Mastodon - Iron Tusk

 

Last Saturday got Stockholm a a visit from Mastodon, this time as headliner artist and not as support act or festival gig where playing time is often too short. Last time Mastodon visited Sweden were last summer during the Sonisphere Festival here in Stockholm. Red Fang did travel with Mastodon as support, but more on them tomorrow.

This day they arrived well rested, happy and eager, which was heard during sound check as riff from bands like Metallica were played. Brent Hinds guitar tech had to jump in during the soundcheck as Brent chose to check the ice hockey game instead. But when he showed up he was in a really mischievous mood and dressed to his skelleton costume and danced around and it turned out that the suit also had a REAL poo hatch in the back!

The gig was clearly above expectations, good and simple lighting, the sound was really good to be Annexet which usually tend to get quite muddy. You could hear pretty much everything! what a delight it was, and damn what a monster set list! See below.

Here is some pictures!

Soundcheck

Nice drums, a tribute to Randy Rhoads

 

 

Todays tune "Iron Tusk" is taken from the shows set list and the concept album Leviathan, released in 2004. The album is loosely based on the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick, and the songs "Iron Tusk", "Blood and Thunder", "I Am Ahab" and "Seabeast" were released as singles.

TOUR DATES

Jan 16 Copenhagen, Denmark - VEGA (with Red Fang)
Jan 17 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall (with Red Fang)
Jan 19 Brussels, Belgium - Encienne Belgique (with Red Fang)
Jan 20 Paris, France - Le Bataclan (with Red Fang)
Jan 22 Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum (with Red Fang)
Jan 23 Madrid, Spain - Riviera (with Red Fang)
Jan 24 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz (with Red Fang)
Jan 26 Milan, Italy - Xtra (with Red Fang)
Jan 28 Zurich, Switzerland - Xtra (with Red Fang)
Jan 29 Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp (with Red Fang)
Jan 30 Munich, Germany - Backstage Halle/Werk (with Red Fang)
Jan 31 Berlin, Germany - C-Club/Astra (with Red Fang)
Feb 2 Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik/E-Werk (with Red Fang)
Feb 3 Tilburg, Holland - 013 (with Red Fang)
Feb 5 Bristol, UK - 02 Academy (with Red Fang & Dillinger Escape Plan)
Feb 6 Manchester, UK - Academy (with Red Fang & Dillinger Escape Plan)
Feb 7 Glasgow, UK - Barrowlands (with Red Fang & Dillinger Escape Plan)
Feb 9 Norwich, UK - UEA (with Red Fang & Dillinger Escape Plan)
Feb 10 Birmingham, UK - HMV Institute (with Red Fang & Dillinger Escape Plan)
Feb 11 London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton (with Red Fang & Dillinger Escape Plan)
Feb 25 Brisbane, Australia - Soundwave Festival
Feb 26 Sydney, Australia - Soundwave Festival
Feb 27 Melbourne, Australia - Billboard (with Gojira and Kvelertak)
Mar 1 Sydney, Australia - The Hi-Fi (with Gojira and Kvelertak)
Mar 2 Melbourne, Australia - Soundwave Festival
Mar 3 Adelaide, Australia - Soundwave Festival
Mar 5 Perth, Australia - Soundwave Festival

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