Steambreather

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"Steambreather"
Single by Mastodon
from the album Emperor of Sand
ReleasedAugust 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
Recorded2016
Genre Stoner metal [1]
Length5:03
Label Reprise
Mastodon singles chronology
"Show Yourself"
(2017)		"Steambreather"
(2017)		"Fallen Torches"
(2020)

"Steambreather" is a song by American heavy metal band Mastodon. It was the second single off of their album Emperor of Sand , the follow-up to first single "Show Yourself". As of October 2017, it had peaked at number 18 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart.

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Background

The song was released as the second single from band's studio album Emperor of Sand on August 25, 2017, despite the fact that the band had a new EP, Cold Dark Place , scheduled to release less than a month later. [2] The music video for the song was released on the same day. [3] The video involves two men who go to an event thinking it's a self-help seminar, only to find out its really an occult gathering. [4] The two witness bizarre rituals that end up leaving people dead. [5] Music journalists commonly took note of the video's weirdness, [5] [6] and compared the approach to that of their prior single, "Show Yourself", where the band pairs heavy, dark lyrical themes with more light-hearted, silly visuals. [7] [8] [9] The video was created by Essy May and Stevie Gee and produced by Hugo Donkin from Blink Art. [10]

Themes and composition

Spin described the song as a "intricate metal mini-symphony". [11]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard (Mainstream Rock)18 [12]

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