Randy Blythe

Then you get Moth & Bone after that, which you mentioned earlier, Ellie.

It's a really luscious... psych rock like little folk song almost in the midst of this like really really cool um but to get back to um vampire's demeanor and the randy blythe and nate newton backing vocals that you can hear like you know beefing up that gang vocal presence in the mix there that's where we got ben collar at the start you got josh homie 20 years after colony of birchman coming back there are all these familiar faces from like around you know mastodon past and present and And there's a really strong community aspect To this album That I find really heartening If only Scott Kelly hadn't done the things that he did But I think it's particularly appropriate That it's on this album Because they've obviously lost someone I mean multiple people And the band is reeling from that But they've got their friends here backing them up And it's like a...

I found this album to be really like a positive reflection of just like being part of this culture, you know? Like, because it's just got that real solidarity about it.

And that continues into the last two songs with first The Vanishing, where out of the gloom swims Giza Butler.

Rushed up on the stage, jumped on the stage.

And Randy Blythe, who lives here, actually, he lives near me.

Um, breach kicked the guy in the chest and he fell back and died and he spent some time and, and on trial over there for murder for something.

I don't know what the actual charge was, but yeah, it wasn't great for him.

Guests are on the record.

I guess Josh Homey, Geezer Butler, Randy Blythe, and some others.

So, it's a lot.

They always are.

I think they've always been solid at creating riffs.

Obviously, Randy Blythe, we talked about this.

I don't want to say anything there.

But everybody in the band does a great job at just... making sure that they're innovating but also not like stepping too far i as much as i would love to see them really go for a crazy change it's fine these little kind of changes that's fine that will appease the fans and also maybe bring in newer generations being like oh these guys are good and then you look at their way long older discography it's like wow these guys have been really good for a while they've been around since the 90s too which is crazy to

Right.

Paint Chip in the chat room, "Randy Blythe killed my mom." [laughs]

[laughs] Then Eric Smith chimes in, "You need to sue his ass."

Yeah, man.

Now, I'd love to talk to you about all of the collabs in detail, but, uh, we don't have time for all that.

But I'm just gonna quickly list it off 'cause, you know, Geezer Butler, Jody Fontain, Neil Fallon, Randy Blythe, Nate Newton, and Ben Koller.

You know, that is an absolutely incredible list of artists that you've put together for this album.

But what made you want to be that collaborative on this album?

Also, Vampire's Demeanor.

I love Randy Blythe's vocals on that.

that like okay even sounds kind of mastodonish how he changes his vocal style a little bit it just feels like it fits perfectly but i

don't even know if i remember that one but it was funny you said the the second half he kind of fell off but that because i my first listen through i was like oh man i feel like the second half got more interesting to me

Yeah, I don't really have any connections.

I see Randy Blythe walking around town some.

I should just go ask him.

I'm sure Ryan knows him.

I mean, there's Josh

Holm, Giza Butler, Randy Blythe, Nate Newton, Neil Fallon.

They're all there.

Yeah, but so they've previously done stuff with Neil Fallon and...