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Saturday, March 31st, 2018

7:00pm

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MASTODON // GOJIRA
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Auckland on Saturday, March 31.

The Trusts Arena

Tickets on sale from Thursday, February 15, at 9.00am at www.ticketek.com

Support from Kiwi acts Just One Fix and Mothra
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American metallers Mastodon are returning to New Zealand, with a one-off
show at Trusts Arena in Auckland on Saturday, March 31.
Presented by The Rock, the announcement comes just weeks after
Mastodon won the Grammy Award for ‘Best Metal Performance’ for their
song ‘Sultan’s Curse’ from the band’s 2017 album EMPEROR OF SAND.
They’ll be supported by one of rock’s most exciting acts, Gojira, who were
twice hand-picked by Metallica to tour the US with them, with Kirk Hammett
describing the French prog-metal act as “the best thing I’ve heard in a long

time”.

A live force to be reckoned with, Mastodon’s return to Kiwi shores will follow
their highly anticipated appearance at the Download Festival in Australia, as
well as their own headline shows, as they continue to tour EMPEROR OF
THE SAND around the world. As well as earning the metallers a Grammy, the

album has been described as one of their best yet.

“They sound tighter and more consistent on EMPEROR OF THE SAND than
before, with not a subpar song to be found and a heady concept to allow for

the songs to develop in unexpected, epic heights”

- Sputnik Music

“These consistently strong new songs… are a solid, thoughtful entry from a
band whose genre-crossing, time-bending blend of hardcore, doom, and prog
metal has earned them a rightful place among the upper echelon of the metal

elite”

- Consequence of Sound

Like Mastodon, Gojira’s last album MAGMA also received Grammy love in
2016 when it was nominated for ‘Best Rock Album’, with their song ‘Silvera’

up for ‘Best Metal Performance’.

“Gojira’s sixth full-length LP is their most accessible release yet, melodically

immediate and charged with emotion”

- Pitchfork

“MAGMA finds Joe [Duplantier], his drummer brother Mario, guitarist Christian
Andreu and bassist Jean-Michel Labadie veering abruptly away from the
technical death-metal that has largely defined their discography, while
exploring new ground (for them, at least) in the realms of atmospheric,

groove-oriented hard rock”
- Rolling Stone

New Zealand’s very-own metal stalwarts Just One Fix will also join the bill.
The band has been raising hell since they first emerged on the local scene in

1999.

Rounding out the metal-fest is Auckland prog-rockers, Mothra.
Don’t miss your chance to see four mighty metal acts - Mastodon, Gojira,
Just One Fix and Mothra - back-to- back, one night only, at Trusts Arena in

Auckland on Saturday, March 31.

Tickets on sale from Thursday, February 15, at 9.00am at www.ticketek.com