Rolling Stone's David Peisner reports:

"Kids are going to get in trouble to this album," MASTODON guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds says of the Atlanta metal band's fifth LP, The Hunter (due later this year). "They're going to break speakers, pop springs on their beds and get drunk and nude in public."

Hinds had just wrapped the album's final guitar solo when he sat down with bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher in a lounge at Atlanta's Doppler Studios. Before convening here in early May, the band joined producer Mike Elizondo in Southern California to track drums in the same room where NIRVANA's Nevermind and TOM PETTY's Damn The Torpedoes were recorded.

"To be in a room where all that stuff went down is a big deal to us," says Dailor. "We're nerds like that."

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A trailer for The Hunter, featuring an audio sample of the track 'Black Tongue', can be found below:

Mastodon are expected to release The Hunter this October via Reprise Records. The album artwork can be seen below:

Mastodon recently revealed more song titles for The Hunter. Tracks to appear on the band's follow-up to 2009's Crack The Skye include: 'The Hunter: All The Heavy Lifting', 'Dry Bone Valley', 'Blasteroids', 'The Octopus Has No Friends', 'Stargasm', 'Curl Of The Burl' and 'Black Tongue'.

The Hunter was recorded at Doppler Studios in the band’s hometown of Atlanta as well as in Los Angeles with producer Mike Elizondo. As with all of their albums, Mastodon, which is bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Keliher, and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor, decided to take a completely different tack and musical approach to the music on this album. The band feels confident that fans will be excited and fulfilled by what they will hear.

The band kept a visual update of all things that went on in the studio. Check out the entire collection at this location.

Adultswim.com has an unreleased Mastodon song, 'Deathbound', available as a download. The video for the track can be seen below: