Metal Injection — 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 de... more info

Metalsucks — Last time we spoke with a member of Mastodon was when we interviewed Troy Sanders in person on the Rockstar Mayhem Tour in 2008. It was our biggest interview to date, and we were a bit starstruck. MetalSucks has grown leaps and bounds since then, and... more info

Metalsucks — HUGE drop of new releases this week including much-anticipated new records from Mastodon and Machine Head, as well as a ton of excellent other stuff from Craft, Dead In The Dirt, Landmine Marathon and more. My release reviews are a bit shorter than u... more info

DrownedInSound — The Hunter is a pitch for the mainstream - but it doesn’t compromise on Mastodon’s core ambition. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Chicago Tribune — 3 stars (out of 4) more info

The Music Fix — Does one of the most hyped metal records of the year hit the mark? Dominic goes on the hunt... more info

Culture Bully — Trippy new Robert Schober-directed video for "Curl of the Burl" from Mastodon's The Hunter. more info

Guardian Music — (Roadrunner)Mastodon's fifth album is as near to punchy and concise as they're ever likely to come. Gone are the 13-minute multipart epics – the longest track here is just five and a half – yet there's a depth and darkness about The Hunter: not t... more info

Metalsucks — Vince and I saw Opeth and Katatonia last night, but the song that was stuck in Vince’s head the entire evening — the song which he kept singing over and over and over again — wasn’t “The Devil’s Orchard.” It was “Curl of the Burl,” ... more info

Stereogum — Mastodon’s new video is for “Curl Of The Burl,” their single from the new album The Hunter, and it plays out like an acid-fried B-movie. If you love Evil Dead 2, you’ll probably find something to like about it. If you don’t love Evil Dead 2... more info