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  Metal Mayhem: Mastodon, Converge, and Dethklok

  October 19, 2009 – Is synergy the new trend in metal? Arguable kings of the genre, Mastodon, have joined with Dethklok -- the real-life version of the animated band from the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse -- as co-headliners on a 34-city tour sponsored by the offbeat TV network. Toss in earnest math-metal quartet Converge and intense stoner-metal band High On Fire, and the formidable lineup and sheer volume are enough to drown out any naysayers. …
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  David Bowie's Spider, Will.i.Am's Football Career

  September 10, 2009 – Here's some of the strangest music news to hit the Internet this week: Will.I.Am tries out for the Miami Dolphins, soon realizes that "rocking them beats" isn't adequate preparation for dodging 300-pound linemen. [Dipdive] Scientists name a new spider after David Bowie.The arachnid dons makeup, claims to be a transsexual alien named Roxxy. [Telegraph] Want to sound like T-Pain? Download his AutoTune app for your iPhone. …
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  Mastodon, Dethklok Team Up for Tour

  August 4, 2009 – Heavy metal icons Mastodon will hit the road with Dethklok, the real-life version of the animated band from the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse, for a co-headlining tour this October and November. The 34-city jaunt will kick off October 2 in Portland, OR, and take the bands across the U.S. …
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  Mastodon: Bang Your Head

  April 22, 2009 – "Has anyone seen Brent?" It's 1:30 on a cold, rainy Friday afternoon in late February. The members of Mastodon had planned on meeting a half-hour ago at El Myr, a colorful, run-down Mexican cantina that serves as unofficial HQ for the band here in their hometown of Atlanta. Drummer Brann Dailor is less on the hunt for his missing bandmate than he is bemusedly giving voice to Mastodon's semipermanent state of being. …
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  Mastodon Kick Off U.S. Tour

  April 13, 2009 – Mastodon's Birmingham, AL, tour-opener Friday night at the 450-person capacity WorkPlay Theater was packed with frontman Brent Hinds' hometown friends, who slugged beers, moshed, and threw their devilhorns to the sky from start to finish. It was a big party in a small house -- and the local metalheads put on quite a show. After opening sets from Kylesa and Intronaut, Mastodon took the stage and opened with "Oblivion," the first track  …
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  Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews, Beastie Boys Play S.F. Fest

  April 13, 2009 – Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and the Beastie Boys have been announced as the headlining performers for San Francisco's second Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, which is scheduled to hit Golden Gate Park August 28-30. Other highlights include Jack White's new band the Dead Weather, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, the Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Ween, Deerhunter, Q-Tip, Built to Spill, Thievery Corporation, Mastodon, and Band of Horses,  …
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  Rivers Meets Rainn, Captain Beefheart's 10 Commandments, and More

  April 3, 2009 – When nerds collide: Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has teamed up with The Office star Rainn Wilson to record new songs. [Weezer] According to Captain Beefheart's 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing, thou shalt walk with the devil, listen to the birds, and practice in front of a bush. P.S., Moses slings a Strat. [WFMU] Wish you could growl like Mastodon's Brent Hinds? Screaming coach Susan M. Carr says practice makes perfect. …
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  Mastodon Ride the Lightning in New Video!

  March 6, 2009 – Guitars that shoot lightning? Foxy babes? A giant Yeti? Are we trippin', brah? Nah, it's just all a part of Mastodon's video for "Divinations," the lead single off next month's Crack the Skye. Confused?Let drummer Brann Dailor explain. "We're explorers on a mountain, kind of a Mt. …
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  Mastodon Announce Spring Tour

  March 2, 2009 – Mastodon will hit the road this spring in support of their fourth album, Crack the Skye, out March 24. Each show on the 28-date tour -- kicking off April 10 in Birmingham, AL -- will feature a track-by-track performance of Skye, as well as other back-catalog tunes.Fellow thrashers Kylesa and Intronaut will open all dates of the tour, which will hit Coachella April 18 and conclude with a hometown show May 15. Ticket pre-sale begins Wed …
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  New Mastodon Record Due in March

  February 12, 2009 – Crack The Skye, Mastodon's follow-up to 2006's Blood Mountain, is set for release March 24 via Warner Bros -- but you can hear its first single, "Divinations," below! In advance of its release, hungry fans can pre-order a Deluxe Limited "Tunnel Book" Edition ofthe album beginning today at the band's official website. …
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