Mastodon - Reveal New Album Title
In a recent interview, Mastodon's bassist and vocalist Troy Sanders discussed the band's forthcoming album and it was revealed that it will be called Once More Round The Sun. The successor to The Hunter is finally coming and is slated for a release later this year on Warner Brothers Records. Once More Round The Sun clocks at around 60 minutes, and it is currently being mastered.
Troy Sanders explains the title to Paste Magazine: "The idea was generated before we recorded the title track on the record, but the title was thought up many months ago. After we finished the two-year touring cycle on our last record, The Hunter, we were kind of gearing up to go back to our rehearsal space in Atlanta. And we were starting the effort, the time, the blood, the energy, the months of driving, the recording and the long process between recording and the release day. In a nutshell: we're fortunate enough to do this again, but there's this feeling of this yearly cycle. It's not a bad thing. We get to go tour a bunch, we get to record a bunch of songs we love. It's embracing the positive?the wonderful side, to be able to have the same four dudes who love doing what we do so much. And like anything in the Mastodon world, it's open to interpretation."
In terms of the new album direction: "We're all over the world as far as themes go. But there are a few sprinkles of epic goodness. A lot of people ask us if it kicks off where The Hunter left off. And to a large degree, I suppose yes. We recorded it and took it on the road with us, and then we headed back to our rehearsal space and started working out ideas. I've had a lot of time to ingest this record, and it's solid. It's a large slab of granite. I'm once again completely proud of these guys."
Once More Round The Sun's sessions also left the band with some extra material. The band ended up cutting around 30 minutes of music, which Sanders hopes to see as an additional EP after the album release: "We didn't want a 90-minute album. We like to record around the 60-minute mark. That's what our favorite records are. We're in love with all 15 of [the songs], so they might all see the light of day in some platform or another."
The album artwork was created by Oakland-based artist Skinner and more should probably be revealed in the near future.
Troy Sanders explains the title to Paste Magazine: "The idea was generated before we recorded the title track on the record, but the title was thought up many months ago. After we finished the two-year touring cycle on our last record, The Hunter, we were kind of gearing up to go back to our rehearsal space in Atlanta. And we were starting the effort, the time, the blood, the energy, the months of driving, the recording and the long process between recording and the release day. In a nutshell: we're fortunate enough to do this again, but there's this feeling of this yearly cycle. It's not a bad thing. We get to go tour a bunch, we get to record a bunch of songs we love. It's embracing the positive?the wonderful side, to be able to have the same four dudes who love doing what we do so much. And like anything in the Mastodon world, it's open to interpretation."
In terms of the new album direction: "We're all over the world as far as themes go. But there are a few sprinkles of epic goodness. A lot of people ask us if it kicks off where The Hunter left off. And to a large degree, I suppose yes. We recorded it and took it on the road with us, and then we headed back to our rehearsal space and started working out ideas. I've had a lot of time to ingest this record, and it's solid. It's a large slab of granite. I'm once again completely proud of these guys."
Once More Round The Sun's sessions also left the band with some extra material. The band ended up cutting around 30 minutes of music, which Sanders hopes to see as an additional EP after the album release: "We didn't want a 90-minute album. We like to record around the 60-minute mark. That's what our favorite records are. We're in love with all 15 of [the songs], so they might all see the light of day in some platform or another."
The album artwork was created by Oakland-based artist Skinner and more should probably be revealed in the near future.
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| Cynic Metalhead Paisa Vich Nasha Posts: 6816  |
The Hunter clocked 52.54, this going around 60 mins. More fun, moar fun!! Excited.
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| Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1458  |
Yeah, looking forward to this one. They haven't disappointed me yet.
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4038  |
Written by Hallford9000 on 05.04.2014 at 13:46 Mastodon sophisticated? Great band, but far from it  Edit: at least relative to Opeth
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4038 |
True, but in the context of Opeth that's undermined.
