Kerrang! — Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher is currently in a London hospital suffering from pancreatitis. The guitarist was admitted on November 3 and was forced to miss European dates on the Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 tour with Slayer, Trivium and Amon Amarth... more info

AngryApe — The band will continue to tour without him more info

Undercover, Australia — Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher has been hospitalised in London with an unspecified illness. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum Mastodon's Bill Kelliher If you're in Europe and are wondering why Mastodon is looking a little light lately...Bill Kelliher, guitarist with MASTODON, has been hospitalized in London as of Nov.3, during the band's current European ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jimmy HubbardGood news and bad news from Mastodon today. The bad, via their website: "Bill Kelliher [first from the left in the photo there -- Ed.], guitarist with Mastodon, has been hospitalized in London as of November 3, during the band's... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jimmy HubbardGood news and bad news from Mastodon today. The bad, via their website: "Bill Kelliher [first from the left in the photo there -- Ed.], guitarist with Mastodon, has been hospitalized in London as of November 3, during the band&#... more info

Metalsucks — I caught The Bronx live two years ago opening for Converge and Mastodon. Though the rest of the show that followed them was one of the best shows I’ve ever witnessed (Converge a transcendent, high energy, jagged mess of noise that translated their ... more info

Thrash Hits — Mighty metallers Trivium have announced two more shows to accompany their Irish headlining shows in December at Dundee Fat Sams on 02 December 2008 and London Borderling on 09 December 2008. The Floridian quartet will have been on tour with Slayer, M... more info

Thrash Hits — Mastodon are the prog metallers that it’s ok for everyone to like. Selling two million copies of their last album proves this. They have a new one - Crack The Skye - coming out in 2009. Hugh Platt stopped by to chat to them about it. “I didn... more info

Buzzgrinder — Mastodon's upcoming album Crack the Skye isn't going to be just another generic metal record. This thing is going to be like an onion. “Yeah, there’s a story which goes from start to end. And there is Tsarist Russia in there and that wa... more info