Mastodon's eccentrically outrageous guitarist Brent Hinds -- he's the one with the face tattoo -- is releasing two new musical projects on June 7th in the form of a dual disc set. Hinds' West End Motel and Fiend Without a Face projects are extreme and artistic in one fell swoop, but be forewarned: neither sound anything like Mastodon...
Something dark, cerebral, and dizzying is gathering power in the streets of Atlanta. Four hyper-talented musicians are working together to create the ultimate combination of memorable riffs, jaw-dropping beats, mild-altering vocal harmonies, and unearthly guitar passages...
Atlanta metal titans Mastodon have always approached their music visually and thematically, whether they were revamping Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick' on their 2004 album 'Leviathan,' chronicling a deadly expedition up a steep slope inhabited by horrible monsters on 'Blood Mountain,' or unraveling a phantasmagoric tale about astral projection, wormholes, Rasputin, and other unearthly delights on t