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The Latest Breaking News from Mastodon

Listen to Lamb Of God and Mastodon's explosive new team-up single, Floods Of Triton

Two of modern metal's greatest bands have united, and the results are killer

Metal Hammer

“It was suggested we try making a Dumble-style clean. They’re so mystical – I’d never played one. You can look at the circuit and still be none the wiser”: The unstoppable rise of Victory Amps – and what comes next

Chief designer Martin Kidd tells how the UK amp firm went from boutique amp beginnings to an expanding portfolio of high-end amps for your backline and pedalboard, championed by the likes of Guthrie Govan, Mastodon, Ritchie Kotzen and Graham Coxon

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“A flood is coming… and most of you will die”: Mastodon tease split release with Lamb Of God

Two icons of 2000s metal will be teaming up for… something, on September 12

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“It’s dangerous when you’re a kid shooting up drugs. Me and two other guys made it out alive. The others are dead or in prison”: How Mastodon transcended tragedy and trauma to make Crack The Skye

The story of Mastodon’s 2009 prog metal masterpiece, Crack The Skye

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“We’ve been working on new stuff for months. And we need to go home.” Mastodon drummer hints new music to come “really, really soon”

Brann Dailor teases that new Mastodon music “might” come sooner rather than later

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“Putting out a concept album about Moby-Dick could be career suicide”: Mastodon explain why Leviathan is so obsessed with the white whale

Mastodon explain why 2004 classic Leviathan is so fascinated with Herman Melville’s classic novel in a new interview

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“We were a bunch of dirty, stinky pirates!” Order your limited edition Metal Hammer x Mastodon bundle – featuring an exclusive Leviathan t-shirt!

This Leviathan-inspired shirt – featuring artwork by Metallica, Foo Fighters and Sleep Token collaborator Luke Preece – is only available via the Metal Hammer webstore

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‘Threads is just deathly dull’: have Twitter quitters found what they are looking for on other networks?

There’s been an exodus of users from X, propelled by Elon Musk’s lurch to the far right, but the alternatives have drawbacks too

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“My mom would still be bugging me, like, ‘You need to go to college and get a real job.’ I’m in the van, getting baloney sandwiches on 100 bucks a night. And I’m 30!” Bill Kelliher and Mark Morton on how Leviathan and Ashes of the Wake changed everything

With two classic albums, both released on the same day, Lamb of God and Mastodon's fates have long been connected and now they're touring together, Kelliher and Morton reflect on a turning point for both bands

Guitar World

“Some of the riffs are really heavy and tasty”: Mastodon are hard at work making “two different projects”

Expect double trouble from the Atlanta sludge/prog pioneers – and expect it to be heavy as hell

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“They didn’t like the idea of choruses”: Lamb Of God producer reveals one of the “pop ideas” he snuck into Ashes Of The Wake

After a bit of a struggle to make his voice heard, Gene ‘Machine’ Freeman had an idea that made one Ashes Of The Wake track a Lamb Of God classic

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“I don’t mess with mescaline any more. I did enough acid back in the day”: how Mastodon made a psychedelic prog metal masterpiece with Blood Mountain

Mastodon’s third album Blood Mountain saw them going from underground favourites to metal’s brain-frying new heroes

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It's a blues extravaganza starring Slash, Kingfish, Samantha Fish, Gary Clark Jr. and Billy Gibbons – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Lamb of God & Mastodon, plus Marty Friedman, Bruce Kulick, Towa Bird, Eric Gales' pedalboard, Goo Goo Dolls, our EVH SA-126 review and more

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Mastodon have their own line of pickles now. Seriously.

As briny as the depths where Moby Dick lives (probably)

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“We used to think, ‘Oh, there’s not enough craziness in this song; we need to add some stuff’ – but we learned that no, we don’t”: How Mastodon matured with Once More ‘Round The Sun

Sixth album was the moment they took stock of their previous achievements as they faced highest expectations to date

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“We always try to go for it, always try to have that relentless ride." Dream Theater and the making of Black Clouds & Silver Linings

In 2009 we sat down with Mike Portnoy to discuss Dream Theater's tenth album Black Clouds & Silver Linings, little realising it would be his last with the band for 15 years!

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“I’m glad to see this tune get some shine after all this time!” Hear Lamb Of God’s re-recording of Another Nail For Your Coffin with Malevolence and Kublai Khan TX

The revamped bonus track will be part of a 20th-anniversary Ashes Of The Wake reissue, which drops in August

Guitar World

“It was funny when I first met James Hetfield. I was like, ‘Thank you for teaching me how to play guitar. You paved the way for me’”: Mastodon's Bill Kelliher on how meeting his guitar heroes pushed him to improve his craft

Mastodon's Bill Kelliher also credits Slayer's Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman for changing his previously nonchalant attitude to warming up before a show

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Stack Overflow bans users for altering answers to protest OpenAI deal

Stack Overflow users are protesting about the use of their data as part of the new OpenAI partnership, resulting in short bans.

What Hi-Fi?

The best limited edition picture discs for (almost) every Record Store Day

Our pick of some of the best limited edition picture discs released for (almost) every Record Store Day.

Guitar World

“I have Marshall, Orange and Victory amps, but they just don’t have the bark I need for this project. The 5150 is what metal sounds like to me”: Meet Jaguar Throne, the UK metal big beasts following in the hoofprints of Mastodon

Steve Sears builds a bestial, musically adventurous sound with dark prog vibes, monster riffs and some serious production savvy

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“A lot of guys can play awesome guitar but there’s very few super-shredders like that”: members of Slayer, Nightwish, Mastodon and more salute the genius of Alexi Laiho

Late, great Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho was born on April 9, 1979

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“I feel like your spirit lives on in another reality. I feel like it gets transferred to another dimension”: how Mastodon transcended death and tragedy to make Emperor Of Sand

The story of Mastodon’s 2017 album Emperor Of Sand, a yell of defiance in the face of death

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Great new prog from Soen, Alex Henry Foster, Kiasmos and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Cool proggy sounds to check out from Quantum, Take & Take, External and more...

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10 classic metal albums that should be played live in full (but haven’t yet)

From Metallica’s …And Justice For All to Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other, these masterpieces are so good that live crowds need to hear them in their entirety

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