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Mastodon Announces Design Contest - Details Available!

Mastodon, renowned for the ability to stray away from convention, have successfully masterminded their own string of complex concept albums, including 'Remission', 'Crack The Skye' and the 2011 released 'The Hunter'. In celebration of 'The Hunter', featuring the track "Dry Bone Valley", Mastodon and fine artist Tim Biskup are inviting fans and artists to submit a design inspired by 'Dry Bone Valley' to be featured on Mastodon's official website!

1) Mastodon's Choice:

One winner will have their design displayed on on Mastodon's official website and as the band's official Facebook profile picture for one month. In addition, the winning submission will be promoted across the social media channels of Warner Brothers Records and the winner will receive $1,000.

One runner-up (as selected by Mastodon and Tim Biskup) will have their submission featured in a gallery on Mastodon's Facebook page and will receive $500.

2) People's Choice:

The highest voted artist will have their submission featured in a gallery on Mastodon's Facebook page and will receive $500.

- Submit by: February 29, 2012
- Vote: March 1, 2012 - March 7, 2012
- Winner(s) Announced: March 14, 2012



Related links:
Click here for more information & contest rules
Mastodon's Official Site

Mastodon - Video Premiere Of 'Dry Bone Valley'!

This past September, Atlanta's Art Rock masters Mastodon released their fifth studio album entitled "The Hunter" via Reprise/Warner Bros. The reaction of the public so far has exceeded the bands expectations. The album actually debuted at the No. 10 spot on the Billboard charts after moving 39,000 units in its first week, marking their highest charting release to date.

Yesterday, the band premiered a video for their song "Dry Bone Valley". If you haven't seen it, get your eyes ready and crank it up to 11!

As previously reported, Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost will be teaming up for a U.S. tour in April. This is what Troy Sanders (Vocalist/Bassist of Mastodon) said when asked about Mastodon's plans for the immediate future:

"We go to Australia take part in the Soundwave Festival, which is going to be lovely… Take a short break. Do a North American tour with Opeth and Ghost. And then take another break and come back over here for the European festival season."

'The Hunter' Track listing:

01. Black Tongue
02. Curl Of The Burl
03. Blasteroid
04. Stargasm
05. Octopus Has No Friends
06. All The Heavy Lifting
07. The Hunter
08. Dry Bone Valley
09. Thickening
10. Creature Lives
11. Spectrelight
12. Bedazzled Fingernails
13. The Sparrow
14. The Ruiner (limited-edition bonus track)
15. Deathbound (limited-edition bonus track)

Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Crack the Skye
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter
Adult Swim Singles Program

Mastodon Perform on "Late Show With David Letterman" & Crack the Charts!

On Tuesday, September 27th, Atlanta's Art Rock masters Mastodon released their fifth studio album titled "The Hunter" via Reprise/Warner Bros and the reaction of the public so far is very promising for the band. The album actually debuted at the No. 10 spot on the Billboard charts after moving 39,000 units in its first week, marking their highest charting release to date.

In celebration of the release of "The Hunter", Mastodon appeared on the Wednesday, October 5 edition of CBS-TV's "Late Show With David Letterman". This was the bands second appearance on this hit late night TV show; on May 15, 2009 they performed their song 'Oblivion' from their critically acclaimed album "Crack The Skye".

Track listing:

01. Black Tongue
02. Curl Of The Burl
03. Blasteroid
04. Stargasm
05. Octopus Has No Friends
06. All The Heavy Lifting
07. The Hunter
08. Dry Bone Valley
09. Thickening
10. Creature Lives
11. Spectrelight
12. Bedazzled Fingernails
13. The Sparrow
14. The Ruiner (limited-edition bonus track)
15. Deathbound (limited-edition bonus track)

Mastodon 2011 North American tour with Red Fang and Dillinger Escape Plan.

- 10/25: Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
- 10/27: Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds
- 11/01: Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
- 11/02: Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
- 11/03: San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
- 11/05: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
- 11/06: Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
- 11/07: Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
- 11/08: Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
- 11/09: Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
- 11/11: Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
- 11/12: Milwaukee, WI @ Rave Ballroom
- 11/13: Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
- 11/14: Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont
- 11/16: Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
- 11/17: Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
- 11/19: New York City, NY @ Terminal 5
- 11/20: Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
- 11/21: Boston, MA @ House of Blues
- 11/23: Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
- 11/25: Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
- 11/26: Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
- 11/27: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
- 11/28: Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
- 11/29: Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
- 12/01: Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter

Mastodon Release NEW Album "The Hunter" & Schedule Performance on 'Late Show With David Letterman'!

