"Mastodon have built a career out of 90-second symphonies...inventing fresh ways to push the engine into overdrive with each record.", "It’s studied, sure -- these guys are superbly technically proficient -- but never is the fun obscured by fretwork pyrotechnics.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The mercurial metalheads have improved on the lean hard-rock pummel of 2011's THE HUNTER with lattices of ornate riffs and primal vocals…"
Distribution
Wea
Number of Discs
1
Additional Information
The band moves deliberately toward hard rock with more crafted songwriting and hooks, but keeps their bag of enormous riffs intact