The Hunter

2011, Sep 27

Apple Spotify Progressive Metal 99 Highly Rated Reprise Pitchfork 7.5/10 A.V. Club B The Needle Drop 5/10 NME 3.5/5 Paste 8.8/10 Kerrang! 5/5 Rolling Stone 4/5 All Music 4/5 The Skinny 3/5 Blabbermouth.net 9/10 Metal Injection 8/10 Slant 4/5 Pop Matters 6/10 The Guardian 4/5 Spectrum Culture 74% music OMH 4/5 Beats Per Minute 79% Sputnikmusic 4.0/5 Uncut 6/10

Pitchfork 7.5/10 The record works best as a catchy guilty-pleasure party album.

The Needle Drop 5/10 On The Hunter, Mastodon's sludgy take on progressive metal is sounding more accessible than ever.

Rolling Stone 4/5 Check out our album review of Artist's The Hunter on Rolling Stone.com.

Blabbermouth.net 9/10 MASTODON has once again thrown a wrench into the gears of expectation. When "Crack The Skye" did exactly what the title suggests and transcended we knew about concept albums, major label releases and the four beard-faced sonic spellcasters responsible for the masterpiece, many of us began to questio...

Metal Injection 8/10 Crack the Skye left me with some rather bittersweet and curious feelings towards the future and direction of Mastodon, one of the genre’s most successful bands to emerge from the extreme metal underground. While on one hand, I love that album to death for its boldness how much new ground the band co

Slant 4/5 These metal auteurs haven’t stepped back from their love of all things mystical and psychedelic.