Mastodon Reveal New Album Concept
Mastodon have revealed the concept behind ‘Crack the Skye’ and it involves Tsarist Russia, Rasputin and Stephen Hawkins.
Speaking to The Quietus, Brann Dailor said: “There’s a story which goes from start to end. And there is Tsarist Russia in there and that was picked because ever since the first record we’ve wanted to do something about this period and their art aesthetics, with the black lacquer boxes and that look was something we were going for.”
“From there you take elements of that, and it’s multi-dimensional and it goes into outer-space and it’s about the ether and deals with astral travel, out of body experiences and deals with Stephen Hawking’s theories on wormholes. But I think one of the cool things about our band is that we will leave it ambiguously for the listener to dive into the lyrics themselves and maybe come to their own conclusions and form a little movie that plays in their heads.”
‘Crack the Skye’ is set for release in the first quarter of 2009.
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Will NEVER, I repeat, NEVER
Beat GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE!
Ever, Ever, EVER!
If they’re last couple of albums are anything to go by this will be a 2009 metal highlight.
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