PRESS RELEASE


February 5th, 2004

For Immediate Release


MASTODON TO CO-HOST HEADBANGERS BALL

Relapse Records recording artists MASTODON will co-host MTV2's Headbangers Ball. MASTODON will make an in-studio appearance on the program's Saturday, February 14th edition, where they will be interviewed by host Jamey Jasta. Headbangers Ball airs Saturdays from 10-12 PM EST on MTV2.

MASTODON (drummer Brann Dailor, guitarist / vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist / vocalist Bill Kelliher and bassist / vocalist Troy Sanders), who were just named as one of Alternative Press Magazine's 2004 "Bands You Need to Know", are currently in the midst of a U.S. tour with CLUTCH and labelmates DYSRHYTHMIA. Immediately following, the band will embark on a string of West Coast dates that will conclude on February 29th in Seattle, Washington, where the band will commence the recording of their new album, Leviathan, scheduled for a late summer release date via Relapse.

Updated MASTODON news / tour information will be made available via the Relapse Records website: www.RELAPSE.com and the MASTODON website: www.MASTODONROCKS.com. For additional information regarding Headbangers Ball and / or to download MASTODON's "March of the Fire Ants" video, please visit the official MTV.com Headbangers Ball site(www.mtv.com/onair/mtv2/headbangers_ball/).


"MASTODON could be considered the second coming of Metallica and Rush combined, and nobody who's seen them live could counter that opinion."
- MTV.com

"Like electric-era MILES or glam-era BOWIE, MASTODON is great not because it got there first but because it does it so much better than most. As a result, "Remission" is barely categorizable and completely