Mastodon drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor continues to draw inspiration from Phil Collins on the bands coming album “Once More Round The Sun“. As he told Decibel magazine in a recent issue:
“As far as drum lines go, I’m carrying on from where I was on the last record and trying to recreate the Phil Collins drum sound. As funny as that might seem to a lot of people, he’s one of my favorite drummers, and has always possessed one of the most incredible drum sounds.
So, I try to get that really Brody tom sound, take the bottom heads off ’70’s-style. I just think it makes the tom sounds real cool and no one, especially with heavy metal…. I don’t know, the drums don’t sound interesting to me in modern heavy music, so I look to the past to find something that’s cooler and gives it a little more character.”
“Once More Round The Sun” is expected out in June with an exact release date to be announced. An official stream of the first single from it, “High Road“, was launched yesterday and can be heard here.
