If 99 metal musicians teamed up to sing “99 Bottles of Beer,” you’d think it was a joke, right? Well, it’s 2020, so nothing is not insane, and that’s exactly what happened. The project was put together by Scour’s Derek Engemann and Nest’s John Jarvis. All proceeds from the song will benefit the Old Dog Haven, a charity […]
Mastodon issued a previously unreleased song, the ferocious “Fallen Torches,” and announced a new compilation LP, Medium Rarities. The album, which follows 2017’s Emperor of Sand, is out on Sept. 11 via Reprise Records. “Fallen Torches,” like most of the set’s other rare tunes, makes its digital debut. Mastodon recorded the song last year in Atlanta, […]
Mastodon’s Brent Hinds teamed with Marcus King Monday night to cover Black Sabbath’s “Electric Funeral” during a livestreamed charity concert. Watch below. The duo swapped lead vocals and metallic guitar solos throughout the track, playing the brooding main riff in unison. Hinds also joined King during the show for a version of ZZ Top’s “Thunderbird,” Jambase […]
Jordan Olds took his Two Minutes To Late Night series to a new level on Monday, releasing a star-studded cover of Rush’s “Anthem.” Check out the video below. The line-up features Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher and Mutoid Man/Cave In’s Steve Brodsky on guitar, Tool’s Danny Carey behind the drums, Primus’ Les Claypool on bass and Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio […]
Mastodon are tough to categorize in the first place, but the prog-metal band’s upcoming eighth album sounds like it will be impossible to pigeonhole. Drummer Brann Dailor detailed the project’s sprawling sonic landscapes in a new interview with Metal Hammer, calling it “all over the map.” “There’s some big, big heavy riffs that are happening, […]
Blame timing. Almost a year to the day after Korn’s self-titled debut landed on record store shelves, the Madonna-discovered Deftones issued their maiden studio set, Adrenaline, on the Material Girl’s Maverick Records label. Critics lumped the Sacramento-based avant-metal quartet in with the tracksuit-sporting boys from Bakersfield — which, in retrospect, was sort of like comparing […]
It’s been a while since we last heard from prog-metal titans Mastodon. It appears as if that’s about to change. In a fairly wide-ranging conversation on the RocknRoll Beer Guy podcast, guitarist Bill Kelliher said the group has “20 rough songs” recorded and that they’re working on a song for the upcoming Bill and Ted […]