― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― George the Animal Steele, Monday, 17 October 2005 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― michael crumsho (clikatowi), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link
om is better than both though
n/a - don't look at it as 'stoner metal,' because that will lead you down a path of lots of crappy music. Just buy two or three Electric Wizard albums and be done with it. THOSE records ALL fucking SLAY
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Maybe I just don't like stoner rock.
― richard wood johnson, Monday, 17 October 2005 16:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, does it seem like this is everywhere all the sudden, or am I just sinking deeper into stoner culture? I've heard several different people talking about it, plus its appearing on BROKEN FLOWERS OST (oh no!)
― Sonny, Monday, 17 October 2005 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
How could it appear on the OST without being the OST?
― richard wood johnson, Monday, 17 October 2005 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― God Body (Roger Fidelity), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, a bunch of stoner and doom bands. The phenom that the practice and style has been everywhere all of a sudden has been everywhere all of a sudden for a few years, minimum.
― George the Animal Steele, Monday, 17 October 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
The version on Broken Flowers OST is between four and five minutes long, so I assume it's an edit.
― Sonny, Monday, 17 October 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― nancyboy (nancyboy), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Psych doom - does it exist? or, "Why isn't there a WITCHCRAFT thread yet?"
DOOM
― nancyboy (nancyboy), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Fact of the matter is, it's not particularly great. Its mythology exceeds its listenability. The story of "Jerusalem" and "Dopesmoker" is much better in the telling than in the listening and that will always be a substantial part of its appeal. The genre's "Tales of the Topographic Ocean," maybe. Hampton-Grease Band's "Music to Eat?" In any case, if you have the patience to pick and choose in stoner and doom records, there are quite a few that are preferable to anything Sleep's catalog.
― George the Animal Steele, Monday, 17 October 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― nancyboy (nancyboy), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
In the sense of insurmountable-object, maybe. But TFTO has the advantage of actually being good.
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
NO WAY.
― ddb (ddb), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link
For my money, though, I still say Electric Wizard.
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― nancyboy (nancyboy), Monday, 17 October 2005 19:15 (eighteen years ago) link
jumping more to the point: ***what is the best thing to listen to besides sleep to determine whether or not its worth it to hear more??****
― buyabiznatch (buyabiznatch), Monday, 17 October 2005 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― amon (eman), Monday, 17 October 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
i always enjoyed listening to it. I have no problem with the length. I'm kinda lazy, so I'm not big on getting up anyway. i was never fanatical enough to buy the later dopesmoker version though. i never cared for the first sleep album. that one bored me, not as good as st. vitus, etc. but, yeah, jerusalem is funny and cool and it is nice and heavy. great riffs. what's not to like? the latest high on fire, i think, is the best thing the dude has ever done. i didn't really like either of the other high on fire albums i had. just sold the first one on ebay with the 45 in it where they cover celtic frost. got all of 5 bucks for it. of course, the new HOF "sounds" great and the first two sounded horrible, so that might have something to do with it.
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 17 October 2005 22:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― amon (eman), Monday, 17 October 2005 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
Speaking of Grief, buyabiznatch would probably like that band. Go for any of the albums on Pessimiser or Theologian, Torso probably first followed by And Man Shall Become the Hunted. That's slowed down drawn out riffing, recorded heavy with a vocalist who sounds like he has a torn throat. It's pretty monolithic and would have a high probability of appealing to fans of Dopesmoker. I listen to Grief way more often than Sleep.
― George the Animal Steele, Monday, 17 October 2005 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― God Body (Roger Fidelity), Monday, 17 October 2005 22:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 17 October 2005 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― amon (eman), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 00:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― amon (eman), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Cheesy's no obstacle to liking lots of forms of metal, or just about any other genre. I find very little entertainment that's actually cheese free. It's one of the fundamentals, like hydrogen on the periodic table.
I'm a fan of Trouble but my favorite albums are their last two -- Manic Frustration and Plastic Green Head. Right now, PGH is probably my fave. Their version of "The Porpoise Song" kills for incinerating wah'd guitar solo. Heavy psyche influence and Beatles/Monkees/Donovan love in late period Trouble.
Nebula was a highly regarded stoner rock band for awhile. Never was able to capitalize. Spirit Caravan catalog is good early (Jug Fulla Sun), falls apart toward the end. The Obsessed, another earlier Wino band was virtually identical. Hidden Hand is up and down. Did an album with Victor Griffin in Place of Skulls. Man, he does a lot of stuff.
― George the Animal Steele, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 02:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― amon (eman), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link
i already bought jerusalem so i ain't picking up dopesmoker unless'n i see it for cheap. but jerusalem's ok, i guess. holy mountain is way better - though i think the genius doesn't really kick in until the second half of the album - as is OM.
and as much as saying things are overrated is overrated, i tend to agree with roger about saint vitus these days. reagers period is best, though the wino era has some killer tunes here and there it's really in essence a compromise between the best of vitus and the best of the obsessed which makes a kind of boring muddle at times.
