Length 54:08 Artist Mastodon Producer Nick Raskulinecz | Once More 'Round the Sun
(2014) Emperor of Sand
(2017) Release date 24 June 2014 Label Reprise Records | |
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Released June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24) Recorded Rock Falcon Studios, Franklin, Tennessee Genres Heavy metal, Progressive metal, Sludge metal, Hard rock Similar Mastodon albums, Heavy metal albums | ||
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Once More 'Round the Sun is the sixth studio album from American heavy metal band Mastodon. The album was released on June 24, 2014, via Reprise Records. On April 17, 2014, Mastodon released the album's first single, titled "High Road". On June 16, 2014 the album was made available for streaming on iTunes. The album sold around 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 6 on The Billboard 200 chart, making it the band's second consecutive top 10 debut after their previous album, The Hunter, peaking at No.10 after opening with 39,000 copies in 2011.
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Mastodon tread lightly with lyrics
Background
In late 2012, Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds mentioned in an interview that he had begun writing material for the band's next release. The band continued writing and demoing their sixth studio album throughout 2013, while touring for their 2011 release The Hunter. The band began recording in late 2013 at Rock Falcon Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, with producer Nick Raskulinecz.
Musical style
Troy Sanders has stated in an interview that the album is a continuation, where the band left off with their previous album (The Hunter).
Bill Kelliher stated also about the album's musical style: "We're always trying to surprise ourselves and write something that's new and fresh. It's definitely got the elements of The Hunter in there, but also [of] Remission and some heavier stuff. There's a lot of different influences, from Alice in Chains to Deftones. There's a lot of rock going on."
Brann Dailor stated following about the album: "It's gonna be massive and insane, lots of epic greatness. There will be lots of huge riffs and new directions. It's real weird, real math-y, real straightforward. It's up, down and all around."
Bill also stated that the album's theme might be "death". He stated the following: "It always makes for really good story telling. It's kind of the theme that we have a lot in our music. We've had a lot of friends pass away since the last record. I'm not really sure yet. I think we're kind of focusing more about living on this earth and what would happen if this was your last year to live. I think that's sort of maybe a little bit of what we might be kind of touching on."
Artwork
Oakland-based artist Skinner, who characterizes his work as "psychedelic nightmare paintings," created the album's artwork. Prior to its release, bassist and vocalist Troy Sanders stated: "It's going to be a work of art for sure. It's going to be very eye-opening. Very striking. It's from another dimension, and a lot of our music is geared toward that idea—taking you to another planet on songs. It's out there, and I think it's incredible."
Critical response
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album received an average score of 78, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 28 reviews.
Loudwire list the album as number 5 on their list of the 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014 and the song "Chimes at Midnight" at number 3 on their list of the 20 Best Metal Songs of 2014.
Track listing
All lyrics and music by Mastodon, except additional lyrics on "Diamond in the Witch House" by Scott Kelly.
Personnel
Songs
1Tread Lightly5:14
2The Motherload5:00
3High Road4:16