Mastodon: The Hunter – review

(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 the darkness that drives Norwegian metallers to burn down churches, but the darkness of space. The titles of tracks such as Blasteroid and Stargasm capture the mood. The star of the show is drummer Brann Dailor, whose jazzy fills lend a fleet-flootedn...

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