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High On Fire - Cometh The Storm



7.6 | 100 votes |
Release date: 19 April 2024
Style: Sludge metal, Stoner metal

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01. Lambsbread
02. Burning Down
03. Trismegistus
04. Cometh The Storm
05. Karanlık Yol
06. Sol's Golden Curse
07. The Beating
08. Tough Guy
09. Lighting Beard
10. Hunting Shadows
11. Darker Fleece

Staff review by
musclassia
Rating:
7.4
When he first launched High On Fire, Matt Pike had to learn to push beyond the doomy confines of Sleep and let loose. Over two decades of ripping thrashy sludge later, High On Fire seem to have shifted their focus slightly back towards heaviness rather than speed this time around.

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published 23.04.2024 | Comments (2)

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16.02.2024 - 20:55
Rating: 7
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
THANK FUCKING YOU, BASED GOD 🙏🏽

Was wondering when these guys would hop to it again after Electric Messiah. I think this would be their longest gap between LPs now, but I can’t see that adversely affecting the quality here when their discog has been so consistent already
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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16.02.2024 - 21:29
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Hell yeah! The kings of stoner sludge! Can't wait!

Now, I know AI art is controversial, but I think this is a really cool use of it. The constantly morphing images really add to that psychedelic vibe. Who knew AI could understand the feeling of metal music so well
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16.02.2024 - 21:54
A Real Mönkey
The only thing that cometh now is me, in mine pants.
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28.02.2024 - 22:54
Rating: 8
Crème fraiche
Written by F3ynman on 16.02.2024 at 21:29

Hell yeah! The kings of stoner sludge! Can't wait!

Now, I know AI art is controversial, but I think this is a really cool use of it. The constantly morphing images really add to that psychedelic vibe. Who knew AI could understand the feeling of metal music so well


Honestly, I feel the same dude. People were shitting on this on instagram but I thought it looked cool as fuck. I still don't have high hopes for us using AI as a society properly.. this use is the least of my concerns (more concerned with military and Gov't using AI for war and subjugation of the masses).
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Album Release day (April 19, 2024)
19.04.2024 - 10:35
Nejde
This is no Snakes For The Divine which is my favourite albums of theirs. And six years since the last album is a long time so you don't really know what to expect, but after an initial listen I must say that I quite like this one and it will be a grower for sure. High On Fire never disappoints.
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Liebe ist für alle da.
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19.04.2024 - 15:28
Rating: 7
musclassia
Staff
I've done a reverse marathon of their discog in the past week or so in preparation for this, and on first listens, it delivers what has come to be expected of High On Fire: a mix of rampant thrashy sludge tracks alongside some more dynamic slower cuts. Nothing in either camp stood out to me in the way their best songs have (nothing as memorable as Snakes For The Divine on the fast track front, nothing as emphatic as King Of Days or Steps Of The Ziggurat on the slower front), but it's still a respectable addition to their discog with some cool tracks. The title track and the final song stood out most on first spin
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20.04.2024 - 08:51
Stormm
Written by musclassia on 19.04.2024 at 15:28

I've done a reverse marathon of their discog in the past week or so in preparation for this, and on first listens, it delivers what has come to be expected of High On Fire: a mix of rampant thrashy sludge tracks alongside some more dynamic slower cuts. Nothing in either camp stood out to me in the way their best songs have (nothing as memorable as Snakes For The Divine on the fast track front, nothing as emphatic as King Of Days or Steps Of The Ziggurat on the slower front), but it's still a respectable addition to their discog with some cool tracks. The title track and the final song stood out most on first spin

I just played King Of Days and that main riff is nostalgically beautiful. Thanks for the tip!
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20.04.2024 - 09:38
Rating: 7
musclassia
Staff
Written by Stormm on 20.04.2024 at 08:51



I just played King Of Days and that main riff is nostalgically beautiful. Thanks for the tip!

Still probably my favourite song by them
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20.04.2024 - 11:44
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Tage Westerlund
To be honest I get bored after 35 minutes, This is like 1h , stick on the time, 40 minutes and its ok, otherwise its luck of inspiration and quality . But well well I get trough this.
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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21.04.2024 - 10:05
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Damn, his vocals are especially vile and aggressive on this one! I like the Melechesh-esque oriental instrumental. Other than that, nice intense sludge
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22.04.2024 - 03:43
A Real Mönkey
Yep, I ain't got no problems with this one. Vintage High on Fire.

I love that instrumental as well. Brings to mind similar ones off Death Is This Communion. Would probably call it the sleeper hit of the album.
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25.04.2024 - 05:34
Cthulu
Not bad, but I was hoping for a Drowning Dog moment. Didn't quite get one
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25.04.2024 - 19:14
Rating: 7
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
It's a pretty solid album overall, nothing groundbreaking but lot's of cool riffs, great drumming, decent vocals, and just a solid all round performance. It's heavy, groovy, and fun, just as I expected it to be tbh. "Hunting Shadows", and "Cometh the Storm" are the highlights for me.
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25.04.2024 - 21:09
Rating: 7
Tom Muller
Solid album. Nice drumming and some good riffs
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Can you see it
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06.05.2024 - 15:41
Rating: 7
miekka18
Solid indeed. Good mixture of heavy metal riffs, growling, stoner, and Motorheadish vibes
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17.05.2024 - 02:30
Rating: 9
Blackcrowe
Maybe their best work so far
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Invisible To telescopic eye,
Infinity. The star that would not die
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07.10.2024 - 17:59
Rating: 7
tintinb
Yes it is a lot of fun, but does get monotonous after some time. But the two music videos released by then, they are really eye-catching.
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Leeches everywhere.
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07.10.2024 - 20:40
Rating: 7
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
Written by tintinb on 07.10.2024 at 17:59

Yes it is a lot of fun, but does get monotonous after some time. But the two music videos released by then, they are really eye-catching.

Good, I was listening to this in the morning. Even HoF wasn't up-to-the-mark on this record, it still sounds way inferior to other Stoner metal releases of 2024.
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