Brooklyn Vegan — (photo via @kirstiecat_photo) Bassnectar, Big Gigantic, Rusko and Paper Diamond are playing Madison Square Garden on October 4. Tickets for that show go on sale today at 11 AM. If you missed out on getting tickets for the Mastodon, Gojira... more info

Metalsucks — They're already being compared to bands like Old Man Gloom and Mastodon, and with good reason. The post Exclusive Track Premiere: Trudger Trudge Through the “Thickening Fog” appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for all dates on the Mastodon, Gojira and Kvelertak tour, including the Long Island and NJ dates, go on Invisible Oranges presale today at 10 AM local time. Password HERE. Tickets for The Weeknd, Schoolboy Q and Jhene... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mastodon, Gojira and Kvelertak are going on another tour together, and tickets for all dates go on Invisible Oranges presale today (7/10) at 10 AM (local time). To get yours, use the PASSWORD: ragewithmasto. The tour hits the NYC-area... more info

Metalsucks — Did I miss a memo or something? Zakk Wylde just released a cover of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” last August, and now Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds has gone and done covered the same song for Cease and Desist, a covers comp celebrating... more info

Metalsucks — Friendship is a beautiful thing. The post Mastodon and Gojira are BFFs, Will Tour Together Again This Fall appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mastodon at Terminal 5 (more by Chris La Putt) Tour junkies Mastodon just released a new album, and they'll be going once more 'round North America in support of it. Once again they'll be joined by Gojira and Kvelertak in... more info

Stereogum — Last week, Grantland published a thoughtful, compelling piece by Steven Hyden titled “The Sad But True Fate Of Pop-Metal.” In his essay, Hyden used the new Mastodon album, Once More ’Round The Sun, as a jumping-off point to lament the paucity (... more info

Metalsucks — Mastodon's debut gets the super-duper deluxe reissue treatment. The post Relapse Revisits Remission appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Fun Fact:  For the 2012 Record Store Day, Mastodon released two separate vinyls.  The first was a split 7-inch with Feist (with each artists covering one of the other artist's songs).  The second release was a cover of the Flaming Lips' ... more info