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Watch Mastodon Perform “Dry Bone Valley” Live

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To celebrate the start of their Heritage Hunter tour with Opeth and Ghost,  Mastodon has released a live video of “Dry Bone Valley”. Watch be below. The Heritage Hunter tour kicks off April 4th in Portland, ME and closes out with a hometown show at Atlanta’s Masquerade Music Park. See the full tour dates  below. [...]

Mastodon and Opeth Announce Co-Headline Tour

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Mastodon has announced a North American spring tour in support of their current album The Hunter, which was released by Reprise Records in September. The tour kicks off on April 4th in Portland, ME, and visits more than 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada before wrapping up with a hometown show at Atlanta’s Masquerade [...]

New Video: Mastodon – “Dry Bone Valley”

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We have a new video from Atlanta metal outfit Mastodon. The animated video for “Dry Bone Valley”, off the band’s latest album “The Hunter,” was directed by artist Tim Biskup. Check out this clip below. The Hunter is out now via Reprise.

Concert Review: Mastodon Finds Missing Link At Tabernacle

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Any time there is a push to bring to light local artists that might not be getting the exposure they deserve, I am interested. Enter the Missing Link “mini festival” brought to us by the good people of Mastodon. While reading an article about this event, Brann Dailor(drums for Mastodon) was explaining how many other [...]

Interview: Mastodon’s Troy Sanders

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Fresh off a Grammy nomination for best rock performance for their single “Curl of the Burl,” Mastodon singer and bassist Troy Sanders took time to answer a few questions. The band has reached the end of their American tour and after a month off will be jumping across the Atlantic to rock the bollocks off the [...]

Poll: Who’s Better – Dream Theater, Mastodon or Megadeth

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The 54th Annual Grammy nominations were announced last night and one category that really interested us was the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. Dream Theater, Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Megadeth and Sum41 are all nominated in this category. Taking Foo Fighters and Sum 41 out of play, we’re left with three unique metal bands, who also [...]

Win a Pair of Tickets to See Mastodon in Atlanta December 2nd

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Mastodon will be playing in their hometown of Atlanta on Friday, December 2nd, and we’re giving away a pair a tickets to one lucky fan. To enter message us on twitter @thesilvertongue  telling us (in 140 characters or less) why you should win the tickets. You get extra points if you send a picture. Make [...]

Feist and Mastodon to Record Split 7″ for Record Store Day

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In perhaps one of the strangest collaborations of late, acclaimed singer-songwriter Feist and heavy metal legends Mastodon are to cover each others songs for a split release. Speaking to MTV News Canada, Mastodon’s frontman Troy Sanders has said that the band will cover a Feist song for Record Store Day, and ‘throw some hair and [...]