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 03:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 03:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Friday, 3 February 2006 06:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― trees (treesessplode), Thursday, 29 June 2006 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― CDDB (Dan Deluca), Thursday, 29 June 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link
I would rather heat my liver with drinking.
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Thursday, 29 June 2006 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link
holy mountain is fucking awesome
― HOOS HOOS HOOS on the autosteen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 07:27 (fifteen years ago) link
fyfuckingi
So, anyone going to ATP: The Fans Strike Back, May 8-10 2009, where the reformed Sleep are playing Holy Mountain and selections from Dopesmoker & more...?
― krakow, Monday, 10 November 2008 08:17 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shi
― HOOS HOOS HOOS on the autosteen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I agree with whomever said Om is better above.
― Alex in SF, Monday, 10 November 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Wrong
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 10 November 2008 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
selections from dopesmoker?
― original bgm, Monday, 10 November 2008 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I almost bought St. Vitus last night but was scared away by worries it would sound thin with no bottom end. Do they?
― national oracle BIG HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
uh... no? i mean, which album?
― like burning a swan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 November 2008 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
if it's the s/t it's pretty thick guitar-wise
both sonically and in technique
― like burning a swan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 November 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
i feel assured that there are dudes out there that shall never run out of riffs
― siskin/skulls, Monday, 10 November 2008 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
― like burning a swan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, November 10, 2008 3:19 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
I was looking at the live album (only one the store had) and thinking of the thrash I'm accustomed to that has nothin down there.
― national oracle BIG HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
haven't heard that one, actually.
― like burning a swan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 November 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
the best thing sleep ever did was accompany those white trash kids prowling around their trailer park on their dirt bikes. their albums were tedious, meandering crap that were basically black sabbath remix records
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
CHALLOPSIN
― like burning a swan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 November 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Drop out of life with the bong in handFollow the smoke toward the Challopsian LandProceeds the Challopsian, Pantheism F. Mohair
― national oracle BIG HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
mentalistx-posts
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 10 November 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
that doesn't make sense, HOOS. the weed is making him challops?
― eman, Monday, 10 November 2008 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
RMXRMXRMXRMXRMXRMX
― siskin/skulls, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
its just like
omg did you know early Scott Storch beats sounds just like Dr. Dre
why yes in fact that is exactly why i listen to and enjoy them but thank you for opening my eyes and all doggie
― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm tired of Sabbath songs but want more Sabbath sounds hence Sabbath The Genre aka stoner metal you know?
― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
"Wrong"
I haven't heard Holy Mountain, but Dopesmoker/Jerusalem doesn't quite do it for me. I think Conference of Birds is my favorite thing from the whole Sleep/High on Fire/Om axis.
― Alex in SF, Monday, 10 November 2008 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess, but these guys are a low-rent knockoff. It's not like it is with Beatles, how they paved the way for a much better and much more transcendent band with better music, lyrics, and singing quality-- Oasis.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha
― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
what's so funny
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man you were serious huh
― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
man this troll can roll
― siskin/skulls, Monday, 10 November 2008 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
troll?? ME? B-b-but I've contributed so much to the intellectual discourse on this board!
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
res will you pave the way for a much better and much more transcendent troll with better challops, contrarianism, and zinging quality--?
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Monday, 10 November 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
save your accolades for someone more deserving than this old, washed-up troll. i just hope that in my death, my decomposing flesh will fertilize the soil for the growth of a troll more worthy than me.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
btw, is Geir Hongro a troll? He seems to fit squarely within this narrow definition.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 23:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Sleep's entire output is great.
― Vision, Monday, 10 November 2008 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I was a fan of Asbestos Death and Sleep Volume I. When Holy Mountain came out, I initially felt like it was a tasteless Sabbath rip-off.
Years later, I've come to realize that Sleep does a lot of things Sabbath never did. Sure there are some very obvious riffs/nods, but it's in tribute. There are all kinds of techniques and directions employed on Holy Mountain that Sabbath never would have touched.
Having said that, I think the first High on Fire record is the best thing any of these guys has ever done.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 10 November 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
There are all kinds of techniques and directions employed on Holy Mountain that Sabbath never would have touched.
okay, but only because that one dude was missing his fingertips.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
i just hope that in my death, my decomposing flesh will fertilize the soil for the growth of a troll more worthy than me
trying to figure out a joke about dead & euronymous here
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 10 November 2008 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
couldnt find a holy mountain thread. check out the recording of the first night of the Sleep reunion at ATP back in May.This was AMAZING.
http://www.chunklet.com/index.cfm?section=blogs&ID=546
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I actually preferred the second night, but this^^^.
― If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate (aldo), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
"follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land"
<3 <3 al cisneros
― bwoling fro suop (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 8 February 2010 09:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Stoner.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 8 February 2010 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link
surely you jest
― bwoling fro suop (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 8 February 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
;-)
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 8 February 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
uh, pretty psyched for Sleep show tonight
― bear, bear, bear, Sunday, 12 September 2010 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
2+ hour set at ATP was like whoa.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Sunday, 12 September 2010 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
yep, tonight was def like, dang..
