Mastodon's Brann Dailor Fan First: Death's 'Human' vs. Metallica's Black Album, Growing Up & More

Mastodon's Brann Dailor shares his lifelong story of fandom, from watching his mom's band rehearse every night through to discovering Judas Priest and then escalating levels of heavy metal, why Death's Human was more significant than Metallica's Black Album, his special bond with sister Skye over King Diamond, how music got him through his darkest moments, rediscovering drums, his early years in bands, forming Mastodon and their new record, 'Hushed and Grim.' Dailor's new coffee table book, 'Brann Dailor's 101 Clowns of the Coronavirus,' is available for order now: https://bit.ly/3kToaf9 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2TzldGO Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3x0vxFH BRANN DAILOR (MASTODON) CONTENT GUIDE: 00:00 Introduction 00:19 When did you realize you had a lot of ideas? 01:50 Who was the first artist you put on a pedestal? 05:25 Seeing himself in Judas Priest, creating the visual 06:49 Getting eaten by bugs as a listening experience 08:04 Slayer’s Reign in Blood 09:02 Sharing a love for King Diamond with his sister, Skye 11:49 Using music to get through dark times & time away from drums 16:47 Getting back to drums & digging in for life, the first songs you wrote 18:26 Why Death’s Human and Mr. Bungle were bigger than Metallica 20:55 Falling for Obituary, Sepultura and death metal 22:38 Ozzy and King Diamond as Mastodon vocal references 23:09 The wildly underrated Chuck Schuldiner 23:26 Hushed and Grim, the new album & the Elephant Man 25:58 Discovering underground music, what do you leave behind? 26:56 Meeting Troy, Brent & Bill, his formative first bands & the early years 35:41 First tour in Europe with Neurosis and Voivod, moving to Atlanta & forming Mastodon 40:01 Harmonies and coming into contact with the concept of many voices 42:04 Lyric writing in Mastodon 44:07 Your Musical Mount Rushmore & The Songs That Changed Your Life 47:40 The comedian that gets him through bummer mode Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/revolver?... --- Revolver on the web: Revolver on Shopify: https://revolvermagazine.myshopify.com Revolver on Facebook:   / revolvermag   Revolver on Twitter:   / revolvermag   Revolver on Instagram:   / revolvermag   Subscribe to the Revolver Newsletter: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/185346... #fanfirst #revolverfanfirst #mastodon #hushedandgrim