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Brann Dailor
Brann Dailor
American musician
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Nick Raskulinecz
Nick Raskulinecz
record producer
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Sean Reinert
Sean Reinert
American musician
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Killer Be Killed
Killer Be Killed
American heavy metal band
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Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
American heavy metal band
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Today Is the Day
Today Is the Day
American noise rock band
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Machine Head
Machine Head
American metal band
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Bloodsimple
Bloodsimple
band
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Ghost
Ghost
Swedish hardrock band
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Cephalic Carnage
Cephalic Carnage
band
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Disturbed
Disturbed
American heavy metal band
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Kylesa
Kylesa
American band
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Gojira
Gojira
French metal band
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The Sword
The Sword
American band
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Demon Hunter
Demon Hunter
American Christian metal band
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Giraffe Tongue Orchestra
Giraffe Tongue Orchestra
American rock supergroup
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Tesla
Tesla
American rock band
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Lamb of God
Lamb of God
metal band from United States
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Gaylord (band)
Gaylord (band)
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Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall
American metal band
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Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage
American metalcore band
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Symphony X
Symphony X
American progressive metal band
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Brutal Truth
Brutal Truth
American grindcore band from New York City
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Job for a Cowboy
Job for a Cowboy
American death metal band
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Opeth
Opeth
Swedish progressive metal band
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Behemoth
Behemoth
Polish extreme metal band
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Evile
Evile
English thrash metal band
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
English heavy metal band
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Slayer
Slayer
American thrash metal band
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Testament
Testament
American metal band
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Deftones
Deftones
American alternative metal band
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Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Kamelot
Kamelot
American power metal band
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Stone Sour
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
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All That Remains
All That Remains
American heavy metal band
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Fear Factory
Fear Factory
American metal band
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Judas Priest
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
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As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
American metalcore band
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Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool
American rock band
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In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band
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Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence
Mongolian deathcore band
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Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
American grunge band
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Volbeat
Volbeat
Danish metal band
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Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
American metal band
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Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Syndicate
metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden
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In This Moment
In This Moment
American Heavy Metal Band
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Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil
Italian band
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
British gothic metal band
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Exodus
Exodus
American thrash metal band
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Doro
Doro
German singer and frontwoman of Warlock
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Megadeth
Megadeth
American heavy metal band
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Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
American crossover thrash band
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Bullet For My Valentine
Bullet For My Valentine
Welsh metal band
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Mark Tremonti
Mark Tremonti
American musician
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Times of Grace
Times of Grace
band
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Carcass
Carcass
British extreme metal band
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Sevendust
Sevendust
American rock band
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Prong
Prong
American heavy metal band
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Dream Theater
Dream Theater
American progressive metal band
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Extol
Extol
band

Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2000. The group is composed of Troy Sanders (bass/vocals), Brent Hinds (lead guitar/vocals), Bill Kelliher (rhythm guitar/backing vocals), and Brann Dailor (drums/vocals). Mastodon has released seven studio albums, as well as a number of other releases. The band's 2002 debut album, Remission, garnered significant critical acclaim for its unique sound. Mastodon's second full-length release, Leviathan, is a concept album based on the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. Three magazines awarded the record Album of the Year in 2004: Revolver, Kerrang! and Terrorizer.

The song "Colony of Birchmen" from the band's third album (released in 2006), Blood Mountain, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2007. Blood Mountain was followed in 2009 by Crack the Skye, and in 2011 by The Hunter, which debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart and achieved major commercial success in the United States. The Hunter features the song "Curl of the Burl", which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 2012. Mastodon's 2014 album, Once More 'Round the Sun, peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart and features the band's third Grammy-nominated song, "High Road". The band's seventh album, Emperor of Sand, was released on March 31, 2017, and features the band's most commercially successful song to date, "Show Yourself", which peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in June 2017. The followup single, "Steambreather", peaked at number 18 on the same chart in October 2017. The album's opening track, "Sultan's Curse", earned the band their first Grammy award. Emperor of Sand was the band's first album to receive a Grammy nomination; it was nominated for Best Rock Album.