― bear, bear, bear, Sunday, 12 September 2010 12:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked it when someone from ATP said on this very board that the UK ATP shows were the only ones Sleep would ever do, ever, and poured scorn on me when I suggested they might ever want to play another show, ever.
― It would have been better with burger sauce (aldo), Sunday, 12 September 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
If there's one thing 2001 - 2010 taught as w/r/t reunions it's "Never say never."
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 13 September 2010 00:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Think the ATP people have been using the "Oh, it's not the original drummer *this* time" as a get out clause.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Monday, 13 September 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
xp and if there's one thing an ilxor with his place of work in his username taught us as w/r/t "is he going to be a shill for ATP y/n?" it's "y"
― This site already seems as unruly as a Marnie Stern record (DJ Mencap), Monday, 13 September 2010 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
(I know Jamie posts on here in earnest, I'm just sayin)
― This site already seems as unruly as a Marnie Stern record (DJ Mencap), Monday, 13 September 2010 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
haven't heard dopesmoker in so damn long. sounding good, follow the smoke...
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
it's funny cuz i initially (for years!) tended to agree with those who found it it bit dull/underwhelming, relative to holy mountain. the idea was always cool, but the execution didn't do much for me. the more time i've spent with it, though, and the more familiar the procession of riff has become, the more i love it. and it's not always about the act of listening to it, exactly. sometimes it's just a nice thing to put on, a comfortable sort of din.
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
the more you smoked you mean?
i dont smoke btw
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 March 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I could never get into Dopesmoker
― Pompoussin (admrl), Monday, 21 March 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
How many times is this thing going to be reissued:
For the 2012 reissue, there are some very notable changes. The original studio tapes have been remastered presenting the album as the band had originally intended. The audio is clearer, louder, and at last brings a true representation of SLEEP’s hour-plus Weedian chronicle. Exclusive to this Southern Lord edition is brand new artwork by long time SLEEP artist Arik Roper, to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Additionally, this reborn version of Dopesmoker boasts an unreleased live recording of one of the band’s best all-time performances: "Holy Mountain" from San Francisco's I-Beam in 1994.Southern Lord is overwhelmingly ecstatic to reissue one of the most important recordings in heavy metalhistory. This edition ensures that this mesmerizing, incredibly complex document remains unrivaled in the annals of stoner metal. Dopesmoker Track Listing:1. Dopesmoker 1:03:312. Holy Mountain (Live @ the I-Beam SF, CA. 1994) 11:54
Southern Lord is overwhelmingly ecstatic to reissue one of the most important recordings in heavy metalhistory. This edition ensures that this mesmerizing, incredibly complex document remains unrivaled in the annals of stoner metal. Dopesmoker Track Listing:1. Dopesmoker 1:03:312. Holy Mountain (Live @ the I-Beam SF, CA. 1994) 11:54
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, really. they should reissue it every 4/20. cuz they keep forgetting that they reissued it.
hey, i've got an idea. why doesn't someone just keep it in print!
― scott seward, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
cuz they keep forgetting that they reissued it.
lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
i forgot i bought it. i was flipping through my records the other day and found a copy. true story.
― circa1916, Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
The audio is clearer, louder, and at last brings a true representation of SLEEP’s hour-plus Weedian chronicle.
this is the annoying part, to me. not just that it keeps getting reissued, but that every time it happens, it has to finally be the band's "true vision" or w/e. as if they could fucking see...
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Saturday, 10 March 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
they can't even remember what it's called!
― scott seward, Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
Holy Mountain is the one that has been done to death reissue wise. Discogs show just one proper 2xLP issue of Dopesmoker, in 2003, on Tee Pee. One of the copies is listed for ~$80.00. I'm fine with this reissue and will probably buy it.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Sunday, 11 March 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
i dont think i ever bought that on lp so i guess i'll pick this up
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 11 March 2012 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
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you are wrong. this is literally the fifth version of this
― kony indie fuxx (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 11 March 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
why would anyone want to own this on vinyl?
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 11 March 2012 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
From Wikipedia: "Four versions of the album have been released: a rare London Records promotional disc, a bootleg with cover art by Arik Roper, the Rise Above/Music Cartel Records album and a release by Tee Pee Records.[12] The Rise Above/Music Cartel release was an unauthorized edited version, released in 1999 under the title Jerusalem.[1][3] Jerusalem runs at 52 minutes and is a single composition split into six identically-named tracks.[13] The version of the album titled Dopesmoker was released on April 22, 2003 by Tee Pee Records on compact disc and vinyl with a 63-minute running time.[2][14] Cisneros spoke most positively about the 2003 Dopesmoker release, saying "I don't think the Dopesmoker thing is the exact version that we submitted, but that's the closest one that's come out of the four. If I had to pick a favorite, that would be it."[12]"
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Sunday, 11 March 2012 05:47 (twelve years ago) link
Also – it's Algerian Goalkeeper. Of course he wants it on vinyl.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Sunday, 11 March 2012 05:49 (twelve years ago) link
if there is any album where you do not want to get up from your chair...
