Mastodon
The Hunter
Reprise
2011
Rating: 5 octopus fingers out of 10
The production is a little too thin and tinny, a lot of the hard edge to the music is gone, half the record sounds like it was written by Tool (not a compliment), the overly melodic vocals are a bad fit...but fuck it, it's still a Mastodon record, it can't be all that bad right? And in the grand scheme of things, it isn't...most bands would probably love to put this out. But this is the band that brought us "Leviathan", and this simply isn't good enough. Maybe that's unfair, but when you produce one of the best metal records of the last twenty years, you're going to be held to a higher standard after that. I know when I'm wanting to hear Mastodon I'm definitely not reaching for this newest record anytime soon.
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