MASTODON: Being Nominated For A GRAMMY Is ‘A Huge Honor’

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON are among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The band’s Grammy nomination is for “Curl Of The Burl”, the first single from MASTODON’s new album, “The Hunter”. At present, “Curl Of The Burl” is ascending the Active Rock charts in the Top 15 and moving towards Top 10 territory.

The members of MASTODON received the news of their nomination while on tour and responded in
kind: “We were so excited to find out that we’ve been nominated for a Grammy. It’s a huge honor for our band, and we really appreciate the recognition.”

The nominees in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance” category are as follows:

* DREAM THEATER – “On The Backs Of Angels”
* FOO FIGHTERS – White Limo”
* MASTODON – “Curl Of The Burl”
* MEGADETH – “Public Enemy No. 1”
* SUM 41 – “Blood In My Eyes”

CHICKENFOOT “III” art director Todd Gallopo was nominated in the “Best Recording Package” category.

To be eligible for nomination, an artist’s work must have been released between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011.

Nominations for the 54th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Wednesday (November 30) by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the fourth year, nominations for the annual Grammy Awards were announced on primetime television as part of “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night”, a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live.

The 54th annual Grammy Awards will be held on “Grammy Sunday,” February 12, 2012, at Staples Center
in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition
TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

For a complete list of nominees, go to this location.

In an effort to continuously evolve its Grammy Awards process, The Recording Academy announced in April that it had restructured the Grammy categories across all genres and fields, bringing the total number of categories to be recognized at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, to 78 from 109. As a result, instead of separate “Best Metal”
and “Best Hard Rock” performance prizes, there is now a single “Best
Hard Rock/Metal Performance” award.

MASTODON received its first Grammy nomination in 2006 for the single “Colony Of Birchmen”, from the band’s Reprise Records debut album, “Blood Mountain”.

Source: E-prog