New Mastodon coming!

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Mastodon are hard at work finishing up their new album, officially called “The Hunter”, and they can announce four track names now as well. They are Blasteroids, The Octopus Has No Friends, Stargasm and Curl Of The Burl. Plus, check out the new shirt in the store!

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I get the feeling those are not seriously the names of some of the songs on the new album. I'm totally hyped up, and last time that happened I got disappointed. Five months after the disappointment I gave the album another spin, and here I am two years later still having a hard time taking it out of my cd player. Lets see if they can do it again!

maybe it will make me forget how much groove metal sucks enough for me to enjoy the album. i doubt it.

Should be good; I'm hoping for some more like Blood Mountain, but more like Crack the Skye would work, too.

One of the more anticipated releases of 2011 for me.

I absolutely cannot wait for the album to come out. I love pretty much everything Mastodon does. If the song titles above are correct, we are in for a really weird album. Blasteroids? But perhaps it is just a joke. "The Hunter" is a sweet album title though.

I've seen Mastodon live three times, and they look like the kind of guys that would come up with songs named like that. When I listen to their albums I don't get that vibe. The story behind Crack the Skye is really out there as well. If the album is good then the song titles won't matter very much.

Good band. A bit overrated though.

Awesome! I really enjoy their stuff. Crack the Skye was good, but Blood Mountain is my favorite.

Bahahaha!

This is a song called "Deathbound" and I'm not sure if this is supposed to be on the new album or not.

The_Jayroh wrote:

Bahahaha!

This is a song called "Deathbound" and I'm not sure if this is supposed to be on the new album or not.

I love that video! My friend showed me it the other day. I hope it's on the album.

Cool - Crack The Skye is such a GREAT album!!!!!!

thejokeriv wrote:

Cool - Crack The Skye is such a GREAT album!!!!!!

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What I read at Metalsucks is that Deathbound was recorded for Crack the Skye; I didn't see anything about it being for the new album.

Tur-Thalion wrote:

What I read at Metalsucks is that Deathbound was recorded for Crack the Skye; I didn't see anything about it being for the new album.

They released this song for Adult Swim so I don't think it will be. I could be pleasantly surprised however...

http://www.metalsucks.net/2011/07/07/the-new-mastodon-album-artwork-sure-is-different/

this is really weird artwork. Not sure what to think really, though it's not as cool as their past artwork.

I do like that they used a couple of runic letters for the band's name(although what they use for N was actually an 'h' value)

Tur-Thalion wrote:

http://www.metalsucks.net/2011/07/07/the-new-mastodon-album-artwork-sure-is-different/

I will be proud to see this every day on my ipod.

Wow. Maybe those song titles weren't as fake as I once thought.....

Tur-Thalion wrote:

this is really weird artwork. Not sure what to think really, though it's not as cool as their past artwork.

I do like that they used a couple of runic letters for the band's name(although what they use for N was actually an 'h' value)

I like the runes, I think it looks good. It's strange that they matched up that cover with those runes... but hey! This is Mastodon

There's not a ton of song to go off of in this video, but I like all that I hear!

Tur-Thalion wrote:

There's not a ton of song to go off of in this video, but I like all that I hear!

Not bad at all. Hope this is only a taste.

The_Jayroh wrote:

Tur-Thalion wrote:

There's not a ton of song to go off of in this video, but I like all that I hear!

Not bad at all. Hope this is only a taste.

Good stuff; sounds like a teaser so far, but it'll be a great product.

New song streaming

Not bad at all!

Still not crazy about the vocals, but the music sounds good, the drummer is still the most impressive member of the band.

Yes! This is what I'm talking about. Awesome, awesome song. These guys never let me down.

The video was interesting to watch, as well. When I first saw the cover art I thought it was CG. But an actual wood carving? That is pretty sweet.