Mastodon
Formed: 2000
From:
Atlanta,
GA,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Mastodon News
Below is our complete Mastodon news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Slipknot Nominated For Five Kerrang Awards
The nominees for this years Kerrang! awards ceremony have been revealed. Perhaps the most likely to win at least one award this year will be Slipknot who have been nominated for no less than five awards this year.
The nominees are as follows:
Best British New Comer:
My Passion
Attack Attack
In Case Of Fire
Young Guns
Fei Comodo
Best International Newcomer:
Shinedown
Five Finger Death Punch
The Gaslight Anthem
Metro Station
Versa Emerge More...
Video Interview With Mastodon Posted Online
Shockhound.com has posted a new video interview online with Mastodon. The video can be viewed below. More...
Mastodon Posts "Oblivion" Video Online
American heavy metal group Mastodon has posted their new music video online for the song, "Oblivion." You can check it out below. The song comes from the bands latest studio album, "Crack The Skye" and is the second song from the record to be made into a video after, "Divinations." More...
Mastodon Posts "Oblivion" Video Trailer Online
American heavy metal group Mastodon has posted a trailer for their next music video, "Oblivion." You can check it out below. The song comes from the bands highly acclaimed new album, "Crack The Skye" and will be the second video made to promote the album. More...
Mastodon Plans UK In-Store Signings
Mastodon will celebrate the release of their latest album, "Crack the Skye," with three signing sessions at HMV stores starting at HMV’s High Street store in Sheffield on Friday 5th June 2009.
The band will be at the store from 5.00 pm, to meet fans and sign copies of the new album which was released in March through Warner Bros.
Next up the band head to HMV’s Market Street store in Manchester on Saturday, June 6th and then on to HMV’s Argyle Street store, Glasgow on Sunday, June 7th. Both these in-store signing sessions also kick off at 5.00 pm.
The Grammy nominated Mastodon, will be on tour with Metallica this summer on the European leg the World Magnetic Tour.
Video Of Mastodon On David Letterman Show Posted
A video of Mastodon's performance of the song, "Oblivion" on the David Letterman Show has been posted online. You can check it out below. "Oblivion" comes from the bands latest album, "Crack The Skye" which was released on May 5th and has been receiving rave reviews from fans and critics alike. More...
Mastodon Eying "Crack The Skye" Movie
Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: A film adaptation of Mastodon’s latest album, "Crack the Skye", is well within the realm of possibility — albeit not in production yet.
Drummer and lyricist Brann Dailor tells Billboard.com that the heavy rocking Atlanta quartet sat down with a film director, who he declines to name, and "wrote out a screenplay that reads from song to song. We didn't storyboard it, but we wrote a screenplay." Three different directors, he adds, have expressed interest in taking on the project.
"That'd be killer if it actually happens," Dailor says. "That's something that's cool about making concept records, that opportunity for more to be done, artistically. If you just had an album with a bunch of songs that didn't have anything to do with each other and there was no common thread, that aspect of the art wouldn't be there. But with ('Crack the Skye'), we have that possibility."
Read the full article at Billboard.com.
Valient Thorr To Support Mastodon In The U.K.
Valient Thorr has announced that they will be heading out on the road with Atlanta based metal group Mastodon in Britain later this year. Mastodon are touring in support of their latest studio offering, "Crack The Skye" which is available now.
The tour dates are as follows:
June 5 Sheffield Corporation
June 6 Manchester Academy II
June 7 Glasgow ABC
June 9 London Islington Academy
Mastodon Announces UK Headlining Tour Dates
Mastodon has announced the following UK headlining tour dates:
06/05 - Sheffield @ Corporation
06/06 – Manchester @ Academy 2
06/07 – Glasgow @ ABC
06/09 – London @ Islington Academy
Four More Bands Added To Sonisphere 2009
The organizers of the British leg of this years Sonisphere festival have announced that four more bands will be joining the bill at Knebworth. Welsh alternative rockers Feeder will be performing at the event, as will Skindred, Frank Turner and Taking Back Sunday. The lineup for the festival, which will be held between August 1st-2nd, is now as follows:
Metallica
Linkin Park
Airbourne
Alice In Chains
Anthrax
Avenged Sevenfold
Bullet For My Valentine
Feeder
Frank Turner
Killing Joke
Lamb Of God
Machine Head
Mastodon
Nine Inch Nails
Skindred
Taking Back Sunday
The Sword
Thin Lizzy
Kylesa And Intronaut To Support Mastodon
Kylesa and Intronaut have been confirmed as support for Mastodon at their upcoming "secret" show in Albuquerque on April 15th. The show will take place at the Launchpad (618 Central Ave SW) at 7:00 PM.
Mastodon Announces MySpace "Secret" Show
Mastodon have announced that they will be playing a MySpace "secret" show on April 15th at the Launchpad in Albuquerque. The band issued the following short statement about the show:
"Mastodon will be playing April 15th- Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad. If you haven't signed up as a friend of MySpace Secret Shows do so now."
