MASTODON's NAMM Schedule
January 15, 2009Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will attend this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants),which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Their schedule is as follows:
Saturday, January 17:
12:00 noon - MASTODON band signing at Shure
1:00 p.m. - Troy Sanders and Bill Kelliher signing at Yamaha
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Brann Dailor signing at Meinl
3:00 p.m. - Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds signing at Gibson
4:30 p.m. - Brann Dailor signing at Tama
Important: The NAMM show is **NOT** open to the public. The only attendees are NAMM member companies and their invited guests.
A teaser clip of the new MASTODON track "Oblivion" is available for streaming on the band's official web site. The song will appear on MASTODON's new album, "Crack The Skye", which is tentatively due late March.
John Doran of The Quietus has posted a track-by-track review of "Crack The Skye". Read it at this location.
Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the "Tinitus" radio show, which airs every Wednesday on Norway's NRK P3, spoke to MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor in late November prior the band's concert in Oslo as part of the "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" tour with SLAYER, TRIVIUM and AMON AMARTH.
Exclusive excerpts from the interview were originally aired on the November 26, 2008 edition of "Tinitus". The show is now available on podcast at this location.
"Crack the Skye" was recorded at Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta and was produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, who has previously worked with VELVET REVOLVER, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, PEARL JAM, AC/DC and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, among others.
"Crack the Skye" track listing:
01. Oblivion
02. Divinations
03. Quintessence
04. The Czar
I. Usurper
II. Escape
III. Martyr
IV. Spiral
05. Ghost of Karelia
06. Crack The Skye
07. The Last Baron
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