by Bram Teitelman | Sep 27, 2012 | New Music
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wy_mXuEsP0[/youtube] Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds knows how to keep himself busy. In addition to his signature band, he also still plays in his pre-Mastodon bands Fiend Without a Face and West End Motel, which is kind of like...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 24, 2012 | Metal on Metal, Touring
They tried to make Matt Pike go to rehab, and he said “okay.” With them having to pull out of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest, they haven’t been able to tour in support of their excellent new album, De Vermis Mysteriis. That’s about to change,...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 7, 2012 | Branding
Bill Kelliher from Mastodon brought this to our attention via his Instagram feed. “Leave it to The Gap to steal ideas for kid T-shirts,” he said. “Seriously poor taste.” He then attached an image of a shirt from the Gap alongside a shirt with...
by Metal Insider | Aug 6, 2012 | Top 5
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. So in case you live under a (space) rock, history was made earlier today, as NASA’s Mars science rover Curiosity touched down on Mars at about 1:30 AM ET. The...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 31, 2012 | New(ish) Music
Earlier this year for Record Store Day, fans of Mastodon and Feist were treated to a single with the band and singer/songwriter covering each other’s songs. There was probably many a Mastodon fan that weren’t aware that they’d ever like a song by...