MASTODON: Video Interview With BILL KELLIHER

September 14, 2012

Arrcade.de conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON in February2012 in Cologne, Germany. You can now watch the chat below.

MASTODON recently completed a tour in support of its latest album "The Hunter", which was released by Reprise Records in September 2011. The band's latest North American trek kicked off on April 4 in Portland, Maine, and visited more than 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada before wrapping up with a hometown show at Atlanta's Masquerade Music Park on May 12. These shows featured Swedish metal band OPETH as co-headliners, with special guest GHOST providing support on all dates.

MASTODON in April released a split seven-inch single with Canadian singer-songwriter Feist to celebrate Record Store Day. This very exclusive pressing featuref MASTODON covering the Feist song "A Commotion", while Feist covered MASTODON's "Black Tongue".

MASTODON was among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which was held on February 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The band's Grammy nomination was for "Curl Of The Burl", the first single from MASTODON's new album, "The Hunter".

MASTODON received its first Grammy nomination in 2006 for the single "Colony Of Birchmen", from the band's Reprise Records debut album, "Blood Mountain".

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