Mastodon have announced the details of their first full-length in five years, one that represents a whole new chapter in their untameable story in more ways than one.
Titled ‘Marrow Deep’ it is set for release on August 28 via Loma Vista Recordings. It’s the band’s first output to feature guitarist Nick Johnston and signicant contributions from keyboardist João Nogueira.
The artwork looks like this:
Whilst the tracklisting is like this:
1. Barbarians Blood
2. Poisonous Weapons
3. Your Ghost Again
4. Snakes For Dinner
5. Out Like a Lamb
6. In the Ruins
7. They’re Coming For You
8. Golden Spires
9. Moth and Bone
10. A Vampire’s Demeanor
11. The Vanishing
12. The Three Fates
The band have also shared a new taste of it, with a very special guest. That is ‘Snakes For Dinner’, a spiralling, fiery, thrilling piece of progressive genius that represents as much of who the band has been in the past as who they clearly want to be now. It also features none other than Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age, who adds a slick layer of devastating energy to the back end of the track, a match made in Heaven.
Here it is:
In preparation for the album, the band have also shared a very special and very emotional documentary titled ‘The Mastodon In The Room’, where they go into their relationship with former guitarist Brent Hinds who passed away last year.
