Complete List Of Mastodon Songs From A to Z

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Mastodon formed in Atlanta in January 2000 after drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher met bassist and vocalist Troy Sanders and guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds. Dailor and Kelliher had previously played in Lethargy and Today Is the Day, while Sanders and Hinds had worked together in Four Hour Fogger. Their shared interest in heavy metal, progressive rock, sludge, punk, Southern rock, and experimental music quickly developed into a band built around complex riffs, multiple lead voices, and concept-driven records.

An early lineup recorded a nine-song demo with vocalist Eric Saner, but Saner soon departed and the remaining members divided the vocals among themselves. The Lifesblood EP arrived in 2001, followed by Remission in 2002. “March of the Fire Ants,” “Crusher Destroyer,” “Mother Puncher,” “Trainwreck,” and “Where Strides the Behemoth” established Mastodon’s first full-length album as a dense combination of technical playing, hardcore force, and Southern sludge.

Leviathan became the band’s first defining concept album in 2004. Inspired by Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, it transformed the sea, the white whale, obsession, and survival into songs including “Blood and Thunder,” “Iron Tusk,” “Megalodon,” “Seabeast,” and “Hearts Alive.” Neil Fallon of Clutch appeared on “Blood and Thunder,” while Scott Kelly of Neurosis began a long sequence of guest appearances with “Aqua Dementia.”

Mastodon moved to a major label for Blood Mountain in 2006. “Colony of Birchmen,” featuring Josh Homme, received a Grammy nomination, while “Siberian Divide,” “Sleeping Giant,” “Crystal Skull,” “Capillarian Crest,” and “The Wolf Is Loose” expanded the group’s progressive and psychedelic vocabulary.

Crack the Skye followed in 2009 with a story involving astral projection, spirits, wormholes, Rasputin, and Czarist Russia. Brann Dailor emerged as a prominent lead singer on “Oblivion,” while “Divinations,” “The Czar,” “Ghost of Karelia,” and “The Last Baron” pushed Mastodon toward longer, more melodic arrangements. The full album was performed during the tour documented on Live at the Aragon.

Mastodon created the instrumental Jonah Hex: Revenge Gets Ugly soundtrack in 2010 and released The Hunter in 2011. “Black Tongue,” “Curl of the Burl,” “Dry Bone Valley,” “Stargasm,” “Spectrelight,” and “The Sparrow” replaced a single continuous narrative with shorter songs that moved between hard rock, psychedelic metal, progressive structures, and unusual vocal combinations.

Once More ’Round the Sun arrived in 2014 with “High Road,” “The Motherload,” “Chimes at Midnight,” “Asleep in the Deep,” “Halloween,” and “Diamond in the Witch House.” The band continued adding non-album recordings during this period, including the Feist cover “A Commotion,” “Atlanta” with Gibby Haynes, and “White Walker” for a Game of Thrones compilation.

Emperor of Sand used a desert journey as a metaphor for cancer and mortality in 2017. “Sultan’s Curse” earned Mastodon its first Grammy Award, while “Show Yourself,” “Steambreather,” “Roots Remain,” “Ancient Kingdom,” and “Jaguar God” helped make the album one of the band’s broadest commercial successes. The four-song Cold Dark Place EP followed later that year.

The compilation Medium Rarities gathered covers, soundtrack recordings, instrumental mixes, and live performances in 2020. It also introduced “Fallen Torches,” recorded with Scott Kelly in memory of the band’s longtime manager Nick John. Mastodon’s tribute to John also produced studio and live versions of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” released as Stairway to Nick John.

Hushed and Grim, released in 2021, became Mastodon’s first double studio album. Produced by David Bottrill, its fifteen songs addressed grief, memory, guilt, and the imagined passage into an afterlife. “Pushing the Tides,” “Teardrinker,” “More Than I Could Chew,” “Sickle and Peace,” “The Beast,” “Gobblers of Dregs,” and “Gigantium” presented the band at its most expansive and emotionally direct.

Mastodon and Lamb of God released the collaborative single “Floods of Triton” in 2024. In March 2025, Mastodon and Brent Hinds announced that they were ending their twenty-five-year partnership. Hinds died in an Atlanta motorcycle crash on August 20, 2025. The band continued with Dailor, Kelliher, and Sanders, later adding guitarist Nick Johnston and keyboardist João Nogueira as full members.

“Your Ghost Again,” released in June 2026, addressed grief and gratitude after Hinds’ death. “Snakes for Dinner,” featuring Josh Homme, followed in July. Both songs previewed Marrow Deep, Mastodon’s ninth studio album, scheduled for release on August 28, 2026.