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Guns N' Roses announce intimate tour
Mastodon/Opeth co-headlining tour
Meshuggah/Baroness/Decapitated North American tour
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I think people tend to forget about the Rock On The Range festival. Even though it brings big acts to Columbus, OH on a yearly basis, it's not one of those festivals that sticks out in one's mind when you're planning what fests to head to in the summer. Regardless, ROTR is back this year with a pretty interesting line up.
Incubus, Rob Zombie, Shinedown and Marilyn Manson will be headlining the three-day festival which runs from May 18-20 at Crew Stadium.… Read More

Need an insane metal tour to check out this year? I got one for ya. How about Mastodon and Opeth? Yeah, I knew you'd like that.
Dubbed the Heritage Hunter tour, the two metal titans are hitting the road together starting April 4th in Portland, OR and will play until May 12th with a show in Atlanta, GA. The cool thing about this outing is that each night the bands will alternate headlining a show. One night Mastodon will close it out then the next… Read More

If you haven't seen this yet and have been looking for something new to trip balls on then you're in luck! Up top is the brand new music video from Mastodon for the song "Dry Bone Valley" from The Hunter. It's a bunch of images thrown in your face nonstop that invite the use of psychedelics to enhance the viewing experience. So you go ahead and start screaming why the bad man won't get out of your eyeballs after watching this video a couple times.
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Well there it is. The Grammy. The award that artists strive to win and the one that bloggers and fans hate. Primarily because, as fans, we feel that OUR favorite bands deserve all the accolades and fuck the rest. But this award ceremony offers us a place to vent our frustrations and reaffirm our hatred for genres and artists we can't stand. There's gonna be a lot of hate for one Justin Bieber again...even if he isn't nominated… Read More

You're getting the heads up from now that Record Store Day 2012 is going to be awesome.
In a recent interview with MTV News Canada, Mastodon frontman Troy Sanders revealed that the band will be releasing a split single with Canadian songstress Leslie Feist and her band for next year's vinyl holiday. Sanders says in the clip down below that "the idea is for Mastodon to cover a Feist song and throw some hair and dirt on it. They're gonna take… Read More

Happy Thanksgiving from the RiO!B. Being that it's a time to be thankful, we would like to know what albums that came out this year that you're most thankful for?
Personally, I'm thankful for new albums from Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Beastie Boys, R.E.M, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mastodon and many more. So watch the special RiO!B episode up top and then leave a comment as to what albums make you glad you exist this year.
Enjoy your feasting and football! Read More

Mastodon's new monster album, The Hunter, got its television debut last night on Late Show with David Letterman (via The Audio Perv). I know there are a few Mastodon fans that aren't the biggest supporters of "Curl of the Burl" saying it sounds too mainstream and not progressive. Well, fuck… Read More

Guns N' Roses touring U.S.
Stream: Mastodon - The Hunter
Watch: Mastodon - "Curl Of The Burl"
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Music video or PSA? Up top you can check out the video for Mastodon's "Curl Of The Burl" from their forthcoming album, The Hunter, which you can listen to right now.
Basically, the gist of the video is thus. Don't use nature to get high because you'll turn into Paul Bunyan before being seduced by woodland hotties who turn you into a tree. That being said, watch the video.
The Hunter is out on September 27th. Read More