Metal Injection — We've mentioned West End Hotel on the site before when Brent Hinds went on tour with the band in 2010. Looks like with all the recent downtime Mastodon had, Brent has managed to find enough time to finish an album worth of music with this side p... more info

Metalsucks — When the dudes in Mastodon are not busy being the dudes in Mastodon (which is, like, never) Brent Hinds just can’t put that damn guitar down, keeping himself entertained with two side projects, both of which actually pre-date Mastodon: mask-wearin... more info

Metalsucks — Sam Abbott, the guy who did that killer cover of Mastodon’s entire Leviathan album, has now recorded a piano cover of Pig Destroyer’s “Loathsome,” which you can watch below. You might think that grindcore wouldn’t translate very well to ... more info

Metal Injection — The great thing about all these large European music festivals, is they always have top of the line video production documenting the events, and sooner than later those videos hit the internet for our pleasure. Such is the case with the most recent R... more info

Metalsucks — Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Here’s managing editor Andrew Bonazelli… Mastodon, Opeth and Baroness are all multiple Dec... more info

Metal Injection — Maybe when a GAP designer Doug Johnson stole his idea for the latest boy's tee design from the Judas Priest classic Screaming for Vengeance, maybe they (wrongfully) assumed no metalheads would notice. Well, one did, specifically Mastodon guitari... more info

Metalsucks — So this is pretty weird. According to Metal Insider, Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher recently posted the below photo along with the message “Leave it to The Gap to steal ideas for kid T-shirts… Seriously poor taste”: The image on the right w... more info

Guardian Music — Chris Brown, Feistodon, and Bradley Wiggins' Paul Weller fixationGuardianmusic.tumblr.com is the place where our writers post songs, videos, pictures and other music-related odds and ends they come across during their web trawling.Here are our top fi... more info

Metalsucks — The split 7″ that the curly burlers in Mastodon and singer/songwriter Feist released on Record Store Day in April sold out in like a millisecond, so it’s no surprise that the songs from the split are now available for sale digitally. But this is... more info

Metal Injection — Hey, remember that Feistadon split EP released by Mastodon and Feist for Record Store Day a few months ago? Well, the EP has now been digitzed and is available at digital retailers like Amazon.com for only $1.99. For those "try before you buy" consum... more info