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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Mastodon Added To Las Vegas Vegoose Festival
Mastodon have just been added to the Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas this October 27th, along with bands like Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Rage Against The Machine, The Stooges, Public Enemy and more. Click here for more info.
Mastodon's "Sleeping Giant" Video Premeire Online
Mastodon's new video for 'Sleeping Giant' is now up and live over at Headbanger's Blog. Click here to check out this exclusive premeire! The TV broadcast debuts tomorrow night, Saturday the 21st, on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball at 10:00pm.
As told by Director , Roboshobo,“The concept for the video was kind of my take on the mythology that seems to be encapsulated in the album,” he begins. “I thought the reference to ‘Father Snake in the song sounded like an actual priest of some sort and thats where the robot came in…I also liked to think that the point of the ritual was to cultivate a crystal skull from the man’s bones after being in the earth for so long — sort of like the way coal turns to a diamond under pressure.”
Although Roboshobo has mostly worked on animation-filled projects for indie bands, including Kiss Kiss, The Burning Tree Projekt and Blood Brothers, he says he’s also into metal. “I’m a fan of Mastodon,” he says. “So trying to create their heads as stone monoliths in space felt a bit like being commissioned to do a portrait for a royal family.”
Follow the story link under the video premeire to view more of this article with the director, and also Mastodon's "Colony of Birchmen" also off of the successful 2006 release, "Blood Mountain".
Mastodon Bassist Talks Of Playing With Metallica
Dave Maher of Pitchfork magazine conducted an interview with MASTODON bassist Troy Sanders on July 14, 2007 at the Pitchfork Music Festival 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. A few excerpts from the chat follow:
Pitchfork: Just from seeing pictures of you guys, I thought [guitarist] Brent [Hinds] would be the most savage member of the band, mostly because of his face tattoo. But after seeing your show, I think it might be you. Do you practice making faces or moves in the mirror?
Troy Sanders: No, not at all. Our music and our live show and everything that we embody is basically just every emotion under the sun that we bottle up and channel out through our music. Off the stage, we're four quite normal goofballs. Our music and our stage show is very intense; it's very demanding. But it's basically because we choose to write this type of music that embodies everything dark and deep and brutal about life that we encounter, which are the same things everyone else encounters. We just take all this, and we channel it through what we call MASTODON. That's why it's like, "Why do you guys scream all the time and play this brutal music that you want to kill yourself to?" It's like, "Well, we don't intend to do that. This is our art form. This is our outlet." If we didn't have this outlet, we would probably be even more disturbed. But Brent is a savage beast. It depends on what kind of show [it is]. This art form of touring conjures different emotions every single day. I was up there having a great time, glad to be here in front of 10,000 people under the sun. I've had a great weekend, a great year. And it sounded okay to me on stage. It felt good. I was just going for it, getting it all out, sweating out all the bad stuff.
Pitchfork: You guys met METALLICA recently, right?
Troy Sanders: Yeah, we just met them on Sunday [July 8 at the Wembley stadium in London, England].
Pitchfork: And you've played with SLAYER?
Troy Sanders: Oh we've played over 150 shows with SLAYER.
Pitchfork: What's it like meeting those dudes?
Troy Sanders: We're friends, like, "Hey Tom [Araya], what's up?" "Hey Troy."
Pitchfork: Is that weird?
Troy Sanders: It was at first, man, because those are the people [whose music] I grew up with, but now we're on a first-name basis with them. We've done six tours, over 150 shows.
Pitchfork: What about the guys in METALLICA?
Troy Sanders: They're cool as hell. They told us to keep flying the flag.
Pitchfork: So the torch was passed.
Troy Sanders: It's not necessarily that the torch was passed, but a piece of the torch was passed. And those guys had heard of our band before. They get to pick their opening bands. They were on stage watching us for the three shows we did last week, and I'll tell ya, that's a little nervous, man. I would not be here today if METALLICA didn't exist, and now they're on stage watching our band and then we're hanging out drinking with Lars [Ulrich] until four in the morning.
