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Mastodon

American metal band
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Summary

Mastodon is a musical group[1]. Mastodon ranks in the top 1% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,560 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance[3]
  • Genre: progressive metal[4], sludge metal[5], heavy metal music[6]
  • Record label: Reprise Records[7], Loma Vista Recordings[8]
  • Discography: Mastodon discography[9]
  • Commons category: Mastodon (band)[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Has part(s): Troy Sanders[12]
  • Inception: 2000[13]
  • Location of formation: Atlanta[14]
  • Official website: http://www.mastodonrocks.com[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mastodon (band)[16]
  • Native label: Mastodon[17]
  • Different from: Mastodon[18]
  • Start of work period: 2000[19]
  • Name: Mastodon[20]
  • Social media followers: 451,820[21], 480,473[22], 243,000[23], 448,391[24], 273,000[25], 448,762[26], 302,000[27], 323,000[28], 346,000[29]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[30]

  • Country: US[31]

  • Began / founded: 2000-01-13[32]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal[33]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal[34]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bc5e2ad6-0a4a-4d90-b911-e9a7e6861727[35]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Mastodon include Mastodon[36], a free and open-source software[37], in Germany[38], founded in 2016[39].

Why It Matters

Mastodon has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Mastodon is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Mastodon include Mastodon[36], a free and open-source software[37], in Germany[38], founded in 2016[39].

FAQs

What awards did Mastodon receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance[3].

Related Entities

Jonah Hex United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · FuzzAndFog · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Relapse Records, Reprise Records, Loma Vista Recordings
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Has part(s): Troy Sanders"
  2. 5w ago · FuzzAndFog · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Award received: Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance"
  3. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mastodon-band
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mastodon-band, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289942817|mastodon band (#289942817)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  4. 23w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Relapse Records, Reprise Records, Loma Vista Recordings
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+451820'}, {'amount': '+480473'}, {'amount': '+243000'} +6
    Image purged at → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Mastodon (band)
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nme artist id: mastodon, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214800618|mastodon (#214800618)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'n'ma"
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