Eeeeeeeeeeep! I'm excited!
In a new interview published today on Loudwire, Mastodon drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor confirms that the band completed tracking the album. The interview occurred a few days ago, which is when Brann declared that it was the last day of tracking.
As for the sound of the new album:
Yeah, I mean, it borrows from everything we have done. I feel like whenever we write a new record or go into the studio, we always pick something from that or find something that we like from the previous albums or songs and then there is the fact that we cant really change who we are as musicians and what we kind of gravitate towards naturally together. So it sounds like us — some super duper heavy stuff. It’s heavier stuff than we’ve done in the last two albums. This one sort of reminds me of, as far as the collection of songs, reminds me a little more of ‘Blood Mountain.’
It has some elements from all the albums in there, but then there’s lots of new stuff that I don’t recognize at all. That’s usually what we are really looking for, you know? There’s more of a surprise for ourselves and for fans. I, sort of, imagine people listening to it and either being absolutely horrified or absolutely loving it. [Laughs] Like, “Oh my god, what is this?!”
Brann also admitted that the band have a title for the new record, but he's not ready to reveal what it is. He said that the band will now enter the mixing stage and hope to be done in early March and said that he can't see it being released in late April, so it'll probably be after their upcoming insane tour with Gojira and Kvelertak, which means they won't be playing any new material on the road. Bummer! But that still won't stop me from going to these shows, and you should check them out too.
