Mastodon: The Hunter

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Georgian sludge metal band Mastodon return for a fifth trip into metal psychedelia with The Hunter, a raw follow up to its predecessor Crack the Skye.

Where Crack the Skye had heavy prog elements and a definite concept throughout, this new album is much more independent from that kind of structure, making stunning use of those trademark riffs and forcing every song to stand on its own merits - which they do, spectacularly. Every song is like a concept within itself, and pretty much all of them start with an instant hook riff.
If you're looking for something new from the band, then you may not be fulfilled. But if you're all good with more of what the band does best, it's definitely worth buying.

-L

Silly DC.

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What's that? DC massively missed the mark with that giant DCU-wide reboot they had in mind? Surprise, surprise.

Surely when a seven year old girl can see how badly you've fucked up, that's time to take a step back and think "Hm, perhaps we should consider turning this one around..."

Anyway, this is a great read if you're remotely interested in comics and it has a bunch of links to other great articles.

-L

My sick sense of humour, summarized.

I love this series. It's not to the taste of most but imagine your favourite childhood cartoon, put it in the back of a dirty white van with that nice gent offering candies, put it through an extremely stressful and experimental series of therapies, and you have Leo & Satan. If you like Adult Swim, this is definitely something you should look into.
-L