Release Day Roundup – 2/18/22
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Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday ... Read More...
High on Fire – Electric Messiah
If High on Fire’s newest—Electric Messiah—was, in fact, inspired by a dream Matt Pike had about Lemmy, then opener “Spewn from the Earth” is a statement of purpose. Pike has always reminded me of Lemmy as a voc... Read More...
Hyborian – Hyborian Vol. I
Hyborian, out of Kansas City, MO, don’t sound like a new band needing more polish on their debut release, Hyborian Vol. I. I was given this album with the description of “Mastodon worship” and that isn’t that far off base. The band cite High on Fire and Crowbar as influences and you can definitely hear the former in the guitar tones. The reality, however, is this band lies somewhere in the very narrow valley of the above influences particularly on opening track, “As Above, So Below”. They are able to harness that same thrash-y malevolence and driving power as they raise the curtain on this effort.
High On Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis
I swear, by Matt Pike's sweaty shirtless body, that High On Fire get better with every album. Whilst there's nothing that glaringly new about their sound, you'd be hard pushed to argue that it wasn't at least distinct and over the course of six studio albums the band has refined their mix of high octane riffs, pummeling percussion and Motorhead sensibilities to a sharpened point. De Vermis Mysteriis sees the band attempting to top their incredibly well received Snakes For The Divine with a concept album about Jesus' time travelling twin brother Liao who goes on to to learn about the destructive influence his brother had on mankind before jumping off the deep end and getting involved in witch burning and baby sacrifice. Yeah.
High On Fire Travel Through Time With Jesus’ Dead Twin Brother In Fertile Green
It's time to head on over to Pitchfork to get your first taste of the brand new High On Fire record De Vermis Mysteriis with the track 'Fertile Green' and what a poignant first taste it is! Their previous out... Read More...
FROST HAMMER! *DUN DUN DUN DUN*
High on Fire have premiered their new video for "Frost Hammer" over at Pitchfork. The song comes off of their new album Snakes for the Divine, which is a pretty awesome record if you haven't given it a listen f... Read More...
Leak: High on Fire’s Snakes for the Divine
Oh shit. Matt Pike's gonna kill somebody.
Snakes for the Divine, the highly anticipated follow up to 2007's Death Is This Communion, hit the internet within the last couple of days. With the end of Did It Le... Read More...
High On Fire Unveil New Album Art
And I swear, I think I saw this in a hentai one time.
Snakes for the Divine is High On Fire's fifth studio album, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2007 opus Death Is This Communion. It's current... Read More...