Mastodon announces new album title, Crack the Skye

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Mastodon announced today that the tile for their forthcoming full-length is Crack the Skye, which is due for an early 2009 release.

The seven-song album is the follow-up to 2006’s Blood Mountain, and will clock in at 50-minute. The songs were recorded at Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta with producer Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC) at the controls.

The group will once again join forces with artist Paul Romano for the album’s cover art which is reportedly epic and involves an eyeball. Multiple packaging formats are expected to be lavish. Details are forthcoming.

Crack the Skye track listing:

1. Oblivion

2. Divinations

3. Quintessence

4. The Czar

I. Usurper

II. Escape

III. Martyr

IV. Spiral

5. Ghost of Karelia

6. Crack The Skye

7. The Last Baron

In the meantime Mastodon is gearing up to head over to Europe to share the spotlight with Metallica for their summer 2009 tour.

Tour dates include:

6/14 - Hartwall Arena - Helsinki, FIN

6/15 - Hartwall Arena - Helsinki, FIN

6/17 - Spektrum - Oslo, NOR

6/22 - Datch Forum - Milan, ITA

6/24 - Palalottomatica - Rome, ITA

7/13 - Palacio de Deportes - Madrid, Spain

7/16 - Hallenstadion - Zurich, SWITZ

7/20 - Copenhagen Forum - Copenhagen, DEN

7/22 - Copenhagen Forum - Copenhagen, DEN

7/23 - Copenhagen Forum - Copenhagen, DEN

7/27 - Copenhagen Forum - Copenhagen, DEN

More dates to be announced soon.

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