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 11 March 2012 06:16 (twelve years ago) link
i bought jerusalem on cd when it came out and it always sounded fine to me. little did i know it wasn't the REAL version. and yeah vinyl kinda defeats the purpose.
― scott seward, Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:26 (twelve years ago) link
So four versions have been released: one is a promo, one is a bootleg, and one is an "unauthorized" edit. The other one is out of print and came out ~10 years ago. Not really seeing the issue here. I mean there are 36 versions of My Aim Is True.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Sunday, 11 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
i just don't get why its out of print at all. southern lord could keep it in print. tee pee could keep it in print. the om dudes have their own label, right? the tee pee guy is one of my facebook friends. i should ask him.
― scott seward, Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
i mean its the kind of thing you could just keep selling, right? eh, what do i know.
― scott seward, Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
a product of slowly increasing attention from outside die-hard metal circles? dopesmoker version came along at just the right time, coincided w lots of attention directed at both high on fire and om, but seemed intended as a fans-only collector's piece.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
Brand new cover art, again!
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sn158d-e1333380276402.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
Ned, Ned, Ned... beat you to it on the metal thread!
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 2 April 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
Ah well. But now it can celebrated here too. If that's the right word.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
I like it on this thread too.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 April 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
the art is good, but the fonts and font colors are atrocious. the writing was clearly done by a different person than the image. and that person should be fired.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 2 April 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 2 April 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
weedians iirc
― #yolo contendere (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 2 April 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
That shade of lime green makes me want to clean my sink not smoke a bowl.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 2 April 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Font aside, best artwork of the three released versions of this imo. Not that I will be buying it a third time...
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 2 April 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
so thats what a procession of weedians looks like
― shur fine (am0n), Monday, 2 April 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
eh, i can hang with the retro space fonts, but this cover ain't a patch on the teepee edition from a few years back
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
looks like taller jawas leaving uncle owen's house
― shur fine (am0n), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
eh, i can hang with the retro space fonts
no you can't. the feel of the fonts are completely inconsistent with the image, and not in a way that's clever.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SleepCover300dpi-RGB-e1333384944852.jpg
this works a lot better imo, from the earsplit pr blog
― diamonddave85, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
this is better, but the green does not work. it should either be shade of green from the robes, or shade of the brown from the sands. and the font does not encapsulate the tone of the band at all.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
the contrast works for me, what can i say? i like a little bit of pop in my graphics.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
2nd version is much, much better though
i think the font works, its just the color is really wrong
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
you have to imagine it as a foil stamp, knowing southern lord
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
looks like they're already committed to that logo
http://weedian.com/files/products/23054_th_94.png
― shur fine (am0n), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, that top is amazing.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
See, to me, the font evokes something good-natured, friendly, and somewhat futuristic. But it should evoke something mysterious, elaborate, hallucinogenic, and vaguely threatening. This was better communicated by the font on "Sleep's Holy Mountain," though even that album's art looked somewhat amateur and probably could have been greatly improved.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
it's retro-futuristic, as is the album title. Very 70s, fits the sound of the band just fine.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
album title font, I should say. Smoking dope is timeless.
xp: feh, the holy mountain art is magnificent and requires no mortal "improvement":
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8I5HvOvk8/SoR_vu6XCjI/AAAAAAAAIL8/NJ8gdb7STXE/s400/Sleep%2520Holy%2520Mountain.jpg
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
^ for those too stoned to click links
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
love how the 'ee' the new logo looks like a pair of lidded eyes glancing thataway
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
half want to read it as "bloop" though
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I like it a lot.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
T-shirt also awesome.
philistines.
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SleepCoverSpreadArt-e1333384672854.jpg
i like the foldout even more
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
stonarz on tattoine
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
chewbacca approved
otoh you gotta give these guys credit for finding new reasons to design covers for the same album
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bOj1v_BgW2s/SoMs137RC2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/02l9I4-Rksw/s1600/Sleep+-+Jerusalem.jpghttp://www.remnantsofreason.com/temp/images/reviews/Sleep_Jerusalem_cover.jpghttp://images.uulyrics.com/cover/s/sleep/album-dopesmoker.jpg
fwiw, i have no idea where that second one came from, fan made?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
So it turns out it's part of a bigger painting:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/528504_10150799941128689_728803688_11693890_610822546_n.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
― og (admrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
o rly?
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Weedian on the Edge of Time
― I will transmit this information to (Viceroy), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah that image badly needed an odd sailboat-shaped spacecraft. I was really worried for a moment there
― og (admrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
the cover is a fractal that can be infinitely zoomed out
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
IIRC the second cover was by arik moonhawk roper
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
who is no doubt a fan but i think more to the point kind of a "band bro"
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
if roger dean is an honorary member of yes then arik roper is an honorary member of at least half the good stoner metal bands out there
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
sadly it looks like he's removed a ton of his illustrations from his website, it's a much fancier website now but has way less of his art and a lot less of his early hand-drawn work which appeals to me more than his new oil painting style
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lntt4140321qc95xvo1_500.jpg
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
i think this new cover must be by roper, too. craggy peaks, loose brush for the lines, basic look of those overgrown jawas and their weird dromedary. couldn't be anyone else.
