European prog/ heavy metal fans might want to begin dabbing their eyes with rolled up wads of their favorite sleeveless Motörhead T-shirts, as Pitchfork reports that the brain-crushingly excellent Atlanta metal band Mastodon has been forced to cancel their European summer tour.
Maybe it’s just the Theraflu talking, but these last couple of weeks have been killer on-sale weeks for the concert industry. The spring and early summer are already filled with enough tours and festivals to test the endurance of any cash strapped concert goer. This week will continue to test your true definition of “cutting back” as there is something for just about anyone, may they be hipster metal guy, hipster indie guy, hipster festival guy or non-hipster screaming Twilight fan.
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Mastodon has never been a quiet group of guys. In fact, they are they are one of the loudest (as in fame and noise) metal bands out there.
We also just got word that they are scoring a film – the Jonah Hex film, to be exact. According to Ain’t It Cool News, Mastodon have been quite busy chipping away on music for the film.
Grammy-nominated metal band Mastodon, considered to be at the forefront of American heavy metal, will play a free MySpace Music Secret Show this Wednesday, April 15, at The Launch Pad in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
For years progressive metal has been influenced by Mastodon’s powerful and technical music, and with the debut of their latest album, Crack the Skye, at number 11 on Billboard last week, the band is saying “thank you” to fans by playing the free Secret Show.
Pendulum announces their American tour, Fischerspooner is set to release Entertainment later this year, and Mastodon reveals the artwork of their album and streams a free track online, all in the following round up:
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Mastodon has announced plans to continue touring through mid-2009 despite guitarist Bill Kelliher’s recent hospitalization. Kelliher was hospitalized in London at the beginning of November. The group will tour as a threesome without Kelliher with plans for him to hopefully return for the beginning of their headlining European tour November 30th.
It’s been a big month for Mastodon. Today they released vinyl box set of their entire discography. Only 1,000 copies of 9-LP limited-edition set, which includes the final vinyl pressing of the groups first EP Lifesblood were created. Mastodon is set to release a new album Crack the Skye in January of next year.
Check out their full European tour schedule after the jump:
Crack the Skye will be the name of the newest Mastodon album. The group recently announced the name of their fourth album is set to be released early next year. The disc is expected to have seven new tracks by the band spread out over 50-minutes. One new track “The Czar” is spread out over four separate movements.
