Brann Dailor

Brann Timothy Dailor (born March 19, 1975^[1] in Rochester, NY) is an American drummer/singer best known as a member of the Atlanta, Georgia metal band Mastodon, in which he is the drummer, backing vocalist, lead vocalist and primary lyricist.^[2] Dailor first started playing in a band called Evisceration from 1991 to 1993, when the band broke up.^[3] Dailor was also a founding member of mathcore band Lethargy,^[4] and the progressive dreamfunk band Gaylord^[5][6] and played with Today Is the Day.^[7]

In 2015, Brann Dailor announced his side project called Arcadea. The group features Dailor on drums alongside fellow Atlanta musicians Core Atoms and Raheem Amlani.^[8]

Game of Thrones appearance

Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher, and Brent Hinds portrayed "wildlings" on S05E08 episode of Game of Thrones, which was filmed in Belfast in Northern Ireland. As previously reported, the band's original song "White Walker" is featured on the Game of Thrones mixtape Catch the Throne Vol. 2, but in the instance of their physical appearance, a press release from Reprise Records reports that the band was personally invited to participate in the show by Game of Thrones executive producer Dan Weiss, who is a fan of the band.^[9]

Grammys 2015 appearance

Brann Dailor made quite the scene when he appeared in a wild balloon suit from OppoSuits at the 2015 Grammys. Together with Brent Hinds who sported a full Dodgers outfit they made several headlines.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Equipment

Dailor uses and endorses Tama drums and hardware, Meinl cymbals, Evans Drumheads, and Vater drumsticks.

Current kit

• Drums – Tama Starclassic Performer B/B^[14]
  • 22x18 Bass Drum
  • 10x8 Tom
  • 12x9 Tom
  • 13x10 Tom
  • 16x16 Floor Tom
  • 14x6 Starphonic Brass Snare Drum
• Cymbals – Meinl^[15]
  • 14" Mb20 Heavy Soundwave Hi-Hat
  • 18" Mb20 Heavy Crash
  • 20" Mb20 Heavy Crash
  • 8" Classics Medium Bell
  • 21" Mb8 Ghost Ride
• Drumheads – Evans^[16]
  • Bass: EQ3 Clear – EQ3 Reso Black
  • Toms: G2 Clear – G1 Clear
  • Snare: Power Center Snare Batter – 300 Snare Side
• Hardware – Tama^[14]
  • Tama Speed Cobra Double Bass Pedal
  • Tama Iron Cobra Lever-Glide Hi-Hat Stand
  • Tama 1st Chair Ergo-Rider Drum Throne
• Other
  • Vater 5B Drumsticks^[17]

Discography

Brann Dailor performing live at Rock im Park in 2014.

Evisceration

• Fondling the Dead (Demo) (1992)

Lethargy

• It's Hard to Write with a Little Hand (1996) – Drums

Gaylord

Sparkling Cool (1998)

Today is the Day

• In the Eyes of God (1999) – Drums

Mastodon

• Remission (2002) – Drums
• Leviathan (2004) – Drums
• Blood Mountain (2006) – Drums, backing vocals
• Crack the Skye (2009) – Drums, percussions, vocals
• The Hunter (2011) – Drums, percussions, vocals
• Once More 'Round the Sun (2014) – Drums, percussion, vocals

References