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| Cynic Metalhead Paisa Vich Nasha Posts: 6816 |
I'm seeing lot of Opeth references here and in honesty I don't see any fucking connection out here. Mastodon is not sophisticated, Opeth is sophisticated? Where did you drawn from?! Mastodon is pushing up envelope, Opeth is bouncing within it's walls. Opeth's music btw has always bored me to death(except first few records which was good enough, not outstanding).
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4038 |
Written by Guest on 05.04.2014 at 16:20 I see your point, but we're talking about sophisticated here, not revolutionary or innovative - "developed to a high degree of complexity."
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| mz Posts: 4774  |
But opeth beats Bach, Beethoven and Mozart.
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Account deleted Written by mz on 05.04.2014 at 18:23 Only according to that one review 
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| 3rdWorld China was a neat Posts: 4367  |
More prog please. And looking forward to the artwork since Mastodon's covers have always been quite exquisite.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Why are we talking about Opeth?
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4038 |
Written by Guest on 05.04.2014 at 18:16 Mastodon generally follows simple song structures where as Opeth does not - that is what sophistication means in this context. We're not going to use synonyms of synonyms here. Innovative: "featuring new methods; advanced and original." Revolutionary: "involving or causing a complete or dramatic change." Sophisticated: "developed to a high degree of complexity." Don't argue for the sake of arguing, you well know that those sentences are not synonymous. Progressive music is by definition complex, hence if a band were to play something of that nature they should be labelled as progressive. However, Mastodon is progressive so I don't see your point. I simply argued Mastodon wasn't as sophisticated as Opeth because one user put them in the same context, I would not have done so otherwise. If you take two entities and place them side by side and proceed to use the same adjective to describe them despite that fact that one possesses far more of that quality than the other and is made distinct by that difference, then what's the point?
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Your quote comes from exactly the same body of text that the synonyms are derived from  Talk about arguing for the sake of arguing. Certainly not worth carrying on a discussion with someone that quotes the internet then selectively ignores evidence from the exact same source which directly contradicts his entire argument. Amazing.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Seems like typical Opeth fanboyism. Mastodon's sound to me is more innovative, revolutionary, and sophisticated than Opeth's.
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4038 |
I don't think that Opeth is the most complex or intelligent metal in the world as fanboys would usually say - there're are numerous artists who surpass them in that respect. Mastodon is not one of them, coming from a songwriting point of view. Written by Guest on 05.04.2014 at 20:24 That's because there are various definitions for each word, and you've selectively highlighted those which suit your fancy, that's not how arguments work. Read those definitions again - there is no way that anyone who's moderately well-read would be able to call those words synonyms with those definitions, the most commonly used ones. Edit: selected those less common definitions*
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Account deleted Written by LeKiwi on 05.04.2014 at 21:08 Sorry, I'm not interested in how you've snaked your way to being "right" by creating an entirely fabricated and personal context where only your selective definitions are correct. I'll let the people reading the discussion come to their own conclusions 
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4038 |
Written by Guest on 05.04.2014 at 21:13 Go ahead, define those three words in your own way (which you won't) and you'll see that they aren't synonyms in the conventional sense.
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 05.04.2014 at 20:00 Alteration of Godwin's law: the probability of bringing up Opeth in a prog metal discussion approaches 1 over time.
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| Hallford9000 Posts: 242 |
Written by Guest on 05.04.2014 at 15:57 I don't think that the genre shows if a band is sophisticated. I said it because of their lyrics and the complex thematic structures of their albums.
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4038 |
Written by Hallford9000 on 05.04.2014 at 21:21 It's not that complex really...but I see your point.
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| Ocean Sage Posts: 473  |
Am I the only one here who will comment on the actual article? I like the new title and I can't wait for the album! I like Opeth, but I love Mastodon AND I saw them both on The Hunter/Heritage Tour. They are both complex, but I'd say from a guitarist's perspective Mastodon is pushing playing to another level. Some of Brent's stuff is near impossible for the average or even professional players.
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| Zap Guest Posts: 3517  |
Written by Guest on 05.04.2014 at 15:57 Are they technically still sludge?
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