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Des Kensel
High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1999. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, also plays guitar for doom metal band Sleep. High on Fire won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance with their song "Electric Messiah". History High on Fire was founded in 1999 by Sleep guitarist Matt Pike, drummer Des Kensel, and bassist George Rice (from Dear Deceased, who originally auditioned to be the band's vocalist). The band's first full-length album '' The Art of Self Defense'' was released on 12th Records, and released later on Man's Ruin Records. (The album would later be re-released by Tee Pee Records, with two bonus tracks, as Man's Ruin Records had become defunct.) In 2001, High on Fire signed a record deal with Relapse Records and recorded the album ''Surrounded by Thieves''. The album was released on May 28, 2002. After the tours promoting ''Surrounded by Thieves'', bassist George Rice left the band and was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the List of largest California cities by population, eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to municipal corporation, incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city. Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal prairie, California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large ''rancho'' grant in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleep (band)
Sleep is an American heavy metal band from San Jose, California. Guitarist Matt Pike and bassist and vocalist Al Cisneros have been the only constant members throughout its history, with several changes of drummers throughout their history. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "perhaps the ultimate stoner rock band" and notes they exerted a strong influence on metal in the 1990s. The band first gained attention with their second album, '' Sleep's Holy Mountain'' (1992). However, conflict with the band's record company contributed to Sleep's breakup by the end of the decade. Sleep's third album, ''Dopesmoker'', was released after the band's dissolution. The band reformed in 2009 and has played sporadic live dates internationally since. In 2018, Sleep surprise-released their comeback album, ''The Sciences'', on Third Man Records, to critical acclaim. History Early years Sleep evolved in the early 1990s from the band Asbestosdeath, which was established by vocalist/bassis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Is This Communion
''Death Is This Communion'' (stylized as ''Death•Is•This•Communion•'') is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band High on Fire. It was released on September 10, 2007 in Europe and September 18 in the United States. The first pressing includes a bonus DVD featuring in-studio footage of the making of the album. It is the first album to feature Jeff Matz on bass guitar. Frontman Matt Pike noted that the album's lyrics were influenced by David Icke, H. P. Lovecraft, and the Bible. The album has received generally good reviews, with an average rating of 80 on Metacritic. It was named the third-best album of the year by ''Revolver''. ''Total Guitar'' named it fourth in their "50 Best Guitar Albums of the Year". It came in at number 9 in ''Metal Hammer''s best of 2007 list. Track listing All tracks written by High on Fire. Credits * Matt Pike – guitar, vocals * Jeff Matz – bass *Des Kensel – drums *Jack Endino – production, engineering and mixing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeke (band)
Zeke is an American hardcore punk band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1992. They are known for their extremely fast, energetic guitar sound. Zeke mixes this with strong influences from hard rock, and occasionally blues rock, and are often compared to Motörhead. Zeke has released six full-length studio albums. Their first single, "West Seattle Acid Party", came out in 1992; after several album releases on indie label Scooch Pooch Records, they signed with Epitaph in 1998. They are currently signed to Relapse Records. They are featured in several soundtracks from video games such as the song "Death Alley" was on ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'', the song "Long Train Runnin'" appeared on ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2'', and "Kill the King" appeared on ''Tony Hawk's Project 8''. Zeke appeared on the ''Project Gotham Racing 3'' soundtrack. Zeke released a digital EP entitled ''Lords of the Highway'' in 2007. It includes the tracks "Lords of the Highway", "Kings and Queens" and "Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goatwhore
Goatwhore is an American extreme metal band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1997. Biography Goatwhore was formed by guitarist/backing vocalist Sammy Duet, who was previously the lead guitarist for Louisiana sludge metal band Acid Bath. The band's origins can date back to 1991 with Sammy and drummer Zak Nolan. The band was at the time called "Killgore" with Duet on lead guitar and vocals and Zak Nolan on drums. Killgore would release a number of demos up until 1997 when they changed their name to Goatwhore, after Acid Bath dissolved due to the death of bassist Audie Pitre. Soilent Green lead vocalist Louis Benjamin Falgoust II, rhythm guitarist Ben Stout and bassist Pat Bruders completed the lineup, which debuted with the demo ''Serenades to the Tides of Blood''; Goatwhore's official debut LP, ''The Eclipse of Ages into Black'', followed in early 2000. ''Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun'' appeared in 2003 before the band jumped to Metal Blade for the fall release of 2006's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Albini
Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal engineer of Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex in Chicago. In 2018, Albini estimated that he had worked on several thousand albums over his career. He has worked with acts such as Nirvana, Pixies, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, and former Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Albini is also known for his outspoken views on the music industry, having stated repeatedly that it financially exploits artists and homogenizes their sound. Nearly alone among well-known producers and musicians, Albini refuses to take ongoing royalties from other bands recording in his studio, feeling that a producer's job is to record the music to the band's desires, and that paying producers as if they had contributed artistically to an album is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blessed Black Wings
''Blessed Black Wings'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band High on Fire. It would be the only with Joe Preston on bass who would be replaced by Jeff Matz. The tracks "The Face of Oblivion" and "Cometh Down Hessian" are based on stories by horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, ''At the Mountains of Madness'' and ''The Hound'', respectively. The vinyl version was released as a double LP and contains a bonus track, "Rapid Fire", originally by Judas Priest. ''Blessed Black Wings'' was voted 48th in the '50 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century' by ''Kerrang!'' magazine. Reception ''Blessed Black Wings'' was released to positive reception. Critics in particular praised Steve Albini's production of the album, with criticism mainly being pointed towards Matt Pike's vocals. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic acknowledged Pike's appreciation of Celtic Frost noting the influence of the band in the closing instrumental "Sons of Thunder". Adrien Bergrand of PopMatters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrones (band)
Thrones is the solo project of American bassist Joe Preston. Biography Thrones began in 1994 with an untitled cassette on the Punk in My Vitamins? label. He soon released the "Reddleman" single. In 1996, Thrones signed to Communion Records to issue the full-length album ''Alraune''. Thrones then signed to Kill Rock Stars and released the single "The Suckling". In late 1997, Preston began a recording project under the working title "White Rabbit, White Rabbit, White Rabbit". The project was eventually released as two 12 inch EPs; ''White Rabbit'' in 1999, followed by ''Sperm Whale'' in 2000. Both EPs were compiled in the ''Sperm Whale'' CD. In 2005, a compilation of various Thrones material spanning from 1994 to 2001 was released by Southern Lord Records under the title ''Day Late, Dollar Short''. After an extended hiatus beginning in 2001, Thrones began regularly performing live again in May 2006, although there were sporadic live appearances during this period supporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Melvins
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrounded By Thieves
''Surrounded by Thieves'' is the second studio album by American heavy metal band High on Fire. It was the band's first album for Relapse Records and was produced by Billy Anderson and the band itself. "Hung, Drawn and Quartered" was utilized as the album's promotional track. It was featured on a 7" split with Mastodon's "March of the Fire Ants" and had a music video which aired on ''Uranium'' and MTV's ''Headbangers Ball''. It would be the last album with founding bassist George Rice. Reception ''Surrounded by Thieves'' was well received by critics. AllMusic's Brian O'Neill awarded the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "relentless" and suggesting that every song was "an epic that rolls like sinister thunder across the landscape." O'Neill noted that there was "not much variation" on the album but added that variety isn't necessary "when you get locked into a groove this good." Isaiah Violante, writing for ''Pitchfork'', gave a similarly positive review of 8.8 out of 10. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tee Pee Records
Tee Pee Records is an American independent rock music record label in New York City, prominent for releasing music by Sleep, Witch, Graveyard, Earthless, High on Fire and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. It has housed many stoner rock bands. Roster Current artists *Ancestors *Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound *Burning Love *Carousel *Coliseum *Earthless *Graveyard * Hopewell *Imaad Wasif * Jason Simon of Dead Meadow *Joy *Karma to Burn * Naam *Nebula * Night Horse *Quest for Fire *Ruby the Hatchet *The Skull *Spindrift *The Warlocks *Whirr *Witch Past artists * All Night *Annihilation Time * Bad Wizard * Black NASA *Boulder *The Brian Jonestown Massacre *Buzzkill * Chrome Locust *Cloudland Canyon *Core *Mark D *Drunk Horse * Eldopa * Entrance * The Everyones * Gonga * Hermano *High on Fire *The High Strung * Immortal Lee County Killers *The J.J. Paradise Players Club *Kadavar * Kalas * Kreisor * Leechmilk *Logical Nonsense * Lost Goat *The Lovetones * Maplewood * The Mystick Kr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Art Of Self Defense (album)
''The Art of Self Defense'' is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band High on Fire. It was released originally by Man's Ruin Records in 2000. Track listing All songs composed by High on Fire unless stated. Bonus tracks In 2001, Tee Pee Records re-released the album with different album art and two bonus tracks. One of them being a cover of "The Usurper" by Celtic Frost. In 2012, Southern Lord Records re-released the album with slightly different cover art than the Man's Ruin Records version and three additional bonus tracks (all from High on Fire's self-titled 1999 demo). Personnel *Matt Pike – guitar, vocals *Des Kensel High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1999. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, also plays guitar for doom metal band Sleep. High on Fire won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Metal Perf ... – drums *George Rice – bass *Produced by Billy Anderson and High on Fire References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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