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Friday Nov 20 | Los Angeles Times

Live review: High on Fire, Converge, Mastodon and Dethklok

The most animated act grabs the spotlight at a metal mash. It's telling that the most orthodox act on one of the season's most anticipated metal package tours was the one composed of cartoon characters.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hardcore, Converge, Metal, High on Fire

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Texas Gigs

Concert review: Dethklok and Mastodon at the House of Blues

Throw in a couple of amazing underground metal bands in High on Fire and the insanely creative Converge , and you've got a metal tour that literally kicks the crap out of the big summer geezer quilting parties like Cruefest and Mayhem .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Metal, High on Fire

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Las Cruces Sun-News

Heady metal: Mastodon ushers in new era of extreme rock

Hailed as one of the most brutal and face-melting shows of the year, the Adult Swim tour featuring metal bands Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire may sound a little extreme to the uninitiated.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hardcore, Converge, Metal, High on Fire, Rochester, NY

Wed Nov 11, 2009

BlabberMouth.net

MASTODON Schedules Tempe Signing Session

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will take part in a signing session at Best Buy in Tempe, Arizona on Tuesday, November 17 at 5:30 p.m. Pick up a copy of "Crack The Skye" and have it autographed.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Tempe, AZ

Creative Loafing Tampa

Mastodon and Dethklok: Maladjusted metalheads, this one was for you

Concert Review: Dethklok and Mastodon in Orlando November 8, 2009 at 11:25 pm by Joel Weiss You people out there give us something more than just record sales.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Home Movies, Animated TV, Entertainment, Television, Metalocalypse

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Texas Gigs

Concert preview: Mastodon and Deathlok at the House of Blues

One word: Brutal! Undoubtedly the worlda s best metallic progressive band tag-teaming with the worlda s best faux death metal commodity.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sun Nov 08, 2009

TulsaWorld.com - Entertainment

Macho metal men

Progressive metal act Mastodon is full of meaty, hot-blooded manliness, much like the other bands on Saturday night's bill at the Brady Theater: Converge, High on Fire and Dethklok.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Theater, Arts

Fri Oct 30, 2009

New York Magazine

Mastodon's Brann Dailor on Scoring Jonah Hex

Thanks to their pulverizing sound, an endorsement from Metallica, and their dinosaur-elephant name, Atlanta metal band Mastodon are one of the genre's biggest recent crossover successes.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Metal, Metallica, Suicide, Entertainment

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Phoenix

PODCAST: Dethklok foe Malcolm McDowell speaks [MP3]

PODCAST: Dethklok foe Malcolm McDowell speaks [MP3] 0 Malcolm McDowell at Rock & Shock 2009 Starting tomorrow, metal worshipers will be descending on the House of Blues for two nights of "mind-throttling chasm-fording riff salad" with High on Fire , Mastodon , and hometown-pride-instilling acts Converge , legendary hardcore heavies from Salem, MA ...

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Related Topix: Thriller, A Clockwork Orange, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Horror Movies, Halloween, Malcolm McDowell, Metal, High on Fire, Pop/Rock, Hardcore, Converge

Sat Oct 24, 2009

BlabberMouth.net

MASTODON Bassist Talks About Scoring 'Jonah Hex' Film

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have written the score to "Jonah Hex" , the comic-book Western/horror film starring Josh Brolin in the lead role, with support from John Malkovich , Megan Fox , Will Arnett , Michael Fassbender and Michael Shannon .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Michael Fassbender

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Firstshowing.net

Mastodon Explains How Exactly They Came to Score Jonah Hex

Do you remember the news that heavy metal band Mastodon would be scoring the Jonah Hex movie? Yea, I'm still a bit bewildered by that, but it's being cleared up today, finally.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Eye Weekly

Dethklok

Purple Hill Together, Jordan Bruce, Brent Hough and Owen Marchildon make up Purple Hill, a jangle-friendly three-piece that might be Toronto's answer to The Feelies.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Feelies, Every Time I Die, Hardcore, Metal, High on Fire, Converge, Black Entertainment, Michael Jackson

Tue Oct 13, 2009

BlabberMouth.net

MASTODON: Chicago Show To Be Recorded For Future Release

According to a posting on MASTODON 's official Twitter profile , the band's October 17, 2009 concert at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois will be recorded for future release.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Chicago Metro, Michael Fassbender

Metromix Des Moines

Two bands to give you a metal fix

Mastodon. How do you improve on a concert by supreme metal band Mastodon? You get the coolest fake metal band since Spinal Tap to share top billing.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Herman Melville, Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Theater, Arts, Music, Entertainment

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Denver - News, Events, Restaurants, M...

Over the weekend: Dethklok at the Fillmore

Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire Saturday, October 10, 2009 Fillmore Auditorium Better than: Seeing the Archies, Alvin and the Chipmunks or any other cartoon rock band "There sure are a lot of nerds here for a heavy metal show," said a friend while overlooking the sea of fist-pumping, metal-crazed fans covering the floor of the ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hardcore, Converge, Metal, High on Fire, October, Swim

Fri Oct 02, 2009

BlabberMouth.net

MASTODON Drummer Schedules Signing Sessions

Drummer Brann Dailor of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON has scheduled the following signing sessions during the band's tour with DETHKLOK : Oct.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Kansas City, MO

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Illinois Entertainer

Around Hear: October 2009

Add American Draft to Chicago's instrumental rock pedigree. The band's second full-length release, the eight-track Hawk On Coachhouse , is like a less frenetic Mastodon minus the vocals.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, October, Dragon, The Christians, The Beatles, The Fab Four

Mon Sep 14, 2009

411mania.com

All You Cannot Live Without: Rammstein, Slipknot, Them Crooked Vultures, Three Days Grace Moneyshot

Russian Circles Geneva Scar Symmetry Dark Matter Dimensions Soil Picture Perfect Theory of a Deadman Scars & Souvenirs Various Artists Saw VI Soundtrack October 27 3 Revisions 36 Crazyfists Underneath A Northern Sky Live DVD Atreyu The Great Misdirect Cartel Cycles Flyleaf Memento Mori Jesu Opiate Sun Jodis Secret House The Red Chord Ryan Star ...

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Related Topix: Green Day, Punk, Pop/Rock, Music, Entertainment

Thu Sep 10, 2009

IndieLondon

White Lightnin' - Win tickets to preview screening

Dominic Murphya s feature debut White Lightnin' is the tale of Jesco White, a The Dancing Outlawa .

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Related Topix: Country, The Kentucky Headhunters, Pop/Rock, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Sat Sep 05, 2009

BlabberMouth.net

MASTODON Confirms 'Jonah Hex' Involvement

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have confirmed that they are working with composer John Powell and director Jimmy Hayward on the score to "Jonah Hex" , the comic-book Western/horror film starring Josh Brolin in the lead role, with support from John Malkovich , Megan Fox , Will Arnett , Michael Fassbender and Michael Shannon .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Michael Fassbender

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