Colony of Birchmen

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“Colony of Birchmen”
Single by Mastodon from the album Blood Mountain
B-side	"Iron Tusk"
Released	March 12, 2007
Format	Single, CD
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	7:01
Label	Warner Music
Producer	Matt Bayles/Mastodon
Mastodon singles chronology
"The Wolf is Loose" (2006) "Colony of Birchmen" (2007) "Sleeping Giant" (2007)

"Colony of Birchmen" is a single by American heavy metal band Mastodon. It was featured on the group's third album, Blood Mountain.

It is Mastodon's most successful single to date, reaching #33 on Billboard Magazine's Mainstream Rock chart and was performed live on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 1, 2006^[1]. It was also nominated for a Grammy for "Best Metal Performance."

The song's title is an homage to the Genesis song "The Colony of Slippermen." Drummer Brann Dailor has admitted that The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, of which "Slippermen" appears on, is his all-time favorite album.^[2]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Colony of Birchmen" − 4:11
2. "Iron Tusk" (Live) − 2:50
3. "Naked Burn"

[edit] Personnel

• Troy Sanders − bass, vocals
• Bill Kelliher − guitar
• Brent Hinds − guitar, vocals
• Brann Dailor − drums, vocals
• Joshua Homme − guest vocals

[edit] Notes

v • d • e Mastodon Brann Dailor · Brent Hinds · Bill Kelliher · Troy Sanders Eric Saner Studio albums Remission · Leviathan · Blood Mountain Extended plays Lifesblood Compilations Call of the Mastodon DVDs The Workhorse Chronicles Songs "The Wolf is Loose" · "Colony of Birchmen" · "Cut You up with a Linoleum Knife"