Mastodon's 'Once More 'Round the Sun' Vinyl Released Today

ONCE MORE 'ROUND THE SUN - the fourth release in the ongoing 2015 MASTODON Vinyl Reissue Series - is out today. The band's critically acclaimed current album, ONCE MORE 'ROUND THE SUN is pressed on 140-gram transparent green and solid white vinyl.

Mastodon has already released three stunning color vinyl pressings from their Reprise catalog to date: Crack the Skye (2009)on baby-blue vinyl, Blood Mountain (2006) on solid yellow and transparent green vinyl, and The Hunter (2011) on solid red vinyl.

Art is a cyclical beast. The same can easily be said of Grammy Award nominated hard rock juggernaut Mastodon. The group's four members recognize the importance of life's omnipresent cycles on their sixth full-length album, Once More 'Round the Sun. The band orbits around themes of loss and rebirth, twirling a sonic spiral of its signature robust riffing, hypnotically haunting soundscapes, triage of dynamic voices, and thundering seismic grooves. At the same time, this particular collection proves personal for Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds, Bill Kelliher, and Troy Sanders. The very title says something slightly different for each member.

"Quite literally, Once More 'Round the Sun means a year-in-the-life," explains Dailor. "Lyrically, we were discussing things that happened to us recently, whereas in the past we looked further back for inspiration. It's about 365 days in this band. It was a tough and strange journey. We happened to be in the middle of completing a full rotation musically as everything else was going on.

"It's about being a man and trying to survive in the world. You're facing all of the crazy s that goes along with it," adds Hinds. "You've got to just keep rolling. It's the daily grind everybody deals with. It's grinding and rewarding."
Kelliher concurs, "A lot of crazy and epic things have happened in the nutshell of the past year. For me, I had recently gotten sober. I really focused my time on writing music instead of drinking and being hung-over. We were in a different space here. Another year has gone by, and we wrote this record."

Please enjoy this blistering listening experience again and behold the awesome power of MASTODON.

All tour dates are listed below:

*** indicates Mastodon w/ Judas Priest Tour dates:

**indicates Mastodon co-headline with Clutch & Corrosion of Conformity as part of THE MISSING LINK TOUR

* indicates Mastodon Headline

***Fri Oct 16 Vina Robles Amphitheatre Paso Robles, CA

***Sat Oct 17 The Pearl Las Vegas, NV

* Sun Oct 18 Ace of Spades Sacramento, CA

***Tue Oct 20 The Warfield San Francisco, CA

***Thur Oct 22 Senator Theatre Chico, CA

***Fri Oct 23 Saroyan Theater Fresno, CA

Sat Oct 24 KnotFest San Bernardino, CA

***Mon Oct 26 Rialto Theater Tucson, AZ

**Wed Oct 28 Austin Music Hall Austin, TX

**Thur Oct 29 Gas Monkey Live Dallas, TX

**Fri Oct 30 Bayou Music Center Houston, TX

*Sat Oct 31 Civic Theater New Orleans, LA (w/ C.O.C.)

*Sun Nov 1 Iron City Birmingham, Al (w/ C.O.C.)

***Tue Nov 3 Peoria Civic Center Theatre Peoria, IL

***Thur Nov 5 The Paramount Huntington, NJ

***Fri Nov 6 The Paramount Huntington, NJ

***Sat Nov 7 Prudential Center Newark, NJ

*Sun Nov 8 Higher Ground S. Burlington, VT

***Tue Nov 10 Scotiabank Centre Halifax, NS

***Thur Nov 12 Air Canada Centre Toronto, ON

*Fri Nov 13 Anthology Rochester, NY

Sat Dec 5 Reykjavik, ICE Rokkjotnar Festival

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