Atlanta's MASTODON will be embark on a headlining tour in September, with CONVERGE and THE BRONX as the support acts. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Sep. 06 - Baltimore, MD @ Ramshead Live
Sep. 07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
Sep. 08 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Sep. 09 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Sep. 10 - Montreal, QUE @ Spectrum
Sep. 12 - Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Theater
Sep. 13 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Sep. 14 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
Sep. 15 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic
Sep. 16 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
Sep. 19 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes
Sep. 21 - Boise, ID @ The Big Easy
Sep. 22 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
Sep. 23 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox

A poster for the tour can be found at this location.

In other news, FPE TV has posted footage of a MASTODON pre-show warm-up. Watch it online at YouTube.com.

As previously reported, a brand new MASTODON track, entitled "Crystal Skull", has been posted online on the band's official MySpace page. The song, which features guest vocals by Scott Kelly of NEUROSIS, will be included on the band's upcoming third album, "Blood Mountain", due on September 12 via the band's new label, Warner Bros. A limited edition seven-inch single containing "Crystal Skull" will be released through Relapse Records on August 8. More information can be found at this location. The album's cover artwork was posted online on the band's official web site as an interactive puzzle, where the pieces must be dragged and dropped to create the cover. Check it out here.

"Blood Mountain" was recorded with Seattle-based producer Matt Bayles (ISIS, HORSE THE BAND). The CD was mixed in New York by Rich Costey (AUDIOSLAVE, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE). Other songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2004's "Leviathan" include "Circle of Cysquatch", "Hunters of the Sky", "The Sleeping Giant", "Bladecatcher", "The Colony of Birchmen", "Pendulous Skin", "The Siberian Divide", "Capillarian Crest", "Hand of Stone", "The Wolf Is Loose" and "This Mortal Soil".

In a recent interview with MTV.com, drummer Bränn Dailor said about the upcoming CD, "It's hard to be inside something and talk to people about it. And it's kind of a cliché that the people in the band think that what they're working on at the moment is the best stuff they've ever done. But I guess that's the way that we feel. It's just more intense, more — I mean I like everything we've ever done. But at the moment, I'm really digging on this stuff. It's hard for me to put into words what's different about it. It's just better."

(Thanks: Anuj)