Album Rating: 3.0

You wouldn't take this round to your gf's parents house to show off, that's for sure.

Album Rating: 3.5

Someone remaster this pls

I'd like this a lot more if the production didn't sound like slamming cookie sheets together. We're well past the point where any album shouldn't have a perfectly neutral frequency reproduction and high-frequency extension to 20 kHz.

It doesn't matter how good the music is if it's literally painful to listen to.

Album Rating: 3.5

Exactly, I always listen to my music at higher than normal volumes, so the fact that I'm complaining about the loudness on this says something

Album Rating: 3.0

just spun this..



catchy and good but that's it, the stone is strong in this

Album Rating: 2.5

It's not particularly bad, but not great either. There's a couple of highlights. And yeah, Raskulinecz' production aesthetic is too fierce and evidently distorted in sections. He wouldn't have been my first choice that's for sure.

Album Rating: 3.5

Has David Bottrill ever done production for these guys?





He should

Album Rating: 3.0

Man, that'd be swee

Album Rating: 4.0

this is a unique album, i liked the hunter but it was a tad dumbed down. this is more unpredictable. high road has a great main riff and ozzy osbourne-like chorus. Diamond in the witch house is definitely the best song on here though

Album Rating: 3.0

High Road fucking blows, bro

Album wins

Album Rating: 2.5

High Road is quite terrible. It uses that awful riff probably 2/3 of all metal bands have come to exploit at some point in their history.

Album Rating: 3.2

What riff would that be?

Album Rating: 3.5

Still need to jam this.

Album Rating: 3.7 | Sound Off

Album's great (as in a 3.5+), but inferior when compared to its predecessor (a 4+).



Mastodon are closer than ever to a dead end, regarding the evolution of their style, but that's for the band to worry, not the fans.









High Road is quite terrible. It uses that awful riff probably 2/3 of all metal bands have come to exploit at some point in their history.



That riff has been exploited by probably 2/3 of all metal bands because it's an awesome metal riff.

Album Rating: 3.0

Not really the riff that's the problem with High Road, it's the vocals.

Album Rating: 4.0

its all about diamond in the witch house

Album Rating: 3.5

28 minutes in. I like it. It's much more commercial than their previous work for sure.



Would like to hear Diamond In The Witch House, since Scott Kelly's a guest vocalist on that track.

This sounds like music some kid would put on his youtube video of dirtbike race highlights

Album Rating: 3.5

Haha, to each their own I guess.



I think this is a pretty good record.