Emperor of Sand

metacritic

fantano

On Emperor of Sand, Mastodon pads out rehashed ideas from their last several albums with alt-rock choruses that went out of style with the 90s.

pitchfork

Full of melodic singing and zig-zagging riffs, the new Mastodon LP reins-in the Atlanta metal band’s technical abilities without watering them down—though it smooths out some of their angular edges.

thelineofbestfit

Mastodon make a fantastic, fantastical return on Emperor of Sand

rollingstone

Our take on the proggy metal band's seventh album

exclaim

Drawing as much from their past as well as their present, Mastodon refuse to go extinct just shy of two decades of music-making. Emperor of Sand is at once emotionally powerful and musically arresting.