Mastodon Map a New Chapter with ‘Marrow Deep’ and Short Film

Mastodon have announced their ninth studio album, ‘Marrow Deep’, set for release on 18th August via Loma Vista Recordings. The news arrives with details of a companion short film, ‘The Mastodon in the Room’, which examines the band’s ongoing process of navigating the loss of founding guitarist Brent Hinds. His absence reshapes the group’s core, now reduced to the trio of Brann Dailor, Troy Sanders, and Bill Kelliher.

The album, their first since 2021’s ‘Hushed And Grim’, was co-produced by Patrik Berger (Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX) and Kurt Ballou (High On Fire, Converge) at the band’s own West End Sound studio in Atlanta. New linchpins include guitarist Nick Johnston and keyboardist João Nogueira, whose presence adds fresh texture to the band’s sound. The lead single ‘Snakes For Dinner’ encapsulates the record’s confrontational spirit—a rugged, propulsive track laced with a guest vocal from Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme.

The tracklist reveals twelve songs, from opener ‘Barbarians Blood’ to closer ‘The Three Fates’. While the full scope remains to be heard, the pairing of a deeply personal film with a robust, hard-rocking single suggests Mastodon are facing their altered reality head-on, with no intention of retreating into formula.