Emperor Of Sand 2LP fg_Catalog Number_0882183318 Written largely with his longtime

Written largely with his longtime collaborator and former bass player Matt Bissonette

The new album from Berkeley

gliding deftly into territory that marries the old strident Destroyer with the new

comprised of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper

as well as appearances from Ari Lennox

Emperor Of Sand 2LP fg_Catalog Number_0882183318 Written largely with his longtimeEmperor Of Sand finds Mastodon returning to a deeply imaginative and complex conceptual storyline that ponders the nature of time. Threading together the myth of a man sentenced to death in a majestically malevolent desert, the band conjures the grains of a musical and lyrical odyssey slipping quickly through a cosmic hourglass. "Emperor of Sand is like the grim reaper," says drummer vocalist Brann Dailor. "Sand represents time. If you or anyone you