way less of his art and a lot less of his early hand-drawn work which appeals to me more than his new oil painting style
yeah, feel the same, but he probably gets sick of people saying they liked his early stuff better. my favorite moonhawk:
http://image.musicimport.biz/sdimages/upc07/690989000421.jpg
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
I wish the second Sand Person wasn't doing the River Dance.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
man, bummer to realize that Ned has me killfiled and didn't see my post four before his.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
best thing
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i thought that was a bit weird myself. his is bigger though.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
yes its roper
better w/out the text
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for the update, HOOS
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bOj1v_BgW2s/SoMs137RC2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/02l9I4-Rksw/s1600/Sleep+-+Jerusalem.jpg
i've never understood wtf this is thiough
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's much worse w/out the "Sleep" text (dull painting, basically), but much improved w/out the retro-computerized "DOPESMOKER"
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
it is a picture of a mystical guy burning HEMP and also a HEMP sweater that you could wear while smoking HEMP and following the smoke to the RIFF-FILLED land
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
Image loading is turned off for me so I admit I did not see the earlier post of same.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/newsleeplogo.png
in defense of the text on the new cover, this is pretty kick-ass on its own. sharp, simple and very strong. most graphically dynamic part of the design, imo.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
it was intended as sarcasm, i had posted the full version of the whole foldout just before you did.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 April 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/veracd/img025.jpg
― am0n, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
It's like tablature only more cryptic.
I also like hearing what Matt Pike said about playing in Sleep vs High on Fire. "I count a lot more when I play Sleep."
How's the remaster? I only have the "legit" release with the burning bush/hemp sweater cover.
― Matt M., Friday, 11 May 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
I've just ordered the CD + T-shirt + Poster combo. Am tempted to get a vinyl copy for the awesome artwork too.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
The remaster sounds pretty fantastic on CD, it's tastefully done. Hope to hear the LP soon.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
gotta say i'm not that into the reissue. it does sound a lot clearer but i think that basically just accentuates matt pike which pushes it into HoF hesher territory as opposed to the plodding doom territory the early mix sits comfortably in.
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
MORRIS RIFFSPACE JAMIOMMIS VAULT
― am0n, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
I only have the CD with the three-headed horse drawing. How am I doing sound/mix-wise?
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 May 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
that list looks like a poll.
looking forward to seeing them twice this month. fuck they are so good live.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
I assume you mean HoF, right
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 May 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
the first "dopesmoker" CD (three headed horse) is a different recording from the original "jerusalem" release. it is also louder and bassier than the original jerusalem release. i think it is not as "clear" in the mid- and high-range as the dopesmoker reissue, but like i said i prefer the original versions (both jerusalem and dopesmoker) to the new one
i think the one you have is actually my favorite jon
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
I assume Jamie means Sleep ... meaning he's going to ATP and Primavera, the lucky bastard. They *are* so good live...
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
wait Sleep has reunited?!
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
yeah they do from time-to-time. they played a few shows in 2010
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
oh sans Hakius tho, I see
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
Saw them two years ago at Brooklyn Masonic hall. I'm gonna invite a flaming here and say I don't like Al's sheer-rumble live sound. Call me a muso but I can see he's doing a lot of shit and I want to know what it is! Same went for the Shrinebuilder show.
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, drummer from Neurosis drums on the live line-up. I saw them in, 2010 I guess, when they first started doing the live shows again. Bummed that I'm going to miss them this time. Positively titanic.
― Matt M., Friday, 11 May 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
They absolutely destroyed at Roadburn last month. I'd never seen Sleep in person before, and was floored by their two-hour set.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, May 11, 2012 1:05 PM
sounds like the gig i went to - Shrinebuilder
― am0n, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
Ha yeah I see Alan N and myself saying the same thing there, too.
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
its funny that it was still crappy even when they didn't have soundboard probs
― am0n, Friday, 11 May 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
anyone know what the hell hakius is up to these days?
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
i'm assuming some sort of organic farming / intentional community type of thing
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
re:hakius - OM - Advaitic Songs
― am0n, Friday, 11 May 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
hope this will work but fuck me what a night this must've been:
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/480237_10150873817313774_767723773_9589364_1219712293_n.jpg
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/intosolo.png
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
HOT LAVA MAN
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 12 May 2012 05:10 (eleven years ago) link
man so i have to admit i'm hearing things in "jerusalem" (vs. dopesmoker) that i never heard before
i guess that's common but this just feels really stark
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 12 May 2012 05:20 (eleven years ago) link
yo am0n i know about the sabians but they haven't put anything out since 2003 afaict? are they still going?
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2012 05:35 (eleven years ago) link
hoos you got that in the right order? are you just now going back to jerusalem after hearing the dopesmoker reissue?
