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“We’re thrilled we’ve got other members who are just over the moon to be in the band with us”: Mastodon share new single with Josh Homme – and add another member to the band

The band will release their ninth album, Marrow Deep, on August 28

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"It’s reminiscent of the very beginning of our band, where all members are hungry, we're united, and excited to get to work." Mastodon reveal new album Marrow Deep, expand to a five-piece and recruit Josh Homme for new single

The progressive sludge metallers will release their ninth album on August 28

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“We thought the band was over. He's crossed the line – he's gone too far”: Mastodon open up about their relationship with Brent Hinds – and the devastating brain injury that nearly ended everything

Nearly one year on from his tragic death, Bill Kelliher, Troy Sanders, and Brann Dailor discuss the highs and lows of their 25-year relationship with Hinds

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"He was a wild man, our wild man, and that came with some challenges. Losing him has meant sitting with a type of grief we never expected." Mastodon reveal reasons for late guitarist Brent Hinds' departure in new film

The Mastodon in the Room is available to watch on YouTube

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“When the first riff came together, we locked in and played it for 100 hours”: How Blood And Thunder turned Mastodon from Southern misfits to a 21st-century sensation

Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 8, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Europe, Mastodon, Stanley Simmons and more

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“We miss him and we love him, also”: Watch Mastodon give new single Your Ghost Again its live debut and dedicate it to late guitarist Brent Hinds

The Atlanta band played their latest song at their European tour kickoff last week

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"In many ways that entire album feels like we were rebelling against ourselves." How Mastodon overcame moments of self-doubt and rebuilt themselves from the ground up on The Hunter

In 2011, Mastodon wrote an album that would fly in the face of everything we thought we knew about them. but they had to fight hard to make it happen...

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Pussy Riot, Evanescence, DevilDriver and more feature in this week's best new metal song round-up

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Cool new proggy sounds from Gentle Giant, Voyage 35, Mastodon and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog you must hear from Long Earth, Pelagic United, Ditch The Demon, John Bassett and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

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“I kept seeing him out the corner of my eye, where he’d be with his guitar”: Mastodon’s first single with their new guitarist is a powerful tribute to Brent Hinds

Your Ghost Again is the lead single from the band’s ninth album, Poisonous Weapons

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“My portion of the song is all about Brent, and for Brent”: Mastodon return with trippy single Your Ghost Again, a tribute to late founding guitarist Brent Hinds

Hinds departed the band last March and died in a motorcycle accident, aged 51, in August

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"She was looking at her pill bottles. I knew she was going to die so I was like, 'Put it down. Live right now.'" Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed

A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

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"Noel Gallagher would be in the room across from me." From underground darlings to collabs with Mastodon and Gojira: Urne are the best-kept secret in British metal

After exploring the effects of dementia on 2023's A Feast On Sorrow, Urne decided to reconnect with metal's roots for their 2026 follow-up

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The Conversation

Nearly everything we use online is owned by big tech. There’s a better way forward

Globally, users of digital media are increasingly locked into a handful of operating systems, app stores, and communication platforms. Most of us must choose between Apple, Windows, or Android. All of these are owned by American tech giants.

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“One of the last guitar solos he recorded”: Before he died, Brent Hinds recorded a solo for a Marcus King track – and it’s been released

The late guitar great made a surprise guest appearance on King’s latest release

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“Finding a twin humbucker guitar that looks and sounds as good as this is far from easy”: Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional HH review

The newly appointed Mastodon guitarist gets heavy with his first dual humbucker signature, which comes in a fitting Silverburst-esque finish

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Are there alternatives to mainstream social media platforms? |Euronews Tech Talks

Privacy, political, and ethical concerns are pushing people to look for alternative social media platforms. What are the options? Are they the solution? Euronews Tech Talks tries to understand.

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Tom’s Hardware

Linux kernel's ‘second-in-command’ uses local AI bot to hunt bugs, powered by 'clanker' system with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ — Framework Desktop has resulted in close to two dozen patches

Greg Kroah-Hartman posted a photo to Mastodon this weekend showing the hardware behind his AI-assisted bug-finding tool.

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"We're honouring a legend." Inside King Ultramega, the star-studded tribute to Chris Cornell featuring members of Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Anthrax and more

How a spur-of-the-moment pandemic jam turned into a special tribute to a much-missed legend

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“I want to die in Lamb Of God!” The new issue of Metal Hammer features Lamb Of God on the cover – and an exclusive all-star interview with Randy Blythe

We asked Halestorm, Mastodon, Health, Clutch, Killswitch Engage, Ice-T and more to put their burning questions to Randy

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Is social media addictive by design and can you beat the algorithm?

Social media features such as infinite scroll and personalised feeds can drive compulsive use. Experts argue that Big Tech should change its business models for meaningful change.

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“The Silver Burst is synonymous with the band. We were talking about how cool it would be to continue that tradition”: Nick Johnston embraces his Mastodon turn with his most metal signature Schecter yet

The guitar completes Johnston’s “evolution” from a single-coil loyalist to twin humbucker convert

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“I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment

Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres

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How To Build Your Own Internet in 2026

AI slop and enshittification are making the public social commons unbearable. The alternative pathways are more accessible than you think.

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