Mastodon announces first-ever acoustic show – at an aquarium

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The mastodon – the extinct, distant relative of the elephant – never adapted to life underwater. But the Mastodon of our time – the hard-riffing metal outfit from Atlanta, Georgia – looks well at home beneath the waves.

Teaming up with live-streaming specialists Dreamstage, the Grammy-winning band has announced Captured Live at Georgia Aquarium, a “unique live experience” which will see Brent Hinds and co deliver their first-ever fully acoustic set from the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta on July 15 at 9PM ET.

Tickets and merch bundle packages are available now, with $1 from each T-shirt bundle package donated to the Georgia Aquarium. If purchased now, tickets are available at $20, and $25 if bought on the day.

The announcement follows Medium Rarities, a collection of the Mastodon's cover tunes, soundtrack contributions, instrumentals, B-sides and live recordings which arrived September 11 last year.

In addition, the band offered a track – Rufus Lives – to the soundtrack for 2020 film Bill and Ted Face the Music, as well as the high-octane Forged By Neron, which appears on DC Comics' Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack, out today (June 18).

For more information on the forthcoming event – and to buy tickets – head to Dreamstage.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.