{"id":979,"date":"2011-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/10\/03\/info-about-the-new-mastodon-album\/"},"modified":"2011-10-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T00:00:00","slug":"info-about-the-new-mastodon-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/10\/03\/info-about-the-new-mastodon-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Info about the new Mastodon album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.musicweek.com\/Pictures\/web\/t\/h\/r\/hunter.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" \/><br \/>With every album they release, Atlanta\u2019s Mastodon become a shade more accessible to their fans and none more so than on their fifth release, The Hunter: the band\u2019s stab at mainstream recognition.  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And, with the record currently residing within the Top 10 in the OCC midweeks, this could be it.<\/p>\n<p>The Hunter is the band\u2019s punchiest release yet from, with the longest track clocking in at just under six minutes \u2013 a far cry from the proggy experimentations on Catch The Sky or Remission \u2013 and for some, this will prove a welcome progression.<\/p>\n<p>Restraint is also displayed in the vocals, with less guttural screaming \u2013 an influence perhaps of producer Mike Elizondo \u2013 who is best known for his work with the likes of Dr. Dre and Maroon 5.<\/p>\n<p>However although efforts have clearly been made to package the band as listener friendly \u2013 the result is never at the expense to the group\u2019s core sound, with mind melting riffs and heavy, tight drumming treading the fine line between hardcore and metal.<\/p>\n<p>An aural treat for long-time fans, while a good introduction for first time listeners \u2013 this is Mastodon lite and all the better for it.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Music Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With every album they release, Atlanta\u2019s Mastodon become a shade more accessible to their fans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}