushed and Grim (2021)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "60th Grammy Nominees". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ↑ "Where Swims the Leviathan?". Chronicles of Chaos. August 31, 2004. Retrieved August 1, 2008.
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