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It’s my understanding that Mastodon’s Blood Mountain was a concept album much like Leviathan was. I say “it’s my understanding” because I have no fucking idea what they were going on about. I mean, I get that they were looking for crystal skulls and yadda yadda, but once you get into that whole Lord of the Rings made up creatures and rules I don’t understand territory, you lose me.

It doesn’t look like I’ll have an easier time understanding the band’s new album, Crack the Skye. In between bong rips, drummer Brann Dailor recently hinted at some of this latest offering’s “story” in an interview with The Quietus:

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While we were interviewing Mastodon bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders at this past summer’s Mayhem Festival, our buds at Metal Injection were right across the hall interviewing Mastodon drummer/resident goofball Brann Dailor. As is so often the case with Metal Injection, the interview is entertaining and has an assload of good information in it, including an exclusive reveal about a guest star on Mastodon’s new album.

Check out the interview below, and then head over to Metal Injection for many more awesome interviews, videos, live footage, and all that good shit.

-AR