Mastodon To Appear On David Letterman Show
Atlanta based heavy metal group Mastodon has confirmed that they will be appearing on the David Letterman show on May 15th. No word on what song/s they will play yet but the likelihood is they will play their latest single, "Divinations." Please check your local listings so you know what time to catch the show.
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Too Much Is Never Enough: Technical Metal in 2009
Earlier in the year Metal Underground presented its annual “Best Of” awards and with his finger always on the pulse, deathbringer mentioned a new dominance in metal leading us into 2009. Maybe you’ve noticed the extra acoustic interludes, the blazing shred solos, the disjointed poly-rhythms or maybe you haven’t - but either way a cloud of progressive influence has undoubtedly emerged over the metal scene. Not just in our minds here at MU, but in the minds of fans Opeth, Cynic, Meshuggah, Nachtmystium and Ihsahn stood out with impressive 2008 releases. Even more excitement and interest has been generated by collaborations between Ihsahn and Opeth, and 2009 hasn’t let up with Mastodon’s progressive opus “Crack The Skye” and Obscura’s “Cosmogenesis” leading the charge.
So what magic is at work here aside from great prog-metal releases? Larger bands such as the explosive power metal act DragonForce and progressive groovers Mastodon have played a large part in the uprising of the pursuit of extreme talent for more mainstream metal fans - opening legions of otherwise clueless greenhorns to the bar of instrumental ability. Old hands such as Deicide, Cannibal Corpse and numerous thrash acts have also not been untouched by the progressive aura and have regained the thirst for pushing technical boundaries - a truly founding ideal of metal if ever there was one. Another force at play here is the power the internet has had in exposing technical freak shows like Necrophagist as well as many young tech-metal heads being introduced to metal and fostered through 90s progressive acts such as Tool or Dream Theater. Not enough for you? Let’s take a little trip back in time then. More...
Headbangers Ball Program for March 28
Tonight's Headbangers Ball will air from 10PM-12AM on MTV2 (note new time for this week only) and will be hosted by Queensryche. Here's the lineup:
MASTODON - DIVINATIONS
HATEBREED - TO THE THRESHOLD
LAMB OF GOD - SET TO FAIL
WAR OF AGES - ALL CONSUMING FIRE/HBB PREMIERE
(HED)P.E. - RENEGADE
MEGADETH - NEVER WALK ALONE…A CALL TO ARMS
LACUNA COIL - OUR TRUTH
LIZZY BORDEN - UNDER YOUR SKIN/HBB PREMIERE
STATIC-X - STINGWRAY
SLIPKNOT - DEAD MEMORIES
DOPE - 6-6 SICK
CANNIBAL CORPSE - EVISCERATION PLAGUE
EXODUS - RIOT ACT
CATTLE DECAPITATION - REGRET & THE GRAVE
DIMMU BORGIR - THE SERPENTINE OFFERING
HEAVEN AND HELL - SHADOW OF THE WIND
KREATOR - HORDES OF CHAOS
QUEENSRYCHE - IF I WERE KING/HBB PREMIERE
Mastodon To Stream Record Release Show
Mastodon will take part in an in-store signing session and performance in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, March 24 at 8:30 p.m. at Criminal Records. The band will be promoting their new album, "Crack the Skye," which hit stores today on Reprise Records. The set will also be streamed live on Mastodon's Ustream channel and then archived on their official site for those people who miss it.
Mastodon Posts New Album, "Crack The Skye" Online
American heavy metal group Mastodon has posted their forthcoming new studio album, "Crack The Skye" online in full at their official Myspace page. You can check it out by clicking here. The band recently announced that they will be performing the entire album on their upcoming tour.
Live Video Of Mastodon Performance Posted Online
A live video has been posted online of Mastodon performing the song "Crystal Skull" at a recent show in Atlanta alongside Scott Kelly of the band Neurosis. The video can be viewed below. More...
Mastodon Announces In-Store Signing Session
Mastodon has announced an in-store signing session in Atlanta to celebrate the release of their album "Crack the Skye." The details for the session are as follows:
Tuesday March 24th, 8:30pm
Criminal Records
1154-A Euclid Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
Phone: (404) 215-9511
http://criminal.com
More Bands Added To Sonisphere Festival U.K.
Four more band have been added to the first edition of the Sonisphere Festival in Britain this year in the forms of Anthrax, Nine Inch Nails, Killing Joke and Airbourne. The festival will take place at the famous Knebworth Park between August 1st and 2nd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Airbourne
Alice In Chains
Anthrax
Avenged Sevenfold
Bullet For My Valentine
Killing Joke
Lamb Of God
Linkin Park (Headliner)
Machine Head
Mastodon
Metallica (Headliner)
Nine Inch Nails
The Sword
Thin Lizzy
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