High On Fire
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Oakland, San Francisco CA, United States (1998 – present)
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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Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
San Manuel Amphitheater, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, United States
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Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, San Francisco CA, United States
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JAPAN!!
23 Mar 2011 | from highonfire.net/blog1.php
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HIGH ON FIRE IN TOKYO DURING JAPAN’s TRAGIC EARTHQUAKE / TSUNAMI
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CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE
22 Feb 2011 | from highonfire.net/blog1.php
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