Heavy music is typically a battlefield upon which the uninitiated dare not tread, but Mastodon unify the tribes unlike anyone else.

Album after album, Mastodon set the pace for modern heavy metal. They took pole position fresh out of Atlanta some 14 years ago, and with album number six, ‘Once More Round the Sun’, show no signs of giving it up.

The band is so balls-out creative — in its zealous riffage, its metaphysical motifs, its visual components — that it energises even the crustiest headbangers. Mastodon fans have never witnessed a full headline tour in Australia before and finally the long agonising wait is over!