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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

Concerts & Shows
Mastodon
Mastodon are looking for their next guitar player – and they have a very specific list of requirements

By Matt Mills Published

Longtime guitarist Brent Hinds left the sludge/prog metal favourites earlier this month

Bands & Artists
Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon in 2017
Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher explains Brent Hinds exit: “Like a marriage, sometimes people grow apart, and they get interested in other things”

By Matt Mills Published

Hinds parted ways with the pioneering progressive/sludge metal act last week, ending his 25 years of service

Bands & Artists
Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon
Mastodon announce shock departure of guitarist Brent Hinds

By Paul Brannigan Published

By mutual consent, Brent Hinds leaves Mastodon

Bands & Artists
Slayer in 2016
Slayer announce two monster UK shows with Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and more

By Matt Mills Published

The thrashers have scheduled headliners in Cardiff and London around their appearance at Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning event in July

Concerts & Shows
Babymetal/Ghost/Sleep Token/Bloodywood/Halestorm
50 metal albums you need to hear in 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

From Ghost to Babymetal, Halestorm to Sleep Token, these are the metal albums you should keep an eye out for in 2025

Albums
Mastodon posing for a photograph in 2011
“Death happens to everyone and if it hasn’t happened yet it’s going to happen. So what better way to deal with it?”: How Mastodon found light in darkness with The Hunter

By John Doran Published

With 2011’s The Hunter, Mastodon ditched the concepts and came up with something different

Interviews
Composite featuring members of Gojira, Sleep Token, Mastodon, Animals As Leaders and Spiritbox
Why progressive metal will rule the world in 2025

By Matt Mills Published

Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal will have a banner year in 2025

Culture
Babymetal and Electric Callboy in 2024
10 crazy metal collaborations that took us totally by surprise last year

By Matt Mills Published

From ska-punk/metalcore crossovers to industrial threesomes, these team-ups showed metal is more collaborative than ever

Tracks & Singles
Mastodon 2008
The Story Behind Mastodon's prog metal breakout Oblivion

By Dave Everley Published

A drunken fist-fight, childhood tragedy and an all-star producer all helped Mastodon channel their melodic tendencies on Oblivion

Biographies
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