Today (September 27th), Atlanta's Art Rock masters Mastodon have released their fifth studio album titled "The Hunter" via Reprise/Warner Bros and the reaction of the public so far is very promising for the band. The majority of the album was recorded at Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with producer Mike Elizondo. The drums were tracked at Sound City Studios, which is were Nirvana recorded their hit album "Nevermind" (released 20 years ago).

The band has announced that they will be appearing on the Wednesday, October 5 edition of CBS-TV's "Late Show With David Letterman" at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT. Check local listings for details. This will be the bands second appearance on this hit late night TV show; on May 15, 2009 they performed their song 'Oblivion' from their critically acclaimed album "Crack The Skye".



"When you listen to the songs, they don't sound as 'fun' as we perceive them to be, I guess; it's still pretty extremely heavy material. We had a few songs that were kind of, not left over from 'Crack The Skye', but just stuff that we wanted to be on that album, but that album kind of took on a whole different thing of its own and there were a few stragglers that were super-heavy and crazy that didn't make it, and we finally got to put them on this record. And then we wrote a whole bunch of brand new stuff. There's, like, 14 songs that we recorded. And it's sort all over the place — a lot of different sounds. Some straight-up classic-rock-sounding songs, straight-up death metal-sounding songs and some completely bizarre, weirdo rock songs that we're not really sure what they are, but we love them." - Brann Dailor (On Metal Hammer)

You can pre-order a limited-edition package of "The Hunter" at MastodonRocks.com. It includes:

- A CD/DVD housed in a digipack with an exclusive alternative artwork cover!
- A 20" x 30" lenticular poster featuring the album cover of the standard CD!
- An Augmented Reality Experience by Total Immersion that will contain exclusive content only available to this package!
- Plus an instant download of the band's first new album track, "Black Tongue" (available for sale through all participating digital music retailers).

Track listing:

01. Black Tongue
02. Curl Of The Burl
03. Blasteroid
04. Stargasm
05. Octopus Has No Friends
06. All The Heavy Lifting
07. The Hunter
08. Dry Bone Valley
09. Thickening
10. Creature Lives
11. Spectrelight
12. Bedazzled Fingernails
13. The Sparrow
14. The Ruiner (limited-edition bonus track)
15. Deathbound (limited-edition bonus track)

Mastodon is:

- Troy Sanders
- Brent Hinds
- Bill Kelliher
- Brann Dailor






Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Crack the Skye
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter
Adult Swim Singles Program

Mastodon - Video Premiere for 'Curl Of The Burl'

This Tuesday, September 27, Atlanta's Art Rock masters Mastodon will be releasing their fifth studio album titled "The Hunter" via Reprise/Warner Bros. In anticipation of their new album, the band premiered a video for their song 'Curl Of The Burl' earlier this week. If you haven't seen it, get your eyes ready and crank it up to 11!

Track listing:

01. Black Tongue
02. Curl Of The Burl
03. Blasteroid
04. Stargasm
05. Octopus Has No Friends
06. All The Heavy Lifting
07. The Hunter
08. Dry Bone Valley
09. Thickening
10. Creature Lives
11. Spectrelight
12. Bedazzled Fingernails
13. The Sparrow
14. The Ruiner (limited-edition bonus track)
15. Deathbound (limited-edition bonus track)



Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Crack the Skye
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter
Adult Swim Singles Program

Mastodon Stream Entire New Album "The Hunter"!

Atlanta's Art Rock masters Mastodon will be releasing their fifth studio album titled "The Hunter" on September 27 via Reprise/Warner Bros. The majority of the album was recorded at Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with producer Mike Elizondo. The drums were tracked at Sound City Studios, which is were Nirvana recorded their hit album "Nevermind". Today, the band is streaming their entire NEW album "The Hunter" and you can listen to it below!

