We know, for sure, that Mastodon are currently in the studio, which makes the above photo that Brent Hinds posted to his Instagram all the more interesting. Brent's caption read:
“@valient_himself doin some sweet gang vox with my boy”
Valient Himself is of course the frontman of Valient Thorr, and he reposted the photo with the caption:
“Happy 40th to this wildman. We working on some shit in Nashville gettin weird”
Seeing as though Mastodon is working with producer Nick Raskulinecz,whose studio is indeed in Nashville, it's safe to assume that Valient is there to contribute to the new 'don record.
While this certainly isn't blockbuster news, any news of Mastodon working on new music gets me very excited. JUST GIVE ME NEW MASTODON ALREADY!!