MASTODON Fallen Torches Vinyl 12" Diecut PD (2021)

Mastodon doing a picture disc is almost too on-brand for a band who've made album artwork into a competitive sport since Leviathan. Released for Record Store Day 2021, Fallen Torches is a single that showed the Atlanta sludge lords hadn't lost their grip, even in the weird suspended animation of that particular year.

The diecut picture disc format is the move here. It's not just a record, it's an object, the kind of thing that looks correct hung on a wall next to a Pushead print or propped against a shelf of prog and metal heavyweights. Mastodon have always rewarded the completists, and RSD releases like this are exactly why the format still matters. This is for the Melbourne collector who knows the difference between a pressing and a pressing.

12" single, diecut picture disc. RSD 2021 release. Origin: USA. Genre: Progressive / Sludge / Alternative Metal.

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