High on Fire

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

High On Fire is a stoner 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 on the aforementioned Sleep, Motörhead, and even 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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stoner metal, doom metal, sludge, metal, stoner rock
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Kodovich wrote:
yesterday morning

i can't wait for the new album!

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theyeti85 wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

the new album cover looks amazing. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132951

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NOHOPEFORHEROES wrote:
Wednesday morning

High on Fire now labelmates with Sinead O'Connor, now that is fucking metal.

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Necrophant wrote:
Sunday afternoon

http://www.lastfm.de/group/death+to+modern+metal

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mas2don wrote:
8 days ago

Waiting as hell! new label looks shity... but i don't think it will have much of an influence..

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uchuuray wrote:
8 days ago

Aw hell no. new album's gonna be on E1 entertainment (http://www.e1music.us/artists/). I still can't wait though. I'm so fucking stoked, man! DEM TITLES!!

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Lietvyris wrote:
8 days ago

Underrated... Better than Sleep, imo.

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Ascendence wrote:
9 days ago

*fapfapfapfap*

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haliseco wrote:
13 days ago

its gonna be legen-wait for it-dary

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settlehead wrote:
15 days ago

"Snakes for the Divine" track listing: 01. Snakes for the Divine 02. Frost Hammer 03. Bastard Samurai 04. Ghost Neck 05. Fire, Flood & Plague 06. How Dark We Pray 07. Holy Flames of the Fire Spitter 08. Mystery of Helm

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minneserv wrote:
17 days ago

@ duut: kanker sukkel

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zachparker wrote:
18 days ago

These guys rule on record and according to lots are amazing live. It's a real shame when I saw them in Sydney the sound during their set was horrible, yet the sound during Lamb of God was amazing. Fuck sound guys.

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duut wrote:
20 days ago

Kanker Turk!!

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Jordan1124 wrote:
21 days ago

Vote up a live photo. These promo ones suckkkk.

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AerosmithFan112 wrote:
26 days ago

matt pike is fuckin sexy.

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Inuhater wrote:
27 days ago

@shellath:When I saw Converge, I dont think it had to do with the venue, but the bands they were playing with. Mastodon, Dethklok and HoF are nothing like Converge.

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RyanNinja wrote:
December 2009

the blood i bleed is black indeed. speak the devil in my time of need.... long live matt pike!

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SothO wrote:
December 2009

FROST HAMMER! FROST HAMMER! New album is called 'Snakes for the Divine' for those you who didn't know. I don't really like it, but, eh, who cares.

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AstroZomb1e wrote:
December 2009

Saw them in Atlanta in Nov. and now im a fan.

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HilariousBeard wrote:
December 2009

New album needs to arrive ASAP.

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