For all its drive and frantic pace, staples of the Mastodon juggernaut, there is a constant feeling that the band has lost some of the wildly adventurous silliness that made them so easy to fall in love with. Mike Copus reviews.

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Mastodon – Islington Academy, London 09/06/09 [Photos]
Bringing their UK tour to an overwhelmingly barnstorming close is the leviathan that is Mastodon. If you weren’t there, our photos barely manage to catch the power of it all. Just don’t miss them next time!

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