Still just shy of legal US drinking age, GRAMMY-winning Atlanta hard rock juggernaut Mastodon turns 20 this year! Celebrating two decades together, the group will unleash a rarities collection, Medium Rarities, which includes among the many rare highlights an unreleased track “Fallen Torches,” recorded in 2019.
The band explains, “‘Fallen Torches’ is an unreleased track from Mastodon that will appear for the first time on Medium Rarities. This classic Mastodon track was recorded in Atlanta in 2019, originally planned to be released in support of a European tour, the track was delayed so the band could focus on the release of Stairway to Nick John, a tribute to their late, long time manager Nick John, with proceeds going to the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research in his honour. ‘Fallen Torches’ is written by Mastodon and features guest vocals by longtime friend and collaborator Scott Kelly from the band Neurosis.”
Medium Rarities presents a bevy of classic covers, soundtrack contributions, instrumentals, B-sides, and live recordings on one complete package for the very first time. Among an eclectic array of covers, the musicians tackle “A Commotion” by Feist, “A Spoonful Weighs A Ton” by The Flaming Lips, and “Orion” by Metallica. It also features soundtrack cuts such as “White Walker” [Game of Thrones] and “Cut You Up With A Linoleum Knife” [Aqua Teen Hunger Force]. Meanwhile, they get under the hood with instrumental versions of “Asleep in the Deep,” “Toe To Toes,” “Jaguar God,” and “Halloween.
01. Fallen Torches
02. A Commotion
03. Asleep in the Deep (Instrumental version)
04. Capillarian Crest (Live)
05. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
06. Toe To Toes (Instrumental version)
07. Circle of Cysquatch (Live)
08. Atlanta (Feat. Gibby Haynes)
09. Jaguar God (Instrumental)
10. Cut You Up With A Linoleum Life
11. Blood & Thunder (Live)
12. White Walker
13. Halloween (Instrumental version)
14 Crystal Skull (Live)
15. Orion
16. Iron Tusk (Live)
