From Loundersound.
Atlanta prog metal quartet Mastodon have streamed their brand new single, the reflective Sickle And Peace, which you can listen to below.
It’s taken from the band’s upcoming album Hushed & Grim, the band’s first new studio work for four years, which will be released through Reprise Records on October 29.
“Overall, I think Hushed & Grim is our proggiest album,” guitarist Bill Kelliher tells Prog in the new issue, which is on sale tomorrow. “It’s more of a whole. On the other records, there’s a proggy song here or there, but, here, every song has been progged out a little bit.”
Hushed & Grim was recorded in the band’s hometown of Atlanta, over the course of the past 12 months with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Rush, Muse, Peter Gabriel). An atmosphere of very real loss, loneliness, and longing permeates through the trio of cathartic vocals as they musically say goodbye to old friend, confidant, and longtime manager the late Nick John by architecting an affecting, intense body of work that bears the influence of his eternal memory.
“We were angry about what had happened to our friend,” says drummer and singer Brann Dailor, “so I thought, initially, this was gonna be a fast, heavy, pissed-off record. Over time, it became a slower, more doomy kind of [album]. There are some rippers, but overall it’s a more expansive, melancholy record.”
Mastodon have previously released videos for Pushing The Tides and Teardrinker.
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on May 26, 2026 at 9:37 amMASTODON Crack The Skye (Limited Edition 2017 US 13-track Picture Disc LP, first released in 2008, including the singles Oblivion & Divinations, housed in a hype stickered PVC envelope sleeve with the barcode sticker on the back - still with the HMV price sticker to front. Progressive Metal at its best!)
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on May 26, 2026 at 9:37 amMASTODON Emperor Of Sand (2017 UK/EU limited edition 11-track 2-LP set pressed on 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl. The seventh studio album by American heavy metal band including Show Yourself and Steambreather, housed in a glossy gatefold picture sleeve with a double sided lyric printed insert. The sleeve shows obvious splits to both top edges of the gatefold [VG-] whilst the contents are Near Mint)
- Mastodon - The Hunter - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $47.25, €40.60 (Back In Stock) (arrived 21-May-2026 16:00)
on May 26, 2026 at 9:37 amMASTODON The Hunter (2011 UK/EU limited edition 13-track black vinyl LP; their fifth studio album including the singles Black Tongue, Curl Of The Burl and Dry Bone Valley. The picture sleeve (still in stickered/opened shrink!) is Near Mint, complete with the illustrated lyric inner, whilst the vinyl remains in Near Mint condition)
- Mastodon - The Hunter - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $47.25, €40.60 (New Item) (arrived 20-May-2026 13:08)on May 26, 2026 at 9:37 am
MASTODON The Hunter (2011 UK/EU limited edition 13-track black vinyl LP; their fifth studio album including the singles Black Tongue, Curl Of The Burl and Dry Bone Valley. The picture sleeve (still in stickered/opened shrink!) is Near Mint, complete with the illustrated lyric inner, whilst the vinyl remains in Near Mint condition)
- Mastodon - Crack The Skye - US - picture disc LP - £29.99, $40.49, €34.79 (New Item) (arrived 20-May-2026 10:47)on May 26, 2026 at 9:37 am
MASTODON Crack The Skye (Limited Edition 2017 US 13-track Picture Disc LP, first released in 2008, including the singles Oblivion & Divinations, housed in a hype stickered PVC envelope sleeve with the barcode sticker on the back - still with the HMV price sticker to front. Progressive Metal at its best!)
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