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2012 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
idk if i have it in the right order or not--i first heard and got to know 'dopesmoker' via a download of the original mix a few years back, and that's the one that i guess is still on my hard drive. i guess i'd never really listened to jeruselam, i thought i had. damn, now i'm gonna have to go get this reissued jeruselam too.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 12 May 2012 06:01 (eleven years ago) link
reissued dopesmoker you mean
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2012 06:08 (eleven years ago) link
i think they do this just to fuck with stoned people
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 12 May 2012 06:30 (eleven years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 12 May 2012 07:33 (eleven years ago) link
yes indeed they're doing our london atp (with Slayer and Melvins and Yob and Wolves In the Throne Room and A Storm Of Light - FUCK) and primavera barcelona. Cannot wait.
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 12 May 2012 09:06 (eleven years ago) link
played at a festival w/them in 2010 iirc & they were directly after us and opened right with a crushing Jerusalem/Dopesmoker riff section for about five min damn right I'm bragging, I got to geek out w/Pike & his son backstage afterwards
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 12 May 2012 09:35 (eleven years ago) link
Saw them last week and it was uniformly excellent. No trouble hearing Cisneros either. Dopesmoker and Sonic Titan were the highlights.
Don't miss them if you get the chance.
― Lil' Kim Philby (Call the Cops), Saturday, 12 May 2012 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
yo am0n i know about the sabians but they haven't put anything out since 2003 afaict? are they still going?― the late great, Saturday, May 12, 2012 1:35 AM
my mistake, i thought that was after he left om
― am0n, Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
your mistake INDEED
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
leave hakius alone!
http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/leave-britney-alone-chris-crocker__width_420.jpg
― am0n, Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.gifsoup.com/view4/1800807/mugatotoddstare-o.gif
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
not really into this new version
― am0n, Monday, 14 May 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
i dl'ed jerusalem and i think this is now the one i prefer, the drums are a little more up front
― am0n, Monday, 14 May 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
wait you like the dopesmoker reissue more than jerusalem or the other way around
― the late great, Monday, 14 May 2012 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
other way around
― am0n, Monday, 14 May 2012 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
yeah me too
― the late great, Monday, 14 May 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
no way
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 14 May 2012 02:43 (eleven years ago) link
HERETICS
BREAK THEIR BONGSDEBUD THEMCAST THEM OUT
― wan brujo (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 May 2012 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
nah dude jerusalem is "the o.g." if you know what i mean ;-)
― the late great, Monday, 14 May 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
i heard it first too back when it came out as my mates brother bought it and he loaned me it to tape. i also have a tape recording of an interview with the band on some cable radio metal show (solar radio it was called) with the whole thing playing in the background as the band explained what happened with London Records. And i still think Dopesmoker is better ;-)
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 14 May 2012 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
no dude it's THE OG do you see???
― the late great, Monday, 14 May 2012 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
what were we talking about
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 14 May 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn.macrumors.com/vb/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
― am0n, Monday, 14 May 2012 04:37 (eleven years ago) link
I don't need to buy the same album over and over again. I'll stick with the CD I bought 10 years ago, thx
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 14 May 2012 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
I kinda want to buy the vinyl reissue because I do like the cover. But this is totally a CD album for me.
i also have a tape recording of an interview with the band on some cable radio metal show (solar radio it was called) with the whole thing playing in the background as the band explained what happened with London Records.
I think I know what's going to be on disc 2 of the inevitable deluxe edition...
― wan brujo (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 May 2012 05:19 (eleven years ago) link
o yeah, they replaced the unnecessary extra live track with a horrible sounding live 'holy mountain'. wonder what the thought process behind that was
― am0n, Monday, 14 May 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
probably some bong rips were involved
― Moodles, Monday, 14 May 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
listening to this for the first ime
this is one of the longest albums i've ever heard *tips hat*
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
important q: *which* album are you listening to, cause there are at least two
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
the new one on spotify with some jawas and camels and shit, it's a 60+ minute track and a 11+ minute track?
i don't know the lore of this.
it's ok but i dunno doesn't really do a ton for me
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
fair enough
i am p fond of it
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
though i listen to the alt mix 'jerusalem' on spotify so everyone doesn't see me listening to DOPESMOKER
Breathe deep the gathering dank:
SLEEP 2012 U.S. Tour Dates:6/02/2012 The Ritz – Tampa, FL6/03/2012 Neumos – Seattle, WA6/04/2012 Neumos – Seattle, WA6/05/2012 Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
6/02/2012 The Ritz – Tampa, FL
6/03/2012 Neumos – Seattle, WA
6/04/2012 Neumos – Seattle, WA
6/05/2012 Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
I do love the tour logic there. "Okay, from one corner of the country to the other in a single day..."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
you don't go straight that way, guh, you cut through the riff-filled land
― j., Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
I nod my head in acknowledgement (and then can't lift it again).
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
ok guess who missed out on a sleep gig in glasgow
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
The Dopesmoker reissue is currently on UK eMusic for .84pI don't know if this screws them over, or if it's even a mistake, but - yeah. Good deal...
― Walter Galt, Friday, 25 May 2012 09:30 (eleven years ago) link
Seeing them tonight! Psyched.
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Friday, 25 May 2012 09:52 (eleven years ago) link
\m/ I haven't been as excited about a day at a festival in ages.
