MASTODON

Hushed And Grim

REPRISE

Atlanta’s progressive riffmasters embark on their boldest adventure yet

WRITTEN AND RECORDED under a cloud of grief, following the death of longtime manager Nick John in September 2018, Mastodon’s eighth full-length album was always destined to be a heavyweight affair. The creative breathing space that many seem to have enjoyed in the midst of a global pandemic may have also contributed to the fact that Hushed And Grim is absolutely monumental, in both size and scope.

AN ALBUM THAT’S MONUMENTAL IN SIZE AND SCOPE

As a tribute to a fallen nor 2014’s did. Those albums were rightly acclaimed and demonstrated that Mastodon were still evolving, but the electrified muscularity of and was slowly being polished away, replaced by more radio-friendly, altmetal clatter of songs like and Grammy-winner . has plenty of massive hooks too, of course, but this is a deeply heavy record, both musically and emotionally, and the fearless, ferocious spirit of those early records is very much in evidence throughout.