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Oakland, San Francisco CA, United States (1998 – present)

High on Fire is a metal band originally formed from the remnants of the legendary stoner band Sleep. Matt Pike, from Sleep, sings and plays guitar in High on Fire and founded the band with George Rice (bass) and Des Kensel (drums).

High on Fire’s sound is extremely heavy, drawing influences from the aforementioned Sleep, Motörhead, Black Sabbath, and hardcore punk.

The Oakland, California band formed in 1998 and released ‘The Art of Self Defense’ on Man’s Ruin Records, in March 2000. After Man’s Ruin Records folded, the album was re-released via Tee-Pee Records on CD and vinyl with new artwork and two bonus tracks: Steel Shoe (an original) and The Ursurper (Celtic Frost).

Following, the band signed with relapse records and released ‘Surrounded by Thieves’ in 2002, with production help from Billy Anderson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Anderson_%28music%29). Founding member and bass player George Rice, would leave the band shortly before recording the next album.

In 2004, Relapse and Throne Records released the ‘Live from the Contamination Festival’ CD and LP (respectively) which was recorded in Philadelphia, PA. The CD is limited to 2000 copies and the LP only 1000.

‘Blessed Black Wings’, produced by Steve Albini, was released in early 2005, and was their first and only to feature Joe Preston (Earth, Melvins, Thrones) on bass. The vinyl version as well as the Japanese CD version of this album had the Judas Priest song Rapid Fire as a bonus track.
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  • derek_trash

    tiwl i know it's hard for you. you have my prayers

    yesterday afternoon
  • yurii12

    Discovered these guys not long ago. Can't believe I hadn't heard of them before! Awesome fucking band.

    Friday morning
  • ManojBaishyaDM

    Black Sabbath + Motörhead + A wall of riffs = High On fvcking Fire.

    Friday morning
  • Akiba61

    Good band, good weed, good vibes.

    Wednesday evening
  • pulledhorses

    fuck, my balls are on fire

    Wednesday evening
  • Nickisonfire33

    Every time you listen to High on Fire, you grow more chest hairs. Regardless of gender.

    Tuesday evening
  • Sharp-Ton

    "The Art Of Self Defense" is dope. I bang for hours.

    last week
  • stian86

    Yes, I am Jesus Christ.

    last week
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JAPAN!!

23 Mar 2011 | from highonfire.net/blog1.php

We want to express our condolences to the people of Japan for this terrible tragedy.  As you may know, we were there and felt this first hand and we share in this experience. We hope to make it back to Japan soon!! …

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