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We're still waiting for the third installment of our favorite mind-melting Southerners' (duh, Mastodon!) video tour diary, and if anything will inspire them to future YouTube greatness, it's hitting the road again.

The Blood Mountain climbers kick things off tonight in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with tourmates Priestess and Converge before snaking around the eastern U.S. Then in March, they'll get international, with stops in Ireland, England, and the United Arab Emirates.

Mastodon also announced their first summer festival date recently. It's in June at Norway's Hovefestival, where one of the bands with whom they will share the bill is... Slayer!

We could have guessed it, but since they went out of their way to list "w/Slayer" in the tour section of their website, it's obvious that Mastodon are beyond psyched. And so are we, especially if they upload a video document of the occasion for all the internet to see.

Dates:

01-26 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room *#
01-27 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues *#
01-28 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing *#
01-30 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar *#
01-31 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *#
02-01 Knoxville, TN - Blue Cat's *#
02-02 Nashville, TN - Rocketown *#
02-03 Sauget, IL - Pop's *#
02-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *#
02-07 Grand Rapids, MI - The Orbit Room *#
02-08 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *#
02-09 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater *#
02-10 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom *#
02-13 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock *#
02-14 Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall *#
02-15 Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights *#
02-16 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place *#
02-17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *#
02-18 Norfolk, VA - NorVa Theatre *#
02-20 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel *
02-21 Louisville, KY - Headliners *
02-22 Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend *
02-23 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
02-24 Atlanta, GA - Center Stage *
03-02 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Mandela Hall
03-03 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador Theatre
03-05 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall
03-06 Manchester, England - Academy 2
03-07 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
03-09 Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Desert Rock Festival
03-11 Peterborough, England - The Solstice
03-12 Sheffield, England - Sheffield Corporation
03-13 Nottingham, England - Rock City
03-14 Portsmouth, England - Pyramid Centre
03-15 London, England - Mean Fiddler
06-29 Arendal, Norway - Hovefestival

* with Priestess
# with Converge