The Hunter Tour

Mastodon are set to kick off their "Hunter" Tour with support from The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Red Fang!  The tour will be in support of Mastodon's latest release "The Hunter", due in stores September 27, 2011 via Reprise/Warner Bros Records.

Tour dates include: 

OCTOBER:

25 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa 

27 - Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds 

NOVEMBER:

1 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre 

2 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades 

3 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield 

5 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre 

6 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO 

7 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory 

8 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot 

9 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre 

11 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre 

12 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave Ballroom 

13 - Sauget, IL - Pop’s 

14 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont 

16 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit 

17 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room 

19 - New York City, NY - Terminal 5 

20 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero 

21 - Boston, MA - House of Blues 

23 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis 

25 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus 

26 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom 

27 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 

28 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa 

29 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel 

DECEMBER:

1 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues 

As a bonus for ordering tickets to this tour, (for a limited time, until midnight on September 26th), every pair of tickets purchased online will also receive one digital copy of Mastodon's new album, The Hunter.  Tickets will be available for presale through Mastodon's tour page, found here.

Limited Edition of "The Hunter" includes:

- Instant download of 'Black Tongue' 

- A second download of 'Curl Of The Burl', the first official single from The Hunter as soon as it becomes available

- A CD/DVD combo housed in digi-pack with an alternative cover 

- 20” x 30” Lenticular Poster featuring the album cover of the standard CD 

- Augmented reality experience by Total Immersion that will contain exclusive content only available to this package (more information coming soon)

Mastodon's first music video from the album goes into detail about the design and creation of their sculpture, depicted on the front cover of "The Hunter":

A clip of their upcoming music video release "Spectrelight" has surfaced as well, featuring Neurosis' Scott Kelly:

"Mastodon approaches their sound honestly and from a mind at unity. I am honored to continue to be a part of their creative process, and to once again have the chance to join them on this expression that is undoubtedly their most adventurous work to date." -Scott Kelly