This Georgia unit unlocked the creative possibilities of metal.
Mastodon Video Essentials
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Mastodon: Influences
The 2000s metal band was built on prog and classic rock.
Mastodon’s Ashes of Leviathan Tour Set List
Listen to the hits performed on the blockbuster tour.
About Mastodon
Artist Biography
Mastodon is an Atlanta-based heavy metal band known for intricate arrangements and elaborate concept albums, such as 2004’s Moby-Dick-inspired Leviathan.
∙ In 2006, the band’s third LP, Blood Mountain, ranked at No. 9 on Rolling Stone’s top 50 albums of the year.
∙ They performed the hard-rock hit “Colony of Birchmen” with Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
∙ Mastodon composed theme music for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters and appeared in the 2007 movie as animated snack food.
∙ Beginning with 2011’s The Hunter, every one of their full-length studio albums has reached the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.
∙ The band’s prog-influenced 2017 song “Sultan’s Curse” won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance—their first win after multiple nominations.
∙ The ferocious riff-fest “Show Yourself” is their highest-charting hit to date, reaching No. 4 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2017.
Hometown
Atlanta, GA, United States
Genre
Metal
Members of Mastodon
Mastodon was formed in 1999. Members of Mastodon include, or have included, the following 4 members.