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The Hunter by Mastodon

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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.
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  • ImSickAndTired

    Great drums.

    19 days ago

  • phili321

    Easily their weakest. its not bad though

    last month

  • euquerosuamae

    so vote for the original cover http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Mastodon/The+Hunter/+images/66445197

    last month

  • sevenlee7

    Please change to cover back.. This is not the original cover! This is the special edition

    last month

  • Bandaged_Iris

    I literally can't stop listening to this. Anyone recommend something similar (other than older Mastodon obviously)??

    last month

  • Maquina_Muerte

    tagged as "best metal and hard rock albums of 2011"

    March 2012

  • WhiteDarkness84

    I've rarely heard such a great album!!!!

    February 2012

  • WastedPotential

    Great Fucking Album

    February 2012

  • fozzi26

    SPARROW! WOAH! that is all.

    February 2012

  • AzraelDanic

    I think the album is very good, but there is no possible comparison with Blood Mountain and Crack The Skye... Even Leviathan, now that I think about it... See, the problem is all of Mastodon's albums are awesome eheheh

    January 2012

  • MelonMan1981

    Probably the best metal album of 2011.

    December 2011

  • davo421

    the Fuckin Masters!!!

    December 2011

  • Cosmonaut_

    While there are some gems on the album, for the most part it is pretty standard stuff from the band. I'm disappointed to be honest.

    December 2011

  • LuizOpbrasil

    FUCKING AWESOME MASTERPIECE, bought it last week and listening for the first time today.

    December 2011

  • DavCnuk

    different but awesome ! Close to the masterpiece!

    December 2011

  • Magnum_Silvered

    I'm a bit bored while listening to this. :(

    December 2011

  • Kriegertod

    Some parts reminds me Mastodon

    December 2011

  • tihsymtae

    This album is probably not as consistently good as Crack the Skye. But at its best, it's better. My favorites are "The Sparrow" and "The Hunter"

    December 2011

  • Pokemare

    wtf am i reading? if you think this is good, you've never listened to blood mountain

    December 2011

  • gregorcom

    Good, but not great. [2]

    November 2011
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