Track listing:

01. Black Tongue
02. Curl Of The Burl
03. Blasteroid
04. Stargasm
05. Octopus Has No Friends
06. All The Heavy Lifting
07. The Hunter
08. Dry Bone Valley
09. Thickening
10. Creature Lives
11. Spectrelight
12. Bedazzled Fingernails
13. The Sparrow
14. The Ruiner (limited-edition bonus track)
15. Deathbound (limited-edition bonus track)



"When you listen to the songs, they don't sound as 'fun' as we perceive them to be, I guess; it's still pretty extremely heavy material. We had a few songs that were kind of, not left over from 'Crack The Skye', but just stuff that we wanted to be on that album, but that album kind of took on a whole different thing of its own and there were a few stragglers that were super-heavy and crazy that didn't make it, and we finally got to put them on this record. And then we wrote a whole bunch of brand new stuff. There's, like, 14 songs that we recorded. And it's sort all over the place — a lot of different sounds. Some straight-up classic-rock-sounding songs, straight-up death metal-sounding songs and some completely bizarre, weirdo rock songs that we're not really sure what they are, but we love them." - Brann Dailor (On Metal Hammer)

You can pre-order a limited-edition package of "The Hunter" at MastodonRocks.com. It includes:

- A CD/DVD housed in a digipack with an exclusive alternative artwork cover!
- A 20" x 30" lenticular poster featuring the album cover of the standard CD!
- An Augmented Reality Experience by Total Immersion that will contain exclusive content only available to this package!
- Plus an instant download of the band's first new album track, "Black Tongue" (available for sale through all participating digital music retailers).

Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Crack the Skye
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter
Adult Swim Singles Program

Mastodon Unleashes NEW Song Entitled "Spectrelight"

Mastodon will be releasing their fifth studio album titled "The Hunter" on September 27 via Reprise/Warner Bros. The majority of the album was recorded at Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with producer Mike Elizondo. The drums were tracked at Sound City Studios, which is were Nirvana recorded their hit album "Nevermind".

Today the band is premiering their new song called "Spectrelight", which is track 11 on "The Hunter".



"When you listen to the songs, they don't sound as 'fun' as we perceive them to be, I guess; it's still pretty extremely heavy material. We had a few songs that were kind of, not left over from 'Crack The Skye', but just stuff that we wanted to be on that album, but that album kind of took on a whole different thing of its own and there were a few stragglers that were super-heavy and crazy that didn't make it, and we finally got to put them on this record. And then we wrote a whole bunch of brand new stuff. There's, like, 14 songs that we recorded. And it's sort all over the place — a lot of different sounds. Some straight-up classic-rock-sounding songs, straight-up death metal-sounding songs and some completely bizarre, weirdo rock songs that we're not really sure what they are, but we love them." - Brann Dailor (On Metal Hammer)

Track listing of "The Hunter":

01. Black Tongue
02. Curl Of The Burl
03. Blasteroid
04. Stargasm
05. Octopus Has No Friends
06. All The Heavy Lifting
07. The Hunter
08. Dry Bone Valley
09. Thickening
10. Creature Lives
11. Spectrelight
12. Bedazzled Fingernails
13. The Sparrow
14. The Ruiner (limited-edition bonus track)
15. Deathbound (limited-edition bonus track)

You can pre-order a limited-edition package of "The Hunter" at MastodonRocks.com. It includes:

- A CD/DVD housed in a digipack with an exclusive alternative artwork cover!
- A 20" x 30" lenticular poster featuring the album cover of the standard CD!
- An Augmented Reality Experience by Total Immersion that will contain exclusive content only available to this package!
- Plus an instant download of the band's first new album track, "Black Tongue" (available for sale through all participating digital music retailers).

Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Crack the Skye
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter

Mastodon Reveals Track Listing of their NEW Album "The Hunter"

It has been confirmed that Atlanta's Art Rock masters Mastodon will be releasing their fifth studio album titled "The Hunter" on September 27 via Reprise/Warner Bros. The majority of the album was recorded at Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with producer Mike Elizondo. The drums were tracked at Sound City Studios, which is were Nirvana recorded their hit album "Nevermind".

Track listing:

01. Black Tongue
02. Curl Of The Burl
03. Blasteroid
04. Stargasm
05. Octopus Has No Friends
06. All The Heavy Lifting
07. The Hunter
08. Dry Bone Valley
09. Thickening
10. Creature Lives
11. Spectrelight
12. Bedazzled Fingernails
13. The Sparrow
14. The Ruiner (limited-edition bonus track)
15. Deathbound (limited-edition bonus track)

"When you listen to the songs, they don't sound as 'fun' as we perceive them to be, I guess; it's still pretty extremely heavy material. We had a few songs that were kind of, not left over from 'Crack The Skye', but just stuff that we wanted to be on that album, but that album kind of took on a whole different thing of its own and there were a few stragglers that were super-heavy and crazy that didn't make it, and we finally got to put them on this record. And then we wrote a whole bunch of brand new stuff. There's, like, 14 songs that we recorded. And it's sort all over the place — a lot of different sounds. Some straight-up classic-rock-sounding songs, straight-up death metal-sounding songs and some completely bizarre, weirdo rock songs that we're not really sure what they are, but we love them." - Brann Dailor (On Metal Hammer)