UVTV Posts Ozzfest 2007 Kickoff Special
Underground Video Television (UVTV) has posted the Ozzfest 2007 Kickoff Special TV show at their website. The episode features live videos filmed throughout the Northeast of Ozzfest bands past and present including In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Mastodon, The Showdown, In This Moment, Throwdown, Hatebreed, Unearth, Strapping Young Lad, Bleeding Through, Devildriver, Shadows Fall, Trivium and Walls Of Jericho. The show can also be seen on i-Tunes by subscribing to the UVTV Podcast.
Ozzfest begins it’s tour July 12 in Seattle WA continuing through July & August.
Mastodon And Hatebreed Members To Be On Tinitus
MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor, HATEBREED vocalist Jamey Jasta and NEUROSIS vocalist and founder Scott Kelly will be interviewed on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, July 4) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3.
"Tinitus" is Norway's most popular metal show with an average of over 60,000 listeners per week (1.5 percent of the country's population!).
To tune into P3 via the Internet, follow the instructions that are posted on the "Tinitus" MySpace page at www.myspace.com/tinitus_norway
Machine Head Added To Metallica's Wembley Bill
Machine Head has replaced Bullet For My Valentine as one of the opening acts for Metallica on July 8 at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. Also scheduled to appear are H.I.M. and Mastodon.
Bullet For My Valentine cancelled its appearance at Wembley and several other European dates in order to allow frontman Matt Tuck to undergo tonsillectomy (a surgical procedure in which the tonsils are removed).
Professionally filmed video footage of Machine Head's entire performance at the Download festival on June 9, 2007 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England has been posted at YouTube.
View Tonight's Headbangers Ball Lineup
Tune into this week's Headbangers Ball, which airs at 11pm EST, Saturday night on MTV2, to watch videos from Machine Head, Trivium, and more captivating interview segments provided by Megadeth's Dave Mustaine. Here's the complete video playlist:
HellYeah - You Wouldn't Know
Pantera - Cemetary Gates
Job For A Cowboy - Embedded
Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
Kamelot - Ghost Opera (debut)
Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh
Black Label Society - In This River (From Dimebag Darrell 2007 Rock Walk Induction)
Alice In Chains - Sea Of Sorrow
Trivium - The Rising
Damageplan - Explode
Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Wanna Stop
Clutch - Electric Worry
Machine Head - Aesthetics of Hate
Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
Diecast - Fade Away
Death Before Dishonor - Break Through It All
Mudvayne - Happy
Alabama Thunderpussy - Words of A Dying Man
Amon Amarth - Cry of The Black Birds
Gojira - To Sirius
Machine Head To Europe With Huge Support
Machine Head have confirmed their overseas schedule for the summer, here's the dates:
June 07th Glasgow, UK - Carling Academy (Feat. Lamb Of God, Chimaira)
June 08th Belfast, IRE - Balmoral Hall (Feat. Killswitch Engage, Chimaira)
June 09th Donington, UK - Download
June 11th London, UK - Metal Hammer Awards (Feat. Lamb Of God, Dimmu Borgir)
June 13th Hamburg, GER - Docks (Feat. As I Lay Dying, Dew-Scented)
June 15th Nickelsdorf, AUT - Nova Rock
June 16th Biddinghuizen, NET - Fields of Rock
June 19th Milan, ITA - Live Music Club (Feat. Mastodon, Chimaira)
June 20th Rome, ITA - Olympic Stadium (Feat. Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Mastodon)
June 22nd Clisson, FRA - Hellfest
June 30th Gothenburg, SWE - Metaltown (Feat. Slayer, Mastodon, Stone Sour)
July 02nd Kristiansand, NOR - Quart Festival
July 05th Piestany, SLO - Hodokvas (Feat. Placebo, Korn)
July 07th Roskilde, DEN - Roskilde Festival
Watch Mastodon Perform 'Sleeping Giant' At MTV
Video footage of MASTODON performing the song "Sleeping Giant" on MTV's "24 Hours of Human Giant" has been posted at MTV.com. MASTODON played the track live at noon on Friday (May 18) at MTV's Times Square studios in New York City. The performance, which kicked off a special 24-hour stunt on MTV hosted by the two comedians from their show "Human Giant", was reportedly shown live on large screens in Times Square.
A 23-minute video interview with MASTODON, conducted recently by David Farrier of New Zealand's of TV3, has been posted online at this location.
