Mastodon's "Sleeping Giant" Video Premeire Online

Mastodon's new video for 'Sleeping Giant' is now up and live over at Headbanger's Blog. Click here to check out this exclusive premeire! The TV broadcast debuts tomorrow night, Saturday the 21st, on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball at 10:00pm.

As told by Director , Roboshobo,“The concept for the video was kind of my take on the mythology that seems to be encapsulated in the album,” he begins. “I thought the reference to ‘Father Snake in the song sounded like an actual priest of some sort and thats where the robot came in…I also liked to think that the point of the ritual was to cultivate a crystal skull from the man’s bones after being in the earth for so long — sort of like the way coal turns to a diamond under pressure.”

Although Roboshobo has mostly worked on animation-filled projects for indie bands, including Kiss Kiss, The Burning Tree Projekt and Blood Brothers, he says he’s also into metal. “I’m a fan of Mastodon,” he says. “So trying to create their heads as stone monoliths in space felt a bit like being commissioned to do a portrait for a royal family.”

Follow the story link under the video premeire to view more of this article with the director, and also Mastodon's "Colony of Birchmen" also off of the successful 2006 release, "Blood Mountain".