Mastodon Shares New Song “In The Ruins” Ahead of Upcoming ‘Marrow Deep’ Album
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Mastodon are giving fans another taste of their upcoming album Marrow Deep with their new song “In The Ruins.” Inspired by personal loss – and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene – the track reflects themes of grief, resilience and moving forward. The song arrives with a vibrant animated video that brings its story to life.
In a press release, Mastodon announced that Marrow Deep is due out on August 28 via Loma Vista Recordings.
“In the Ruins” is inspired by the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene and the personal havoc it wreaked upon bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders and his family. The catastrophic storm severely flooded their home and destroyed personal belongings, leading to a nearly two year period of displacement that coincided with the whole band navigating the profound grief of the passings of founding member Brent Hinds and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor’s mother Michele Lawrence, ultimately channeling the loss into a powerful declaration of resilience and catharsis. The song comes paired with a vibrant video by animation and VFX studio, Hey Beautiful Jerk, that depicts a fever dream journey by a single-eyed creature named Frank across flooded and ruined landscapes that serves as a metaphor for the song’s lyrics.
Listen to “In the Ruins”:
Speaking on the video, Hey Beautiful Jerk states: “The initial inspiration for Frank and the concept for ‘In The Ruins’ came to me when I was in the ER for 10 hours with the worst eye infection of my life. The pain was so bad it felt like my eye was revolting and wanted to escape my head. I had just talked to Brann about the meaning of the song and how it was inspired by his and Troy’s recent losses. The expression ‘picking up the pieces’ came to me and I sketched a very rough version of Frank on my phone, capturing the idea as fast as I could before my eye wanted to escape my face once again.”
Watch the video:
Marrow Deep documents founding members Brann Dailor, Troy Sanders, and Bill Kelliher emerging from years of personal upheaval and grief with a renewed sense of purpose and reinvigoration, resulting in some of the most expansive, adventurous, and emotionally resonant music of their storied career. The album marks the band’s first full-length to feature guitarist Nick Johnston alongside significant contributions from keyboardist João Nogueira. The latest single arrives in the wake of previous singles “Snakes For Dinner,” an emotionally charged epic featuring Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, and “Your Ghost Again,” which quickly emerged as an immediate fan favorite on their recent European tour and was ranked #2 on a Revolver reader’s poll of best songs of 2026 so far.
In addition to Josh Homme, the album features a sprawling list of guest performers. Neil Fallon of Clutch lends spoken word to “The Three Fates.” “A Vampire’s Demeanor” has guest gang vocals from Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe and Converge bassist Nate Newton. Album opener “Barbarians Blood” features percussion from Converge drummer Ben Koller. And none other than Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler plays the intro on “The Vanishing,” which also includes guest vocals from Joe Duplantier of Gojira. The growing anticipation for the album has driven a sell out of the deluxe edition of the vinyl, with limited quantities of the standard edition still available here.
Presave Marrow Deep:
The band will celebrate the release with the upcoming The Poisonous Weapons Tour, a nationwide run of dates with support from Deafheaven and Alcest. Kicking off September 16 in Orlando, the trio of bands will cut their way across the full country before closing out October 24 at Sick New World Dallas. Find full dates and a link for tickets and VIP packages below.
Marrow Deep Tracklist
1. Barbarians Blood
2. Poisonous Weapons
5. Out Like a Lamb
6. In The Ruins
7. They’re Coming For You
8. Golden Spires
9. Moth And Bone
10. A Vampire’s Demeanor
11. The Vanishing
12. The Three Fates
Mastodon The Poisonous Weapons Tour Dates
September 16 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock
September 18 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Yards
September 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
September 20 – Louisville, KY – Louder than Life
September 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
September 23 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
September 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
September 25 – Washington, DC – Anthem
September 27 – Montreal, QC – MTelus
September 28 – Toronto, ON – Rebel
September 29 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Riverworks
October 1 – Detroit, MI – Fillmore
October 2 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera
October 3 – Minneapolis, MN – Palace
October 6 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
October 7 – Boise, ID – Revolution
October 9 – Oakland, CA – The Fox
October 10 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
October 11 – San Diego, CA – The Sound
October 14 – Denver, CO – Fillmore
October 16 – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
October 17 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
October 18 – Memphis, TN – Satellite Music Hall
October 20 – Cleveland, OH – Agora
October 21 – Greensboro, NC – Piedmont Hall
October 22 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
October 24 – Dallas, TX – Sick New World Dallas
* all dates with Deafheaven and Alcest
FIND TICKETS FOR THE POISONOUS WEAPONS TOUR
About Mastodon
GRAMMY® Award-winning band Mastodon have steadily evolved into one of the most influential, inimitable, and iconic rock bands of the modern era. Since emerging in 2000, the Atlanta band has defied both sonic and thematic boundaries with an uncategorizable, undeniable, and uncompromising vision unlike anything else in music. This vision manifested over the course of canonical albums such as Leviathan, which landed on Rolling Stone’s coveted The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. Following the seminal Crack The Skye [named one of the best albums of 2009 by Time], they earned three consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with The Hunter [2011], Once More ‘Round the Sun [2014], and Emperor of Sand [2017]. Out of six career nominations, they received a GRAMMY® Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance” for “Sultan’s Curse.” They are the rare creative force whose music can be felt everywhere from Game of Thrones, Adult Swim, The History Channel, and DC comics films to Coachella and Bonnaroo.
The group reached another critical high watermark via their ninth full-length, Hushed and Grim. Featuring the GRAMMY® Award-nominated “Pushing The Tides,” it marked the band’s third straight #1 bow on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart. It concluded 2021 on over a dozen year-end lists with Rolling Stone raving, “we get everything from some of the band’s hookiest rockers to date to some of their most awe-inspiring epics.” In 2024 they embarked on a massive arena tour with Lamb of God, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Leviathan, with the two bands subsequently teaming up for the collaborative single “Floods Of Triton” which was met with widespread critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, Forbes, Pitchfork, Revolver, and beyond. Most recently they were honored as guests of New York’s Metropolitan Opera for their acclaimed production of Moby Dick, in acknowledgment of the 20th anniversary of the similarly themed Leviathan. The band is set to release their highly anticipated new album Marrow Deep via Loma Vista Recordings in 2026, continuing to evolve as they usher rock into new realms, forever remaining the unpredictable trailblazing beast—Mastodon.
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