Stereogum — Mastodon’s albums always seemed like soundtracks to films that hadn’t been written yet. Makes sense that they’ve spent part of their post-Crack The Skye time writing music for the Jonah Hex soundtrack. The DC comics character has a story that c... more info

Silent Uproar — This week the Deftones announced a number of new tour dates in support of the recently released, Diamond Eyes. The new dates feature Circa Survive and Baroness as the openers and will take place before the run of dates as part of the BLACKDIAMONDSKY... more info

Metal Injection — Deftones aren't content with just going out with one Atlanta stoner band this year. They have announced a string of Summer dates covering areas that will not be touched by the Fall's BlackDiamondSkye tour with Mastodon and Alice In Chains. ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo courtesy of Chris Marrs Piliero From Michael Jackson's "Scream" to My Chemical Romance's "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", great music videos are bursts of sound and vision that leave an indelible impression. Director's Cut is a Pitchfork News featur... more info

Metal Injection — A few months ago, we gushed at the fact that one of our favorite bands, Mastodon would be scoring the DC-comic adaptation, Jonah Hex. While you could see the movie when it hits theaters tomorrow to hear a sampling of the music the band produced for t... more info

Metalsucks — Jonah Hex opens tomorrow, and word on the street is that it’s 85 minutes of hot garbage. This isn’t really a surprise, although it might give Mastodon fans looking to hear the band’s contributions to the flick pause about paying thirteen bucks ... more info

411 Mania — Check out the most recent news for this big fall tour... more info

Altsounds — Black Diamond Skye featuring Alice in Chains, Deftones, and Mastodon, now has an interactive tour poster with dates, buy links, updates, and audio streams from all three bands. BlackDiamondSkye is shaping up to be the most anticipated tour of the Fal... more info

Undercover, Australia — Mastodon have had to cancel their European tour after guitarist Bill Kelliher came down with a bad case of Pancreatitis. more info

Chorus.fm — *Mastodon (http://myspace.com/mastodon)* have canceled (http://pitchfork.com/news/38909-mastodon-cancel-summer-tour/) their summer tour. Submitted by EvilZeppelin more info