The Hunter is the fifth studio album by the American metal band Mastodon. R… Read Full Bio ↴The Hunter is the fifth studio album by the American metal band Mastodon. Released through Roadrunner Records on September 26, 2011 in the UK and one day later in the US via Reprise Records The Hunter is their first release with producer Mike Elizondo. In its first week of release in the UK, the album reached 19th position on the UK Albums Chart and position number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart. The Hunter has sold over 75,133 albums in the U.S. as of 2012
The Hunter is Mastodon’s second non-concept album; it is also their first album not related with a classical element. Moreover, the Hunter marks the first time that drummer Brann Dailor composes and sings a Mastodon song in its entirety (“Creature Lives”), and takes lead vocal duties on more than two songs. Like Mastodon’s previous album Crack the Skye, The Hunter features a mix of clean singing and a few songs with harsher shouting vocals. The song “Spectrelight” features Neurosis vocalist/guitarist Scott Kelly as a guest.
The Hunter has been met with highly positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 83, based on 29 reviews. The album achieved an overall rating of 7.8/10 at AnyDecentMusic? based on 21 reviews, making it the year’s highest-rated metal album among mainstream reviewers. Under The Gun Review’s Jordan Munson posted one of the first reviews for The Hunter on September 7, giving it a 9 out of 10 score. In his review, Munson summarized his thoughts by stating “It’s safe to say that The Hunter can be chalked up as another great step for Mastodon. They’ve once again stepped over whatever boundaries they feel like, and have ended up for the better.”
The Hunter is Mastodon’s second non-concept album; it is also their first album not related with a classical element. Moreover, the Hunter marks the first time that drummer Brann Dailor composes and sings a Mastodon song in its entirety (“Creature Lives”), and takes lead vocal duties on more than two songs. Like Mastodon’s previous album Crack the Skye, The Hunter features a mix of clean singing and a few songs with harsher shouting vocals. The song “Spectrelight” features Neurosis vocalist/guitarist Scott Kelly as a guest.
The Hunter has been met with highly positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 83, based on 29 reviews. The album achieved an overall rating of 7.8/10 at AnyDecentMusic? based on 21 reviews, making it the year’s highest-rated metal album among mainstream reviewers. Under The Gun Review’s Jordan Munson posted one of the first reviews for The Hunter on September 7, giving it a 9 out of 10 score. In his review, Munson summarized his thoughts by stating “It’s safe to say that The Hunter can be chalked up as another great step for Mastodon. They’ve once again stepped over whatever boundaries they feel like, and have ended up for the better.”
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Mastodon Lyrics
All the Heavy Lifting Lift you up again Give you to the trees All sound and…
Bedazzled Fingernails Give and take We are full of pride All is proved in…
Black Tongue I burned out my eyes I cut off my tongue I sealed…
Blasteroid Change your hair Change your clothes I'll rearrange your fac…
Creature Lives I saw the creature fall Into the swamp from which he…
Curl of the Burl I killed a man 'cause he killed my goat I put…
Dry Bone Valley Head down running from the beast. Break neck speeding, take…
Octopus Has No Friends To tempt the fool into the mine Let loose the snake…
Spectrelight We trip the light Firebird flies Burn your inside Given a…
Stargasm The temple of bodies A building with souls Given the cosmo…
The Hunter All the love I've shown Given to the ones I've known All…
The Sparrow Pursue happiness with diligence Pursue happiness with dilig…
Thickening With the lights down low Wrapped up like a baby And your…