You can pre-order a limited-edition package of "The Hunter" at MastodonRocks.com. It includes:

- A CD/DVD housed in a digipack with an exclusive alternative artwork cover!
- A 20" x 30" lenticular poster featuring the album cover of the standard CD!
- An Augmented Reality Experience by Total Immersion that will contain exclusive content only available to this package!
- Plus an instant download of the band's first new album track, "Black Tongue" (available for sale through all participating digital music retailers).



Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Crack the Skye
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter
Adult Swim Singles Program

Mastodon's "The Hunter" Cover Art Revealed!

Mastodon is set to unleash their fifth studio album titled "The Hunter" this October. The majority of the album was recorded at Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with producer Mike Elizondo. The drums were tracked at Sound City Studios, which is were Nirvana recorded their hit album "Nevermind". Some confirmed songs are:

- "Blasteroids"
- "The Octopus Has No Friends"
- "Stargasm"
- "Curl of the Burl"
- "All the Heavy Lifting"
- "The Sparrow"
- "The Ruiner"
- "Dry Bone Valley"

Here is the album cover of Mastodon's "The Hunter":

"When you listen to the songs, they don't sound as 'fun' as we perceive them to be, I guess; it's still pretty extremely heavy material. We had a few songs that were kind of, not left over from 'Crack The Skye', but just stuff that we wanted to be on that album, but that album kind of took on a whole different thing of its own and there were a few stragglers that were super-heavy and crazy that didn't make it, and we finally got to put them on this record. And then we wrote a whole bunch of brand new stuff. There's, like, 14 songs that we recorded. And it's sort all over the place — a lot of different sounds. Some straight-up classic-rock-sounding songs, straight-up death metal-sounding songs and some completely bizarre, weirdo rock songs that we're not really sure what they are, but we love them." - Brann Dailor (On Metal Hammer)

Here is the NEW video by Mastodon for "Deathbound" (previously unreleased song from "Crack the Skye"). The song is part of the ten-week 2011 "Adult Swim Singles Program (Click to download the song)."



Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Crack the Skye
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter
Adult Swim Singles Program

Mastodon Debut NEW Adult Swim Video for "Deathbound"

Mastodon never stops pushing the envelope and they always awe their thousands of worldwide fans with their original way of making music, producing videos, and performing on stage. The band is currently busy in Europe for a summer tour that includes Sonisphere Festival (all dates), Rock Im Park, Rock Am Ring, Roskilde Festivals and more. They will also be performing at The Gorge in Seattle on July 30 with Soundgarden, the Meat Puppets, and Queens of the Stone Age.

The band has also been working on their fifth studio album titled "The Hunter" (tentatively scheduled for an October release). The majority of the album was recorded at Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with producer Mike Elizondo. The drums were tracked at Sound City Studios, which is were Nirvana recorded their hit album "Nevermind". Some confirmed songs are:

- "Blasteroids"
- "The Octopus Has No Friends"
- "Stargasm"
- "Curl of the Burl"
- "All the Heavy Lifting"
- "The Sparrow"
- "The Ruiner"
- "Dry Bone Valley"

"When you listen to the songs, they don't sound as 'fun' as we perceive them to be, I guess; it's still pretty extremely heavy material. We had a few songs that were kind of, not left over from 'Crack The Skye', but just stuff that we wanted to be on that album, but that album kind of took on a whole different thing of its own and there were a few stragglers that were super-heavy and crazy that didn't make it, and we finally got to put them on this record. And then we wrote a whole bunch of brand new stuff. There's, like, 14 songs that we recorded. And it's sort all over the place — a lot of different sounds. Some straight-up classic-rock-sounding songs, straight-up death metal-sounding songs and some completely bizarre, weirdo rock songs that we're not really sure what they are, but we love them." - Brann Dailor (On Metal Hammer)


Without further due, here is the NEW video by Mastodon for "Deathbound" (previously unreleased song from "Crack the Skye"). The song is part of the ten-week 2011 "Adult Swim Singles Program (Click to download the song)."



Related links:
Mastodon's Official Site
Crack the Skye
Mastodon on MySpace
Mastodon on YouTube
Mastodon on Twitter
Adult Swim Singles Program