''Sleep's Holy Mountain'' (also known as ''Holy Mountain'') is the second studio album by the American stoner doom band

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. It was released in November 1992 in Europe and March 1993 in the US through Earache Records.

Release and reception

The recordings that would become ''Sleep's Holy Mountain'' were originally sent to independent label Earache as a demo. The label immediately signed the band and released the recordings exactly as they were received. It was the last album to be released by the band as a fully functioning group for a while, as their subsequent albums up to 2018's '' The Sciences'' were released after the group had broken up. The album, which includes the word "stoner" in the lyrics of two songs and prominently features

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leaves in its album art, is widely considered one of the seminal albums in the evolution of

stoner rock Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Sl ...

. It became a favourite of the heavy metal press and the band was heralded, along with Kyuss, as leaders of the emerging

stoner metal Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Slee ...

scene. The songs "Dragonaut" and "Some Grass" are used in the 1997 Harmony Korine film '' Gummo''. In May 2009, the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

Track listing

All music/lyrics written by Sleep except "Snowblind".

2009 reissue bonus tracks

Credits

Al Cisneros Alberto R. Cisneros (; born September 23, 1973) is an American musician. He is the lead singer and bassist for stoner rock/doom metal bands Sleep (band), Sleep and Om (band), Om. He also was a member of Shrinebuilder and Asbestosdeath (the precur ...

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Matt Pike Matthew Lance Pike (born June 3, 1972) is an American musician best known as the guitarist of stoner metal, stoner/doom metal band Sleep (band), Sleep and the vocalist and guitarist of High on Fire. With High on Fire, Pike won the 2019 Grammy Aw ...

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*Cover artwork by Robert Klem *Produced and engineered by Billy Anderson"Engineered by Billy Anderson" and "Produced by Sleep and Billy Anderson" credits printed in ''Sleep's Holy Mountain'' CD liner notes, Earache Records, 1992.

Pressing history

References

External links

Sleep's Holy Mountain (CD) at Earache Records site
{{Authority control 1993 albums Sleep (band) albums Earache Records albums Albums produced by Billy Anderson (producer)