Mastodon Have Begun Recording New Material

It has been a crazy fucking year for Mastodon. The Atlanta stoner metal giants lost their manager, Brent Hinds revealed the extent of his gnarly hit-and run-accident he only recently recovered from, and now the band has a huge European tour to embark on.

So one would forgive the dudes for wanting a little time to catch their breaths and take it easy before recording their eighth studio album. But apparently, that's not the case, as Drummer Brann Dailor just posted the following picture of him and guitarist Bill Kelliher to his Instagram:

Given that Mastodon's latest full-length is anticipated to drop in 2019, it stands that this is what Dailor and Kelliher are working on material for. Then again, the band has also been releasing EPs on and off of late, so this might even be a pre-album album.

Hopefully, the band will reveal more soon. In the meantime, make sure to get your head wrung out at one of Mastodon's upcoming European live dates listed below:

January 2019

14 Belfast Ulster Hall
15 Dublin Olympia
17 Southampton Guildhall
18 Newcastle O2 Academy
19 Glasgow Academy
21 Leeds O2 Academy
22 Birmingham O2 Academy
24 Norwich UEA
25 London O2 Academy Brixton
26 Bristol O2 Academy
28 Luxembourg Rockhal Box
30 Wiesbaden Schlachthof
31 Hamburg Docks

February 2019

2 Copenhagen Aarhus Train
3 Oslo Spektrum
4 Stockholm Munchenbrewery
6 Hannover Capitol
7 Oberhausen Turbinenhalle
9 Brussels AB
10 Tilburg 013
12 Zurich Komplex
13 Paris Casino de Paris
15 Barcelona Razzmatazz 1
16 Madrid La Riviera
17 Lisbon Sala Tejo