Brann Dailor – drums, vocals
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Brann Dailor is an American drummer and vocalist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Mastodon, acclaimed for his complex, technical playing style and distinctive singing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brann Dailor – drums, vocals canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5875564 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brann Dailor – drums, vocals Context triple: [Mastodon, hasRole, Brann Dailor – drums, vocals]
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A.
Brandon Pertzborn – drums
Brandon Pertzborn is an American rock drummer known for performing and recording with the punk rock band The Offspring.
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B.
Brian Downey (drummer)
Brian Downey is an Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Thin Lizzy.
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C.
Lars Ulrich – drums
Lars Ulrich is the Danish-born co-founder and longtime drummer of the influential heavy metal band Metallica.
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D.
David S. Field – drums
David S. Field is a drummer known for performing on the "Bullets" EP.
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E.
Bryan Devendorf – drums, percussion
Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer and percussionist best known as the rhythmic backbone of the indie rock band The National.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brann Dailor – drums, vocals Target entity description: Brann Dailor is an American drummer and vocalist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Mastodon, acclaimed for his complex, technical playing style and distinctive singing.
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A.
Brandon Pertzborn – drums
Brandon Pertzborn is an American rock drummer known for performing and recording with the punk rock band The Offspring.
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B.
Brian Downey (drummer)
Brian Downey is an Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Thin Lizzy.
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C.
Lars Ulrich – drums
Lars Ulrich is the Danish-born co-founder and longtime drummer of the influential heavy metal band Metallica.
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D.
David S. Field – drums
David S. Field is a drummer known for performing on the "Bullets" EP.
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E.
Bryan Devendorf – drums, percussion
Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer and percussionist best known as the rhythmic backbone of the indie rock band The National.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
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human ⓘ songwriter ⓘ vocalist ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Lethargy
ⓘ
Mastodon ⓘ Today Is the Day ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
heavy metal
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progressive metal ⓘ sludge metal ⓘ |
| hasCreativeRole |
lyric writing in Mastodon
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vocal melody writing in Mastodon ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum kit
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex drumming style
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simultaneous drumming and singing ⓘ technical drumming ⓘ use of intricate fills ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mastodon ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
busy, fill-heavy approach
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polyrhythmic patterns ⓘ progressive metal drumming ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableWork |
Mastodon – Blood Mountain
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Mastodon – Crack the Skye ⓘ
linked to:
Crack the Skye
Mastodon – Emperor of Sand ⓘ Mastodon – Hushed and Grim ⓘ Mastodon – Leviathan ⓘ Mastodon – Once More ’Round the Sun ⓘ Mastodon – Remission ⓘ Mastodon – The Hunter ⓘ
linked to:
Mastodon
|
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ vocalist ⓘ |
| recordLabelAssociated |
Relapse Records
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Reprise Records ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| roleInBand |
drummer of Mastodon
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founding member of Mastodon ⓘ vocalist of Mastodon ⓘ |
| vocalType | clean vocals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brann Dailor – drums, vocals Description of subject: Brann Dailor is an American drummer and vocalist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Mastodon, acclaimed for his complex, technical playing style and distinctive singing.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.