“Black Tounge”, the first track to be released from The Hunter sounds decent, but usually Mastodon is about the full album experience so we will just sit back and anxiously await it’s release.

Mastodon switches it up with a new cover artist, AJ Fosik for their forthcoming record and it looks amazing. The Hunter is due out in October.

Mastodon takes on your favorite kid’s shows with violent results. The Adult Swim singles program is killing it right now, go download the song for free along with tracks from Best Coast & How To Dress Well here.

A collection of screen printed tour posters commissioned by Mastodon over the years.

Power Gig: Rise of the SixString reveals a track list that unfortunately has the good songs outnumbered by absolutely terrible ones though we look forward to using their unique controller to actually shred. Click through for the full set list.

The pre-sale password for the Alice In Chains, Deftones and Mastodon at Madison Square Garden in New York City is HESKYE. The show is still far off, taking place on September 24th.

Buy them at Ticketmaster.com starting Thursday 5/20/2010 at 10 AM.

Here is the first trailer for Jonah Hex the film scored by Mastodon starring Josh Brolin and Megan Fox. It’s another film adapted from a comic book so chances are it could be bad, but at least there should be a sweet score despite Bret Hinds describing the experience as frustrating with reshoots and changes throughout the film making process.

Mastodon have released an absurd Godzilla inspired video to show off some of their new merch. As far as I know this is the first video specifically dedicated to a band’s merch line. Clicking on the image below will bring up the video. (via Noisecreep)

Record Store Day 2010 taking place on April 18th is rapidly approaching and the release listing is finally available. Many of the releases are exclusives and will sell out fast. Our recommendations of what vinyl to pick up are below as well as pressing information if available.

Mastodon will be reissuing Blood Mountain on vinyl in standard and deluxe versions for Record Store Day this April 17th. Updated album artwork has been created for the release by the bands long time artist Paul Romano which can be seen below. Other exclusive Record Store Day vinyl includes releases from Black Label Society, Them Crooked Vultures and Gogol Bordello. (via The PRP)

Chunklet has put up a limited amout of the Mastodon / Brian Posehn shirt from the Chunklet 15th anniversary show at the 40 watt in Athens, GA. The shirt is only 3 bucks with another purchase from the Chunklet store which includes some great releases from Patton Oswalt, Chunklet back iusses and more. Go get it here.

As we have mentioned before every Metal band seems to be getting shoes these days. The photos of the Mastodon Vans have been floating around the internet for a couple weeks since being spotted in an ad in Decibal, but we figured better late then never to post about ‘em. High tops and slip ons featuring the artwork of Blood Mountain. The artwork was created by the fantastic Paul Romano. You can check out more of his work at Workhardened.com.

Another trend in the metal world seems to be getting your own comic book, most recently announced were comics from Dimmu Borgir pictured below and God Forbid. Dimmu Borgir’s comic is called Dark Fortress and is the ” first in a series of books influenced by the lyrical, artistic and musical concepts from Nuclear Blast’s polarizing roster of bands translated into the comic medium by the creative teams at Terminal Press.” So we can expect more comics to come.

God Forbid will have a cameo appearance in the comic book “Eternal Descent.” The issue will feature a story line loosely based on their latest album IV: Constitution of Treason. According to SMNnews.com the…

First Bowie went to space and now Mastodon is up there to presumably travel through some wormholes. Notice that they are dealing with Skynet knock off Skyelab. Another cool and somewhat goofy video from the ‘don.

Mastodon came to Brooklyn to perform their stellar new release Crack The Skye from start to finish along with an encore with a few fan favorites from every record. Click the NEXT button above to scan through the photos from the show as well as a photo of the setlist.

Kylesa brought a huge wall of sound to Williamsburg with their double drumming attack. A great set by the band and the perfect warm up for Mastodon. Click on the links above to view more photos.