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# Mastodon Release New Song “Your Ghost Again,” Announce 2026 Tour with Deafheaven and Alcest
- URL: https://www.thisdayinmetal.com/mastodon-release-new-song-your-ghost-again-announce-2026-tour-with-deafheaven-and-alcest/
- Published: 2026-06-02T14:56:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-02T14:56:17.000Z
- Author: Metalhead Marv
- Tags: Mastodon

Atlanta progressive metallers **MASTODON** have released a new song, **"Your Ghost Again"**. The track, which was produced by **Patrik Berger** (**Taylor Swift**, **Robyn**) and **CONVERGE** guitarist **Kurt Ballou**, is the first single from the band's upcoming ninth studio album, due later in the year.

**"Your Ghost Again"** is the first piece of new **MASTODON** music to be released since the death of co-founding guitarist/vocalist **Brent Hinds**, who departed **MASTODON** in March 2025\. **Hinds** passed away in a motorcycle accident five months later. He was replaced by touring guitarist **Nick Johnston**, who reportedly will appear on the new studio LP.

In a video accompanying the announcement of the new single, the **MASTODON** members said the song was a tribute to their former bandmate.

"**'Your Ghost Again'** is about when you lose somebody that's close to you that you existed with for most of your life," **MASTODON** drummer/vocalist **Brann Dailor** said. "When we were in the studio recording, I kept seeing **Brent**. I'd see him on my right holding the guitar because that's where he'd usually be. It's the same with my mom: I keep seeing her. I was just singing about what I was seeing, and I was seeing ghosts.

**Dailor** went on to say that **"Your Ghost Again"** is "about being in those familiar places you used to be with people, which for us is in the studio. I just kept seeing \[**Brent**\] out of the corner of my eye, where he would normally be with his guitar. It's about that: your mind plays tricks on you, especially so soon after someone dies and you're in the places where they always were. You just see them."

"My portion of the song, lyrically, is all about **Brent**, and for **Brent**," added **MASTODON** bassist/vocalist **Troy Sanders**. "The bridge lyrics are two lines of pure gratitude towards **Brent**. It's all the gifts from you, now you can take them back where you must go, meaning you came into my life, you exposed me to things that blew my mind, together we conquered thousands of stages around the world, had magical moments that we can never repeat again, but all the beauty that you brought it still remains, always will, and it's just a line of gratitude because that's important that we include **Brent**."

**MASTODON** guitarist/vocalist **Bill Kelliher**commented: "We wanted to pick a song that sounds like **MASTODON**, and that has all the things in there, because it's the first impression of what people are gonna hear. It speaks about things that have just happened and people passing, I could go deep but I don't want to because a lot of that shit's personal."

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**Mastodon 2026 "The Poisonous Weapons Tour" dates:**  
September 16 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock  
September 18 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Yards  
September 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE  
September 20 - Louisville, KY - Louder than Life  
September 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall  
September 23 - Boston, MA - House of Blues  
September 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount  
September 25 - Washington, DC - Anthem  
September 27 - Montreal, QC - MTelus  
September 28 - Toronto, ON - Rebel  
September 29 - Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Riverworks  
October 1 - Detroit, MI - Fillmore  
October 2 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera  
October 3 - Minneapolis, MN - Palace  
October 6 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex  
October 7 - Boise, ID - Revolution  
October 9 - Oakland, CA - The Fox  
October 10 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium  
October 11 - San Diego, CA - The Sound  
October 14 - Denver, CO - Fillmore  
October 16 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom  
October 17 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant  
October 18 - Memphis, TN - Satellite Music Hall  
October 20 - Cleveland, OH - Agora  
October 21 - Greensboro, NC - Piedmont Hall  
October 22 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern  
October 24 - Dallas, TX - Sick New World Dallas