The new Mastodon album Hushed And Grim is full of surprises so far. The first surprise came upon announcement, when we learned that Hushed And Grim was actually a double album. Now in an interview with Kerrang!, the band reveals quite an interesting guest list. The list includes:
- Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and French horn player (and Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders' mother) Jody on "Had It All"
- Blues guitarist Marcus King on "The Beast"
- Municipal Waste drummer Dave Witte on "Dagger"
- The Claypool Lennon Delirium keyboardist João Nogueira on multiple songs
- Engineer Tom Tapley's daughter on vocals for "Sickle And Peace"
No word on if Neurosis vocalist Scott Kelly will appear, though Kelly did recently do a song with the band called "Fallen Torches". So at least there's that.
Drummer Brann Dailor also elaborated on Mastodon's decision to create a double album.
"I was listening at home, and these 15 songs just seemed to work well together," said Dailor. "I remember thinking, 'I know this is crazy, but maybe we should consider the idea of putting out a double-album and have it be an hour and a half long.' I thought that someone would shoot me down, but here we are. I liked the space that it gave itself. I liked the quieter moments, and the airier ones."
"If there’s a band out there that people expected to do a double-album at some point, it was probably us…"
