Mastodon Announce New Album, Unveil “Snakes for Dinner” Featuring Josh Homme: Stream
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Mastodon have announced a new album, Marrow Deep, due on 28 August via Loma Vista Recordings, and released a new single, “Snakes for Dinner”, featuring Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. The announcement matters because it marks the band’s first album in five years and their first full-length release since the death of founding guitarist-singer Brent Hinds after his departure from the group. It also introduces the band’s latest recorded line-up and signals a new phase for Mastodon following a period of major change.
The album follows 2021’s Hushed and Grim and was co-produced by Mastodon with Patrik Berger and Kurt Ballou, while Andrew Scheps handled mixing. The current line-up includes Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor, joined by guitarist Nick Johnston and keyboardist João Nogueira. According to the article, the record draws on themes of life, loss and fate from Greek mythology, while “Snakes for Dinner” features Homme’s vocals in its final minute; Mastodon are also set to support the album with a previously announced North American tour with Deafheaven and Alcest.
- Mastodon announced new album Marrow Deep for 28 August
- New single features Josh Homme on guest vocals
- Album marks first release since Brent Hinds’ death
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Mastodon are an Atlanta-based heavy metal band formed in 2000, known for blending progressive, sludge and hard rock influences across acclaimed albums such as Leviathan and Crack the Skye. In recent years the group has gone through significant upheaval: founding guitarist and singer Brent Hinds parted ways with the band, and he later died. The remaining members have continued as a trio before expanding their touring and recording line-up.
The band's last studio album, Hushed and Grim, came out in 2021, so a new record represents their first full-length material in five years. Guest musician Josh Homme, best known as the frontman of Queens of the Stone Age and a prominent figure in the American rock scene, has also been drawn into the new material, adding another point of interest for fans of both acts.
This context matters because the new release effectively introduces Mastodon's next chapter: a changed line-up, a gap of several years since their last album, and the shadow of Hinds' departure and death hanging over how the band and its audience approach the new music.
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Originally published by Consequence as “Mastodon Announce New Album, Unveil “Snakes for Dinner” Featuring Josh Homme: Stream”.