MASTODON Announces 'Marrow Deep' Album, Shares 'Snakes For Dinner' Single Featuring JOSH HOMME
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Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release their long-awaited new album, "Marrow Deep", on August 28 via Loma Vista Recordings. The news is paired with the release of blistering new single "Snakes For Dinner" featuring a guest vocal appearance by QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme, who also appears in the accompanying music video. Watch it here.
Five years on from the expansive "Hushed And Grim", "Marrow Deep" documents founding members Brann Dailor, Troy Sanders and Bill Kelliher emerging from years of personal upheaval with a renewed sense of purpose and reinvigorated drive. Inspired by the Three Fates of Greek mythology and the fragile threads connecting life, loss, and destiny, "Marrow Deep" channels the intense personal experiences of the intervening years into some of the most expansive, adventurous, and emotionally resonant music of the band's storied career. The album marks the band's first full-length to feature guitarist Nick Johnston alongside significant contributions from keyboardist João Nogueira. "Marrow Deep" was co-produced by MASTODON at the band's own West End Sound in Atlanta with Patrik Berger (Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX) and Kurt Ballou (HIGH ON FIRE, CONVERGE),was mixed by Andrew Scheps (Adele, BLACK SABBATH, METALLICA),and includes a staggering roster of guests to be revealed soon.
New single "Snakes For Dinner" (which follows on the heels of last month's immediate fan favorite "Your Ghost Again", which ranked No. 2 on a Revolver reader's poll of best songs of 2026 so far) is an emotionally charged epic featuring Josh Homme's first appearance on a MASTODON recording since his contribution to "Colony Of Birchmen" on 2006's "Blood Mountain". Anchored by crushing riffs, and soaring melodies the song unveils the emotional core of "Marrow Deep", reflecting on the lingering absence of those we've lost and the winding path ahead. Appropriately, the announcement follows last week's release of the band's short film "The Mastodon In The Room", an intimate document of the band as they attempt to process the unresolved grief surrounding the loss of founding guitarist Brent Hinds. The piece presents an extraordinary meditation on the legacy of their remarkable 25-year journey together while staying honest and candid about the relationship dynamic that led to the split.
While the film honored MASTODON's past and the tragic path that led them to the current moment, "Marrow Deep" marks the beginning of an ambitious new era. The album preserves the crushing riffs, adventurous songwriting, and emotional depth that have long defined MASTODON, while a renewed sense of purpose pushes the band toward some of the most compelling music of their career.
"Bill, Brann and myself are thrilled that we still have the opportunity to do this, and we've got other members who are just over the moon to be in the band with us," Sanders says. "That's a magical feeling that makes us keep wanting to go to band practice. It's reminiscent of the very beginning of our band, where all members are hungry, we're united, and excited to get to work. And we're thrilled to have the opportunity to do this record."
MASTODON will celebrate the "Marrow Deep" release with the upcoming "The Poisonous Weapons Tour", a nationwide run of dates with support from DEAFHEAVEN and ALCEST. Kicking off September 16 in Orlando, the trio of bands will cut their way across the full country before closing out October 24 at Sick New World Dallas.
"Marrow Deep" track listing:
01. Barbarians Blood
02. Poisonous Weapons
03. Your Ghost Again
04. Snakes For Dinner
05. Out Like A Lamb
06. In The Ruins
07. They’re Coming For You
08. Golden Spires
09. Moth And Bone
10. A Vampire’s Demeanor
11. The Vanishing
12. The Three Fates
Hinds departed MASTODON in March 2025. Brent passed away in a motorcycle accident five months later. He was replaced by Johnston.
Since 2000, Hinds had served as lead guitarist and vocalist for MASTODON, alongside bassist/singer Troy Sanders, drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor, and guitarist Bill Kelliher.
MASTODON's lineup had remained the same for 25 years, recording eight studio albums, beginning with 2002's "Remission" until the band's latest LP, 2021's "Hushed And Grim".
MASTODON recruited Ben Eller, a guitarist known for his popular YouTube channel, to step in for Hinds when the band played at TOOL's "Tool In The Sand" festival in the Dominican Republic in March 2025. For MASTODON's spring 2025 tour and other recent shows, the band enlisted the aforementioned Canadian musician Nick Johnston. Johnston has six solo records under his belt, and has also worked with POLYPHIA, Guthrie Govan, PERIPHERY and many others.
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
