Mastodon: The Hunter

"All the love I've shown

Given to the ones I've known

All the love I make

Is equal to the love I take

All the life I've known

Given to the live I've known

Along the way"

Label(s): Reprise, Roadrunner, Warner Bros.

Genre(s): Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal

Year: 2011

Track List:

1. Black Tongue

2. Curl of the Burl

3. Blasteroid

4. Stargasm

5. Octopus Has No Friends

6. All the Heavy Lifting

7. The Hunter

8. Dry Bone Valley

9.Thickening

10. Creature Lives

11. Spectrelight

12. Bedazzled Fingernails

13. The Sparrow

I can honestly say that I have never listened to Mastodon, so this is a first for me and at first I was excited to see what was to be come. For the most part, the album was interesting in the music sense. I stopped trying to pay attention to the lyrics and just listened to the music.

And I'm glad I did it that way.

After going back and finding the lyrics online, needless to say, I felt they made little to no sense. So in the music department, it was interesting and held my attention. In the lyrics department, I could care less.

Much like my last post, I don't really have a lot to say. I've never listened to Mastodon, so I have nothing to compare it to for older stuff. But I might go back and check some of it out just to get a better feel for the band.

As for the score, I give this album a 4.5/10. The music was interesting, but samey. The lyrics made no sense and I lost interest in them rather quickly. But check it out if want something a little different.

Let's just say I don't foresee this finding it's way into my collection any time soon...

Oh...and I almost forgot....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!