HIGH ON FIRE are on tour now! HIGH ON FIRE (drummer Des Kensel, guitarist / vocalist Matt Pike and new bassist Joe Preston [ex-MELVINS]) have completed their highly anticipated new album, 'Blessed Black Wings' with engineer Steve Albini (NIRVANA, NEUROSIS, JESUS LIZARD). Having just completed a week's worth of headling gigs, HIGH ON FIRE reunites with CLUTCH to close out 2004 culminating with the New Year's Eve show at Philadelphia's Trocadero Theater.

Current tour dates are listed below. All dates with CLUTCH unless noted otherwise.



December 27 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
December 28 Norfolk, VA The Norva
December 29 New York, NY Irving Plaza
December 30 Worcester, MA Palladium
December 31 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero (w/ Clutch)

HIGH ON FIRE's 'Blessed Black Wings' will be released on February 1st, 2005. An advance look at the album's artwork can be viewed at this location: http://relapse.com/preview/BlessedRGB.jpg. Equal parts molten metal and earthquake panic, HIGH ON FIRE's MOTORHEAD-meets-SLAYER roar is outrageously loud and absolutely punishing. With 'Blessed Black Wings,' guitarist / vocalist Matt Pike (ex-SLEEP) unleashes a devastating combination of bombastic guitar and howling war cries, weaving fantastical tales of supernatural beasts, forgotten battles and rivers of blood over an unstoppable bass and drum assault.

Source:	Relapse Newsletter
Band profile:	High On Fire