Mastodon – Emperor of Sand (2xLP)

Emperor of Sand is Mastodon at their most human. Written in the shadow of cancer diagnoses affecting those closest to the band, the album channels grief, mortality, and defiance into seven albums' worth of ambition compressed into a single record. Progressive metal, sludge, and psychedelia collide across its runtime, anchored by the band's most melodic and emotionally direct songwriting to date. It won them a Grammy for Best Metal Performance, and it deserved it.

This European pressing presents the album on 180 gram vinyl across two LPs in a gatefold sleeve with insert. A record that rewards the full sit-down listen.

Gatefold 180g 2xLP with insert. Catalogue 009362 4914051.