Those beardy metal folk in Mastodon have christened their next studio album the very macho title of The Hunter.

Sticking with all things sci-fi and bloodthirsty, the follow up to their 2009 album Crack The Skye will feature the tracks “Curl Of The Burl”, “Dry Bone Valley ”, “Blasteroids”, “The Octopus Has No Friends”, “All The Heavy Lifting” and “Stargasm”. It was recorded in the band’s hometown of Atlanta as well as in Los Angeles with producer Mike Elizondo and will be released on Reprise Records later this year.

In other Mastodon news, guitarist Brent Hinds has apparently formed a currently un-named metal supergroup (jokingly dubbed `Giraffe Tongue’) with Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman, former Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen and ex-Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery. Though Hinds admits geographical constraints and other musical commitments have made it difficult for the band to record material.

What Hinds has found time for, though, is trying his hand at acting, as the following TV advert demonstrates…oh, how very metal!