MASTODON and AGAINST ME! kicked off their tour on May 1 at Los Angeles' Wiltern LG. Each night on the trek, there will be a raffle to give away an Epiphone guitar signed by both bands at the end of the show. Just fill out the raffle form that will be in the merch area of the venue — make sure to fill it out completely — and the winner will be announced immediately after MASTODON's set. Must be present to win.
MASTODON is touring behind its critically acclaimed current album "Blood Mountain", which includes the No. 1 metal and Grammy-nominated single "Colony of Birchmen". The band was recently tapped as a "Discover & Download" artist on MTV.
Video Interview With Mastodon Online
A 23-minute video interview with MASTODON, conducted recently by David Farrier of New Zealand's of TV3, has been posted online at this location.
Machine Head Support Iron Maiden In Rome
MACHINE HEAD will support metal icons IRON MAIDEN, along with MOTÖRHEAD and MASTODON, at Rome's Olympic Stadium on June 20. The star-studded lineup is but one of many great MACHINE HEAD dates in Europe this summer, including the U.K.'s Download, Germany's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, Sweden's prestigious Metaltown festival, Denmark's Roskilde, Holland's Fields of Rock and a number of headlining dates with support coming from the mighty KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LAMB OF GOD, TYPE O NEGATIVE, MASTODON and CHIMAIRA.
For a list of upcoming MACHINE HEAD tour dates, click here.
Metallica Announce Opening Acts for Upcoming Tour
METALLICA have issued the following update:
"Easter greetings from Metallica HQ! In our ongoing quest to keep you informed about every little thing we have planned for our upcoming jaunt through Europe this summer, we finally have an almost complete list of bands who will be joining us as we take a little break from recording to come hang with some of you in a few of the coolest cities on the planet. As you know, some of the shows are festival dates, so things could change a little here and there, and we may have one or two more surprises for you along the way, but as of April 8, here's what we've got for you so far. And for those of you in Denmark lucky enough to score tickets after we got done with Lars' guest list, we're spreading the Danish love with... just read Lars' extra special Easter greeting...in Danish!
We're super psyched to be sharing the stage with great musicians from all over the world . . . see you out there!" More...
Mastodon Release Tour Dates
Initial dates have been released for the upcoming tour featuring MASTODON, AGAINST ME!, and CURSIVE:
May 1 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern LG
May 2 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
May 4 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom
May 5 - Seattle, WA @ The Fenix
May 6 - Boise, ID @ Big Easy
May 8 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
May 11 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Myth
May 12 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
May 13 - Detroit, MI @ State Theatre
May 14 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
May 15 - Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
May 17 - New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
May 18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
May 19 - Boston, MA @ Avalon
May 21 - Columbus, OH @ Lifestyles Pavilion
May 22 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
May 23 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
May 25 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
May 26 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Slayer Gear Up For Australian Tour
Coming off a 24-date, SRO North American headlining tour and their first-ever Grammy win, thrash icons SLAYER will head off to Australia for their first tour there in five years. The six dates will begin on April 12 in Perth, and will take the band to the country's major markets - Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, with the April 21 closing date in Auckland, New Zealand. The critically-acclaimed, Grammy-nominated band Mastodon will be special guests on all dates.
Earlier this month, Slayer was awarded the Grammy for the track "Eyes of the Insane" in the category of Best Metal Performance. "Eyes of the Insane" is on the band's most recent album, "Christ Illusion," which was released on August 8, 2006 and became the band's highest-ever chart debut, coming in at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 in the U.S. "Christ Illusion" was also a top 10 album internationally in its first week.
After the Australian dates, Slayer will play the major European festivals over the summer. That itinerary will be announced shortly.
Slayer's Australian tour dates are as follows:
April 12 Metro City , Perth, Australia
April 14 Thebarton Theatre , Adelaide, Australia
April 15 Vodafone Arena , Melbourne, Australia
April 17 Hordern Pavilion , Sydney, Australia
April 19 Riverstage , Brisbane, Australia
April 21 St. James Theatre , Auckland, NZ
Slayer Confirmed For Norway's Hovefestivalen
SLAYER, MASTODON, HATEBREED and NEUROSIS are confirmed for Hovefestivalen, a new five-day festival which is scheduled to take place June 25-29 on the island of Tromøy in Arendal, Norway. More acts are expected to announced soon. More info here ( in Norwegian).
