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Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning: our ultimate review of their triumphant final show
By Rich Hobson published
Our blow-by-blow review of the biggest heavy metal show ever as Black Sabbath triumphantly bow out

Slayer's return to the UK was chaotic but ultimately triumphant
By Rich Hobson published
Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and Hatebreed supported Slayer for their spectacular UK comeback

Brann Dailor's synth proggers Arcadea return with zany new video for Fuzzy Planet
By Jerry Ewing published
Synth prog trio Arcadea, featuring Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor, will release secind album, The Exodus Of Gravity, in August

Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates on social media
By Paul Brannigan published
It seems that Brent Hinds' exit from Mastodon may not have been entirely amicable

The chaotic birth of prog metal giants Mastodon
By John Doran published
How Mastodon crawled from the Atlanta underground metal scene to become one of the most important bands of the 21st century

System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian: “I never knocked out Brent Hinds”
By Matt Mills published
System Of A Down’s bassist dispels the widely circulated story that he punched Mastodon’s ex-guitarist/vocalist after an awards ceremony in 2007

Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed
By Philip Wilding published
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

Mastodon add headline shows to their summer tour in the UK and Europe, but there's still no news on who's replacing Brent Hinds
By Paul Brannigan published
Good news for European metal fans

“We embrace the spirit of early 70s prog as being the way that you should always approach music." Mastodon and their prog epic Crack The Skye
By Malcolm Dome published
In 2009 US prog metallers Mastodon released their conceptual opus Crack The Skye. It proved to be the step up to the big time the band deserved...
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