Mastodon announces a limited-run vinyl release for their album “Marrow Deep” featuring “actual mastodon fossils” pressed into the record. The special edition, titled “Bone Dust,” is limited to 170 copies and is created in partnership with Waxwork Records and the University of Georgia’s geology department.
Outlets describe the fossils as “bone dust” made by grinding fossilized mastodon teeth. Stereogum adds that the band receives a bag of fossilized mastodon teeth as a gift more than two decades ago, and that material is used for the pressing. The releases frame the project as a tangible, thematically linked component of the album, while consistently emphasizing the small quantity, the collaborators involved, and that the fossils are genuinely sourced rather than simulated.
Overall, coverage aligns on the edition’s name, its 170-copy limitation, the role of Waxwork Records, and the involvement of university geology experts in preparing the fossil material used for the vinyl.
