Mastodon: Marrow Deep (2LP, indie exclusive, coke bottle clear vinyl) [LOMA VISTA]

Why you'll love it

Mastodon's ninth album, their first in five years and their first without guitarist Brent Hinds, who left in 2025 and died that summer. Grief runs through it, framed by the Three Fates of Greek myth, and Josh Homme sings on "Snakes For Dinner", his first Mastodon appearance since 2006.

This edition

• Indie exclusive
• 2LP on coke bottle clear vinyl
• 12 tracks

About the album

Co-produced by the band at their Atlanta studio with Patrik Berger and Kurt Ballou, and mixed by Andrew Scheps, it welcomes new guitarist Nick Johnston. Brann Dailor called it "a hard record to make", and you can hear every bit of it.

Heavy in every sense of the word.

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Tracklist

1. Barbarians Blood
2. Poisonous Weapons
3. Your Ghost Again
4. Snakes For Dinner
5. Out Like A Lamb
6. In The Ruins
7. They're Coming For You
8. Golden Spires
9. Moth And Bone
10. A Vampire's Demeanor
11. The Vanishing
12. The Three Fates

On Loma Vista Recordings.