― Ima Skim Read That Bitch (Doran), Friday, 25 May 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
So, that was special. I can't be the only person who thinks that. Equally so for Melvins and Yob as well. Just on fucking fire. Slayer put in a really good gig as well. Not 100% convinced by your man from Exodus but his guitar work on World Painted Blood was fucking ridiculously good and they played Die By The Sword.
Sleep though, sweet baby Jesus it was amazing.
― Ima Skim Read That Bitch (Doran), Saturday, 26 May 2012 09:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, it was. Everything was buzzing. I didn't even bring any weed with me.
The room where Yob & WITTR played didn't seem to have very good sound and it was way too small for Yob, I could hardly get in. The main stage bands were all great though.
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 26 May 2012 10:03 (eleven years ago) link
I managed to get down to the front for the second half of Yob and it was better but I think Mike's genuinely uplifting stage persona and having the crowd really behind them made it for me. It's a real breath of fresh air having a very positive doom metal band just as light relief I think. I don't feel the same way about Black Metal though.
― Ima Skim Read That Bitch (Doran), Saturday, 26 May 2012 10:31 (eleven years ago) link
they seemed to be ironing out some sound issues while A Storm of Light were on cos they kind of sounded like ass but I thought it was fine by the time WITTR were on certainly
― cissémanwhore (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 27 May 2012 12:38 (eleven years ago) link
I still don't know if the new one is a different master from the version on Tee Pee from 11 yrs ago.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
It is. It sounds very slightly better. But it's still a 63-minute song about weed.
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 27 May 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://weedian.com/sleep_print_and_clip_1.pdf
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 16 August 2012 11:24 (eleven years ago) link
PROCEEDS THE WEEDIANDOT COM
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 17 August 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201079939409
You can own Al Cisneros' amp from the "Dopesmoker" sessions and tour, if you only hit their reserve.
Criminy it's already up to 4 grand...
― earlnash, Monday, 28 April 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTSsxFMdS30
― ۩, Friday, 2 May 2014 02:07 (ten years ago) link
gonna go cram for my ancient weedian final you wanna come with
― j., Friday, 2 May 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
Going to see these dudes in August!
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 21 June 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
ive been playing this lp virtually every day for the last month or so
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Saturday, 21 June 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/adultswimsingles/the-clarity
― ⓢⓗⓘⓣ (am0n), Monday, 21 July 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
so that's w/the Neurosis drummer?
digging it
― sleeve, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 03:31 (nine years ago) link
not feeling the guitar background / vocals foreground production
― ⓢⓗⓘⓣ (am0n), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
has anyone else ever noticed that dopesmoker is better than all the other albums ever?
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
It's pretty great!
I actually just found an original copy of this at the record store I used to work at. Very mint copy for $40 is not bad I say.
― Evan, Thursday, 30 October 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
drop ooouuuutttt of lyyyyyffeeee with booooonnnggg in haaaaand
― and also pointsman, octopi don't bark (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 30 October 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
my brother visited a couple weeks ago and we were pretty high and we put on "jerusalem / dopesmoker" and while it is prtty good i honestly think the first three om albums are better. the riffs are better, the drumming is better, and the stoner mysticism is better, too.
― marcos, Thursday, 30 October 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
there are many folks who might say "om > sleep" is heresy but fuiud imo. om > sleep
― marcos, Thursday, 30 October 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
I dunno, I think I say Om > Sleep, too. Sleep has one good album, which means Sleep has one good song. Om doesn't have any bad songs.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 31 October 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
Do people on here not like Sleep's Holy Mountain?
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Saturday, 1 November 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
Om is the worst.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 1 November 2014 01:07 (nine years ago) link
I prefer Holy Mountain to Dopesmoker tbh. More fun, more of a variety of sounds, better lyrics like WITHIN THE OAKEN TOWER or RIDE THE DRAGON TOWARDS THE CRIMSON EYE.
― Brocktoon Tanuki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 1 November 2014 03:06 (nine years ago) link
yea i also prefer holy mountain to dopesmoker
― marcos, Saturday, 1 November 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
but you can't fuck with a band whose definitive statement (imo) is called "unitive knowledge of the godhead"
― marcos, Saturday, 1 November 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
i mean that track just fucking pummels and does it under 6 minutes
First song on SHM is great; after that, it's a steep decline imo.
Can't see liking Sleep and disliking Om
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 1 November 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
I like Sleep but find Om really boring.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 1 November 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
God Dopesmoker is so fucking grand. I love that the first guitar solo doesn't show up for almost 15 minutes.
