Mastodon entered our metal lives only recently, relatively speaking, dropping the 'Lifesblood' EP in 2001 and the 'Remission' LP in 2002. But they've assembled of body of work of great depth and breadth in the past 12 years, and that makes choosing the 10 best Mastodon songs no easy task. The Atlanta band's artful mix of thunderous thud and complicated structures made them a favorite among hipsters and headbangers alike. The combo also garnered them industry acclaim, allowing them to graduate from indie metal institution Relapse to Warner Bros. with their cred and metal viability in tact. Not much has changed since the band burst onto the scene, except maybe for some tours with Metallica and continued development in their songwriting, with the nuts and bolts remaining as they were. Thanks to the group's efforts to push metal forward in this new millennium, we celebrate the 10 best Mastodon songs:
Archive for August, 2012
Chris Cornell Drops Off ‘Made in America’ Fest, Expresses Frustration Over Announcement
August 29th, 2012 
Metalkult The Jay-Z-led ‘Made in America’ is ready to take place next week, but one prominent artist on the bill has bowed out at the last minute. Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell was among the top-billed performers for the festival, but it was just announced that a scheduling conflict is taking him away from the event. The cancellation of the Sept. 2 performance was announced Tuesday (Aug. 28) on his website with
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Tags: America, among-the-top, bill, chris-cornell, event, from-the-event, has-bowed, last, performers-for, take-place, the-event-, the-top-billed 
No Comments »Former Megadeth / Black Label Society Bassist James LoMenzo Joins the Cast of ‘Amazing Race’
August 29th, 2012 Metalkult The rock world has really been representing when it comes to reality TV shows lately. First former Kittie bassist Jenn Arroyo moved into the ‘Big Brother’ house and now bassist James LoMenzo who has played with Megadeth, Black Label Society and White Lion throughout his career, is joining the new season of ‘The Amazing Race.’ ‘The Amazing Race’ now on Season 21, pairs up 11 teams of two to compete
Posted in News Tags: amazing, amazing-race, black, black-label, career, has-really, joining-the, joining-the-new, megadeth, moved-into, new-season, played-with, rock-world, white, white-lion No Comments »Foo Fighters Frontman Dave Grohl Downplays Reports of Band Hiatus
August 29th, 2012 Metalkult Even though the U.K. may be thousands of miles away, it really is a small world when the Internet gets involved. And that is something that Dave Grohl is realizing firsthand this week after making comments Sunday to the Reading Festival crowd that it would be the last time they would see the Foo Fighters for a long while. Grohl told the audience, “You guys realize we’ve got a lot
Posted in News Tags: a-long-while-, after-making, audience, fighters, gets-involved-, guys-realize, reading, though-the No Comments »Smashing Pumpkins Unveil Dates and Venues for 2012 Fall Arena Tour
August 29th, 2012 Metalkult About a week ago, the Smashing Pumpkins announced their plans for a fall arena tour set to kick off in early October. While the cities for the trek were announced, the dates and locations were still a mystery until now. Traveling from coast to coast, the 14 date tour kicks off in Everett, Wash., on Oct. 10 at the Comcast Arena and wraps up nearly a month later clear across
Posted in News Tags: a-and-wraps, a-month-later-, a-week-ago, and-locations, cities, comcast-arena, kicks, month-later, mystery-until, plans, smashing, trek No Comments »Candlelight Red vs. Black Oxygen – Cage Match
August 29th, 2012 Metalkult Candlelight Red brought out their fans inner ‘Demons’ and did some serious rallying against Young Guns for a razor-close Cage Match win. Can they do it again against today’s opponent? Kansas City band Black Oxygen enter the matchup with their song ‘Take It to the Limit’ off of their new album ‘The American Dream.’ The band recently wrapped up a tour with Sevendust and have a show on Sept. 22
Posted in News Tags: again-against, black-oxygen, brought-out, fans, limit, match, matchup, sevendust, some-serious, song, their-song No Comments »Former Dio Bassist Jimmy Bain Busted for DUI + Illegal Possession of Prescription Meds
August 29th, 2012 Metalkult Former Dio bassist Jimmy Bain got into what is being described as a minor traffic accident last night (Aug.28) in Burbank, Calif., at approximately 9:30 PM PT, but that’s not the worst of it. According to the responding officers, Bain was under the influence and it was suspected to be more than just alcohol. TMZ has reported that Bain failed a field sobriety test and a search of his car
