The new album from Mastodon will tell the story of "a desert-like version of the Grim Reaper," says drummer-singer-lyricist Brann Dailor. Across a dozen tracks of muscular, metaphysical hard rock, the still-untitled set, due out in spring 2017, grapples with themes of mortality – inspired by seeing close friends
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Inside Mastodon’s Dark, Emotional New LP