Released August 16, 2011 Length 3:40 | Format Music download Label Reprise, Roadrunner | |
Recorded Doppler Studios, Atlanta, Georgia Writer(s) Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds, Bill Kelliher, Troy Sanders | ||
"Curl of the Burl" is a single by American heavy metal band Mastodon from their fifth studio album, The Hunter. It was released August 16, 2011, as the second single from the album. The single is the band's most successful, peaking at No. 15 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart. It was nominated for a 2011 Grammy award in the category Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance.
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Music video
A music video was produced for the song and was directed by Roboshobo. The video was uploaded to the band's official YouTube account on September 20, 2011. The video focuses on a man (played by Bill Oberst Jr.) who chops down a tree carrying a warning sign, snorts a rough powder made of its wood, and becomes intoxicated. He grows an extra set of arms. The man keeps snorting the powder to the point that he is transformed into a tree and set on fire by a group of women.