- progressive metal, heavy metal
- 108 min
- 18 tracks
- Reprise Records
The Hunter is the fifth studio album by American heavy 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.
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Character
Grave, earnest, contemporary and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 83/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Alternative Press4.5/5 ★
- Blabbermouth.net9.5/10
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Kerrang!5/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.5/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Black Tongue3:27
- 2Curl of the Burl3:40
- 3Blasteroid2:36
- 4Stargasm4:40
- 5Octopus Has No Friends3:49
- 6All the Heavy Lifting4:31
- 7The Hunter5:18
- 8Dry Bone Valley4:00
- 9Thickening4:31
- 10Creature Lives4:41
- 11Spectrelight3:10
- 12Bedazzled Fingernails3:08
- 13The Sparrow5:31
- 1Credits0:21
- 2Making of The Hunter6:10
- 3Track by Track Commentary18:14
- 4Track by Track Commentary18:14
- 5Videos (Stargasm Visualizer, Black Tongue video, Deathbound video)11:31
18 tracks, 108 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mastodon
- Label
- Reprise Records
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD, DVD
- Country
- US
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