Pitchfork — Your first-quarter best-of list is not safe. Atlanta doom-crunch kingpins Mastodon now have a release date. On March 24, Reprise will unleash the band's fourth album, Crack the Skye. How much is this album going to rule? Here's drummer Brann Dailor... more info

Metal Injection — On a Friday the 13th/Valentine's Day Eve special edition of the Metal Injection Livecast we have an absolutely stacked show. We debut a new segment called Porno Mad Libs, where we take nudey mag fantasy stories and reword them. Also, special guest Ch... more info

Altsounds — Prog behemoths Mastodon, release their highly anticipated 4th album, “CRACK THE SKYE” on March 23rd on Reprise Records. Recorded in their hometown of Atlanta, GA with producer Brendan O’Brien ( AC/DC, Pearl Jam), ÂÂ�... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "White Dwarf" featuring Brent Hinds of Mastodon(MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "Brazen Bull" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "Bullwhip" (MP3) If you live in Brooklyn and the ground starts shaking on Sunday (2/15), don... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "White Dwarf" featuring Brent Hinds of Mastodon(MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "Brazen Bull" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "Bullwhip" (MP3) If you live in Brooklyn and the ground starts shaking on Sunday (2/15), don... more info

VH1 News — Mastodon talked to us about their upcoming new album, Crack the Skye. "Every time I listen to it, all I can think of is how lucky and proud I am," guitarist Brent Hinds said. more info

Pitchfork — That appetizing photo you see above is the cover for It's Blitz! (yes, the title has an exclamation point now), the third album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Mastodon, Neko Case, and Morrissey better watch their backs, because the Best Cover Art of the Y... more info

Pitchfork — That appetizing photo you see above is the cover for It's Blitz! (yes, the title has an exclamation point now), the third album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Mastodon, Neko Case, and Morrissey better watch their backs, because the Best Cover Art of ... more info

Metal Injection — Guitar World Magazine was invited into the studio and taped the above video clip of Mastodon in the studio recording their new CD, Crack The Skye. The band is very serious about letting everybody know this is their most epic release to date, and I ca... more info

Paste Magazine — When Mastodon unveiled the next installation of its routinely epic cover art for forthcoming LP Crack the Skye, metalheads the world over could feel their double-bass-drum senses tingling. Then more details trickled out : Astral travel! Tsarist Ru... more info