MASTODON TO APPEAR ON MTV2 'HEADBANGERS BALL' CD; BAND COMPLETES WORK ON FIRST MUSIC VIDEO

Relapse Records recording artists MASTODON will appear on the upcoming MTV2 "Headbangers Ball" 2xCD compilation with the track 'March of the Fire Ants', from their celebrated album, Remission. Highlighting the 'best of today's heavy music scene', the "Headbangers Ball" compilation will hit stores October 7th via Roadrunner Records. MASTODON will appear alongside hard music giants Deftones, Hatebreed and Slayer, as well as fellow fast-rising artists Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Poison the Well and Arch Enemy.

Additionally, MASTODON has completed work on their first music video. The video, also for Remission's 'March of the Fire Ants', was shot in the band's hometown of Atlanta with director Chad Rullman (NEUROSIS). The video, said to be a 'surreal narrative' incorporating principal photography, and featuring MASTODON performing as a part of the story line, is expected to make its world debut imminently.

Having returned to Atlanta after more than a year of non-stop touring, MASTODON will now resume work on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to Remission, slated for a Summer 2004 release. The deluxe version of MASTODON's Remission CD with a free, bonus DVD featuring a pro-filmed nine song live set complete with previously unreleased material is due in stores October 21st.