Slayer and Mastodon Australian Tour Dates
Slayer will tour Australia and New Zealand in April with support from Mastodon. Here are the tour dates:
4/12 Perth @ Metro
4/14 Adelaide @ Thebarton
4/15 Melbourne @ Vodafone Arena
4/17 Sydney @ Hordern
4/19 Brisbane @ Riverstage
4/21 Auckland NZ @ St James Theatre
Unreleased Bodom Artwork Posted Online
Children of Bodom fan site Scythes-of-Bodom.com has posted a cover artwork for an yet-to-be released publication. The artwork was done by Sami Saramäki, who has also designed the cover of "Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live" and other Bodom albums. Check it out at this location.
In other news, the release date for the upcoming Unholy Alliance CD/DVD, which was recorded in Vancouver, BC, has been set for February 27, 2007, and features Slayer, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom, Mastodon and Thine Eyes Bleed. Bonus material includes band interviews and backstage footage.
Children of Bodom have been nominated for a Finnish Metal Award under the category Best Band. The awards are presented at the Finnish Metal Expo on February 16, 2007. Cast your votes at this location. Other nominated bands include HIM, Rytmihäiriö, Amorphis and Enochian Cresent. Drummer Jaska and Kai Hahto (Wintersun, ex-Rotten Sound) will make an appearance on February 17 to do drum clinics together and answer fan question.
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Grammy Nominations In Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
This year's Grammy nominations have been announced and here are the relevant ones in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal:
Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
- Lamb Of God - Redneck (Track from: Sacrament)
- Mastodon - Colony Of Birchmen (Track from: Blood Mountain)
- Ministry - Lies, Lies, Lies (Track from: Rio Grande Blood)
- Slayer - Eyes Of The Insane (Track from: Christ Illusion)
- Stone Sour - 30/30-150
Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
- Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch
- Nine Inch Nails - Every Day Is Exactly The Same (Track from: With Teeth)
- System Of A Down - Lonely Day (Track from: Hypnotize)
- Tool - Vicarious (Track from: 10,000 Days)
- Wolfmother - Woman (Track from: Wolfmother)
In addition, Joe Satriani was nominated for Super Colossal in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance (for solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only). Underoath was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video (For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.) for their video of "Writing On The Walls." Howard Benson (Every Man For Himself (Hoobastank); Flyleaf (Flyleaf); In With The Out Crowd (Less Than Jake); One-X (Three Days Grace); The Paramour Sessions (Papa Roach); Popaganda (Head Automatica); Saosin (Saosin) (A)) was nominated for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical (A Producer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.).
You can view the massive list of 2006 Grammy nominations for all 108 categories here.
Underground Video Television Covers Stoner Rock
This week’s episode of Underground Video Television (UVTV) is a Special Stoner Rock Edition hosted by Bobby Black, columnist at High Times magazine and host of Sirius Radio Hard Attack channel’s “Contact High”. The show features music videos of Clutch, Corrosion Of Conformity, Fu Manchu, Turbonegro, & Monster Magnet as well as some live videos of Mastodon and Bobby’s close friends Type O Negative. Also on the show is a brand new live video of Fireball Ministry playing their track “It Flies Again” that was filmed recently in Buffalo NY. You can view the show online or by subscribing to the UVTV podcast on i-Tunes.
Bobby Black’s show “Contact High” on Sirius Hard Attack Channel 27 airs Thursdays 9pm-10pm ET and features the sludgiest, most psychedelic and potent stoner rock ever. Find out more information about Bobby Black at his MySpace page.
Mastodon, Converge, Priestess 2007 Tour Dates
Mastodon and Converge will be hooking up once again for a tour in early-2007. Priestess will also be part of the bill. The following dates have been confirmed thus far:
2/5 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
2/7 Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room
2/8 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
2/9 Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theatre
2/10 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
2/11 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
2/13 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Cafe
2/14 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
2/15 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
2/16 New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
2/17 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
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