Reading + Leeds 2012, Mastodon

*SCREAM!* A familiar sound (both on and off stage) for Mastodon. Formed in 2000 and now five albums in, with their latest The Hunter being named album of the year at the Kerrang Awards.

Rocking worldwide venues and festivals, Mastodon are pros on the festival circuit. Apparently on their first ever rehearsal, Hinds "showed up so wasted he couldn't play". Forward 12 years, a sell out UK tour, Later... with Jools Holland, a seventeen date European tour and Reading and Leeds, they’ve clearly put the work in. Bring on the Mastodon!

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