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Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain



8.6 | 176 votes |
Release date: 1 November 1992
Style: Stoner doom metal, Stoner metal

Owners:

212 have it
25 want it


01. Dragonaut
02. The Druid
03. Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme
04. Some Grass
05. Aquarian
06. Holy Mountain
07. Inside The Sun
08. From Beyond
09. Nain's Baptism
10. Snowblind [Black Sabbath cover] [bonus]
+ Dragonaut [video] [bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1992: 10

Additional info
This album is dedicated to the memory of Robbie Buck Sr. (R.I.P.).
"Dragonaut" and "Some Grass" are two of the songs to the "Gummo" soundtrack.

Guest review by
bossmanbob
Rating:
9.1
Alongside Kyuss, Sleep is widely regarded as one of the two progenitors of stoner metal. The primary reason for this is their seminal album, Holy Mountain. Their third album, it marked a divergence from their earlier, more St. Vitus influenced, tracks. This album was sent to Earache as a demo, but the label immediately saw its worth and signed the band, releasing the album completely unchanged in 1992. Sadly, it would be the last album released by the group while together, as their next two albums would be released post-breakup.

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published 27.03.2009 | Comments (0)

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28.12.2009 - 11:03
Rating: 9
Dangerboner
Lactation Cnslt
Such good stuff, but it does sound like a Black Sabbath cover album

Still, highly recommended and essential to any metalhead's collection
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29.12.2009 - 23:04
Rating: 10
Don Martin
le fu-
Love 'em, Sleep is my favorite stoner band alongside Fu Manchu and Electric Wizard. You may have 1000's of stoner records, without this one your collection will remain incomplete!
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What a tackastrophe!
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13.01.2010 - 07:51
Rating: 9
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
I took a gamble on this not knowing a thing about them back around March of '94. loved it. used to work graveyard shift five nights a week, come home, drain a beer or two, and crash with this blaring in the back ground.

even my hippie next door neighbors who i shared a wall with didn't mind too terribly. they much preferred the groove of this to the Obituary/Morbid Angel/Bolt Thrower that was commonly blaring out my room at the time.
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get the fuck off my lawn.

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10.05.2011 - 04:34
Void_Eater
Account deleted
Checking out the album and band for the first time, good stuff. Might have to check out more stoner metal.
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12.11.2011 - 22:59
Ag Fox
Angel No More
If I am gonna check this out, should I go for the original or the 2009 reissued one? Are there any differences?
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loves 小巫
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13.11.2011 - 01:49
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by Ag Fox on 12.11.2011 at 22:59
If I am gonna check this out, should I go for the original or the 2009 reissued one? Are there any differences?

A reissue is usually just an alternate pressing so the music/sound isn't any different. If anything you'd just get some bonus tracks or a video or something.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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13.11.2011 - 01:52
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Thanks
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loves 小巫
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10.06.2012 - 05:32
Rating: 10
Ocean Sage

This has become my favorite album. Great songs by some very talented guys, I highly recommend it to any metal/stoner fans.
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10.06.2012 - 05:43
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by Ocean Sage on 10.06.2012 at 05:34
This has become my favorite album. Great songs by some very talented guys, I highly recommend it to any metal/stoner fans.

That's cool, but we didn't need to read it six times.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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