~~~~
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 20 March 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
calling the faithful in praise of dope
― j., Saturday, 22 August 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link
\m/
― sleeve, Saturday, 22 August 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
New album out.
https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/04/sleep-release-surprise-album-the-sciences-stream/
― had (crüt), Friday, 20 April 2018 10:47 (six years ago) link
"Giza Butler" you say
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 April 2018 12:55 (six years ago) link
I'm happy to say this new album does in fact sound like Sleep
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 20 April 2018 13:16 (six years ago) link
pike sure can play a solo or two
― j., Friday, 20 April 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
proceed the weedian -- marijuanaut
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 20 April 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
This is really fucking good.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 20 April 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
Possibly their best sounding album, although the vocals are weirdly clean.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 20 April 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
THE PTERODACTYL FLIES AGAIN
― had (crüt), Saturday, 21 April 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
i posted something about the new album on FB and my mom liked it in what was probably an unconditional mom like but it's crackin me up
― gbx, Saturday, 21 April 2018 03:32 (six years ago) link
momojuanonaut
― j., Saturday, 21 April 2018 03:46 (six years ago) link
Cisneros is credited with playing the water pipe in the liner notes. <3
― louise ck (milo z), Saturday, 21 April 2018 03:57 (six years ago) link
fuck yeah they killed it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 April 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
this was an enjoyable accompaniment to the board game we played last night
― imago, Sunday, 22 April 2018 10:25 (six years ago) link
Does anyone know when this will be available in stores as a physical release?
― Duke, Sunday, 22 April 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
It was supposed to arrive in stores on the day of release, or so I was told.
So is this album legit good, or good in a "it's cool that it doesn't suck," MBV 2013 kinda way?
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 22 April 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
It's good, they still got the riffs
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 22 April 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
I love the way this is recorded and mixed -- I agree it's their best-sounding album
― Brad C., Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
feels like they bridged the gap between Holy MOuntain and Dopesmoker a bit. there's nothing as drawn out as the latter obv, but they haven't really returned to their Sab-worship of HM outright either.
I'm cool w/ that
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
it's not as good as dopesmoker but what is
― Mordy, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
tr00
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
I’m in on this being good. Good good not consolation good.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Sunday, 22 April 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
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It's not in any stores in Germany
― Duke, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:47 (six years ago) link
The new album was released here yesterday. Amazing. Tempted on first listens to call it their best. So well recorded. Listening to Al Cisneros' bass is such a joy.
― Duke, Saturday, 26 May 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
I've just returned from a gig, still buzzing! Life altering
― willem, Saturday, 26 May 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
Ha! I saw them last night. Was perfect
― Duke, Saturday, 26 May 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
I just love hearing Pike play doom again, like he's digging around in the guts of the universe to tear out those chords
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 May 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
Marihuanaut's Theme is killer
― Duke, Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
And its lyrics are hilarious, but somehow just right
Where to start with the new stuff?
― calstars, Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link
the first track on the new album?
― kurt schwitterz, Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
well, 2nd. the first track is an all-too-typical-for-the-genre pointless intro
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
True! Still. Just give the new album a listen.
― Duke, Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
What’s diSalvo’s take?
― calstars, Monday, 28 May 2018 01:07 (five years ago) link
So, gonna finally see these dudes. They're doing a three night stand at the end of the year here in SF; going to the first night as it's 1) cheaper and 2) Grayceon's the opener, and I seem to remember liking a few things by them.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
where is this happening
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
Great American
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
Amazing gig.
― Duke, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
this looks tempting
I hate New Year's celebrations as a general rule but this seems like an actually fun thing to do, more fun than staying home anyway
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
Have never seen Sleep. Saw Om at some point (supporting Sunn O))) [how many brackets?]), who were magnificent. Hopefully, Sleep will tour the UK again at some point.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 21 September 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
“Jersulam”
― coetzee.cx (wins), Friday, 21 September 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
xpost Yeah really enjoyed Om when I finally saw them about a decade back. Never have seen High on Fire. But at least there's this!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
Have seen both Om (twice - including the show Ned was at iirc) and High On Fire - the former more hypnotic and the latter more pummeling/shredding but both were good. Sleep is obviously somewhere in the middle
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
(altho I have never seen Sleep tbc)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
You'll love it. They started with Marihuanaut's Theme and bludgeoned us into a state of bliss.
― Duke, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
are there any other 2018 shows? looks like they toured earlier in the year
― sleeve, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
Yeah looks like they're doing a December US tour in general:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/officialsleep/events/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
$330 APIECE?!
wtf
too rich for my blood
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
Eh? I paid $50 for mine, you sure you weren't looking at the three day pass?
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
sigh yeah a tour of the south :(
― sleeve, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
this says $330 https://greatamericanmusichall.secureboxoffice.com/E/e-2850804/v-2092
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
that's for 4 tickets?
― sleeve, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
oh wait nm
yeah but they're all $330 each! fucking ticket sites are such a scam. I should've drilled down my search results more and just gone here, where they are in fact $50: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sleep-saturday-gamh-w-grayceon-tickets-50364070290#tickets
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
heyo I have two tickets to see SLEEP at the Great American tonight…. But I am sick ☹On the off-chance that anyone is in town tonight and wants to see this show (which is sold out), or knows anyone who wants to see this show, plz let me know and I will happily sell my tix! webmail me. Tix were $60 apiece.
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 29 December 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
guesses on price?
https://thirdmanstore.com/tmr-vault-platinum-subscription-new#
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
way more than the $20 ticket price for the actual show.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
It says $60 right there at the top
― sans lep (sic), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link