Mastodon have announced they will hit the road in October and November for a fall North American tour with British metal icons Judas Priest, which kicks off on October 16th. In addition, The Missing Link Tour (a co-headline tour with Clutch plus support from Corrosion of Conformity) also continues its forward momentum with new dates. All confirmed tour dates are below.

Mastodon continues to ready new titles from their ongoing vinyl reissue series, which has already released stunning colour vinyl pressings from their Reprise catalog to date: Crack The Skye (2009) on baby-blue vinyl and Blood Mountain (2006) on solid yellow and transparent green vinyl. On August 28th, The Hunter will be reborn in resplendent solid red vinyl.

At this point, Mastodon's "Asleep In The Deep," (track from their current album, Once More 'Round The Sun) video has garnered frenzied headlines and dazzled fans with its lysergically-laced, bizarre imagery as only one might expect from the twisted minds of Atlanta-based Special FX Guru, Shane Morton, and renowned American artist Skinner (cover artist for Once More 'Round The Sun). Of course, once you've seen it you'll want to know how this piece of award-worthy filmmaking came to fruition.

Mastodon is excited to have a limited webstore exclusive bundle to celebrate the video which includes the "Asleep In The Deep" t-shirt and larger-than-life 24"x36" old school movie-style poster printed on 100# text paper. Both the "Asleep In The Deep" shirt and poster feature the exclusive art by Skinner. Order your exclusive Mastodon goods here.

Tour dates:

October
16 - Vina Robles Amphitheatre - Paso Robles, CA ***
17 - The Pearl - Las Vegas, NV ***
18 - Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA *
20 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA ***
21 - City National Civic - San Jose, CA ***
22 - Senator Theatre - Chico, CA ***
24 - KnotFest - San Bernardino, CA
26 - Rialto Theater - Tucson, AZ ***
28 - Austin Music Hall - Austin, TX **
29 - Gas Monkey Live - Dallas, TX **
30 - Bayou Music Center - Houston, TX **
31 - Civic Theater - New Orleans, LA (w/ C.O.C.) *

November
1 - Iron City - Birmingham, Al (w/ C.O.C.) *
3 - Peoria Civic Center Theatre - Peoria, IL ***
6 - The Paramount - Huntington, NJ ***
7 - Prudential Center - Newark, NJ ***
10 - Scotiabank Centre - Halifax, NS ***
12 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON ***

*** with Judas Priest Tour
** Mastodon co-headline with Clutch and Corrosion Of Conformity
* Mastodon headline

Additional Festival dates:

September
25 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Rock in Rio Festival
27 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Anhembi (outdoor)
28 - Santiago, Chile - Comes Louder Festival

December
5 - Reykjavik, Iceland - Rokkjotnar Festival