For Immediate Release:
MASTODON ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR WITH
FEAR FACTORY
Relapse Records recording artists Mastodon have announced their first tour of 2004 in support of their highly anticipated new album Leviathan. Mastodon will team up with Fear Factory for a month-long trek beginning July 26th in Towson, MD. The tour is scheduled to conclude August 22nd in Las Vegas, NV with additional dates pending.
Mastodon will preview numerous songs from Leviathan on the upcoming U.S. tour. The follow up to the band's heralded Remission album, Leviathan was recorded at both Robert Lang Studios (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) and Litho Studios (Deftones, Soundgarden) in Seattle with producer Matt Bayles. Based in part on Herman Melville's classic novel ‘Moby Dick,’ Mastodon's Leviathan is slated for an August 31st U.S. release date and a September 13th European release date via Relapse. The final track listing for Leviathan is "Blood & Thunder,” "I Am Ahab,” "Seabeast,” "Iceland,” "Iron Tusk,” "Megalodon,” "Naked Burn,” "Aqua Dementia,” "Hearts Alive" and "Joseph Merrick."
Updated Mastodon news and tour dates / info. will be made available via the Relapse Records website: www.RELAPSE.com, and the Mastodon website: www. MastodonROCKS.com.
U.S. tour with Fear Factory and Sworn Enemy:
07/26/04 Towson, MD The Recher Theatre
07/27/04 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
07/29/04 Clifton Park, NJ Northern Lights (as part of HELLFEST w/ Dillinger Escape Plan, Killswitch Engage, Pig Destroyer, Burnt by the Sun, Suffocation, etc)
07/30/04 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
07/31/04 Boston, MA Axis
08/04/04 Buffalo, NY Club Infinity
08/10/04 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Ballroom
08/12/04 Minneapolis, MN The Quest
08/13/04 Davenport, IA Quad City Live
08/14/04 Bellefontaine, OH Zane Shawnee Caverns
08/15/04 Chicago, IL Metro - Smart Bar
08/17/04 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
08/18/04 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
08/20/04 Phoenix (Tempe), AZ Marquee Theatre
08/21/04 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
08/22/04 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues - Mandalay Bay
More dates to be announced!
