BILL KELLIHER Mastodon Guitarist I n the run up to the day that everyone is waiting for, the AltSounds staff decided to put together a musical advent calendar. Every day in the run up to Christmas we have been posting a feature up on the site aptly named “The AltSounds Advent Calendar”. What better way to get even more excited for the festive period? Jump over to our features section and have a flick through HERE. We are now hitting the 75th issue of the AltSounds Newsletter and what a journey it has had. Every week I find it so enjoyable to put this together, and enhance each issue. This week I have gone for a slightly dif- ferent approach, using more visual stimuli- yet keeping it as simple and easy to read as possible. Everything is linked back to AltSounds.com so if you see a review, or feature you really want to read in full then just click away. And what better way to spend your day (other than the X-Factor fi- nals, obviously) than to check out the content we have had the pleasure of publishing on AltSounds.com. Untill next week. JACK STOVIN, EDITOR Follow me on Twitter @Jackstovin “INDEPENDENT MUSIC JOURNALISM | FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE.” FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/ALTSOUNDSDOTCOM TWITTER: @ALTSOUNDSDOTCOM TEXT OR MMS ALTSOUNDS ON: +44 (0)7894 240751 7 M any say that Mastodon are the greatest metal band of their generation. After briefly examining the group’s impressive history, which includes five critically acclaimed stu- dio albums, extensive tours of the world and even a Grammy nomination, it isn’t hard to be impressed by the facts in which their claims are rooted. We were lucky enough to catch up with guitarist Bill Kelliher for a quick chat.... READ FULL INTERVIEW HERE >>>