Listen to Lamb Of God and Mastodon's explosive new team-up single, Floods Of Triton

· louder

By Merlin Alderslade
( Metal Hammer )
published 12 September 2024

Two of modern metal's greatest bands have united, and the results are killer

(Image credit: Mastodon: Clay Patrick McBride, Lamb Of God: Travis Shinn)

Modern metal heavyweights Lamb Of God and Mastodon have teamed up for an explosive new collab single. The track, titled Floods Of Triton, had been heavily teased in recent days, but has now finally been unleashed in full to celebrate the two bands' recent co-headline North American tour, which saw them play two iconic albums in full - Mastodon's Leviathan and Lamb Of God's Ashes Of The Wake. Both records were released twenty years ago this year and represented major breakthroughs for each band, becoming widely regarded as classics of the genre in the years since.

Floods Of Triton undoubtedly flexes the unmistakable sounds of both bands, but it is arguably Mastodon's fuzzy riffage that shines through most immediately, cutting through much of the track as Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe's scabrous snarl and Mastodon's Troy Sander's iconic bellow bounce off each other. There's plenty of LOG groove lumbered into the final third of the song too, making for a uniquely electric listen that'll likely delight fans of both bands.

Listen to the song below. Randy Blythe recently spoke to Metal Hammer about the legacy of Ashes Of The Wake, noting that he feels the album has aged well over the years, even if he plays down his band's direct involvement in that.

“I think it holds up,” he remarked. “I don’t even know if that’s due to the strength of the album. It’s due to the fact that it was a special moment in time when the broader music world was made aware of us as members of a community with all these other bands. I think it has some historical significance within the extremely small, insular world of quote-unquote, extreme metal. And I’m proud of it.”

Mastodon, Lamb of God - Floods of Triton (Official Audio) - YouTube

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Merlin Alderslade
Executive Editor, Louder

Merlin moved into his role as Executive Editor of Louder in early 2022, following over ten years working at Metal Hammer. While there, he served as Online Editor and Deputy Editor, before being promoted to Editor in 2016. Before joining Metal Hammer, Merlin worked as Associate Editor at Terrorizer Magazine and has previously written for the likes of Classic Rock, Rock Sound, eFestivals and others. Across his career he has interviewed legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Metallica, Iron Maiden (including getting a trip on Ed Force One courtesy of Bruce Dickinson), Guns N' Roses, KISS, Slipknot, System Of A Down and Meat Loaf. He has also presented and produced the Metal Hammer Podcast, presented the Metal Hammer Radio Show and is probably responsible for 90% of all nu metal-related content making it onto the site. 

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