Every Mastodon record has Mastodon on it, but the new pressing of Marrow Deep has mastodon in it. The Atlanta metal legends have announced a new version of their latest album featuring actual mastodon fossils. The records, which will be limited of 170 copies, were pressed at Waxworks Records with help from the University of Georgia's geology department, using "bone dust" created by grinding down a bag of fossilized mastodon teeth the band received as a gift more than two decades ago.
"Twenty-plus years ago we were gifted a massive bag of mastodon teeth," Troy Sanders explains in a video about the project. His bandmate Brann Dailor continues, "It's not like we had this pristine mastodon tooth fossil that was ready for a display case. It was kind of like, 'What are we going to do with these teeth?
We'd love to do something with them.' And Troy had the idea to at some point put them into a record, and how cool would that be?" Sanders then chimes in, "We've been wanting to do this for twentysomething years, do something super artful, artistic. And how cool is it to juxtapose something with 11,000-year-old fossils with a modern, 2026 Mastodon record." Dailor finishes out the clip: "The album's called Marrow Deep, so bones and teeth were on our minds, and we were thinking about that bag of teeth. And we got in touch with these fine folks through Loma Vista, and made our dreams come true.
Because of the extremely limited quantity of records, Mastodon are asking potential buyers to register for a chance to purchase a copy. The lucky few will be selected at random. Watch the Mastodon guys explaining the backstory below.
Mastodon are currently on their Poisonous Weapons Tour with Deafheaven (who surprise-released a new EP today) and Alcest. Here are the remaining dates: 10/09 - Oakland, CA @ The Fox10/10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium10/11 - San Diego, CA @ The Sound10/14 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore10/16 - Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom10/17 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant10/18 - Memphis, TN @ Satellite Music Hall10/20 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora10/21 - Greensboro, NC @ Piedmont Hall10/22 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern10/24 - Dallas, TX @ Sick New World Dallas
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