What's going on with High on Fire?

really enjoying the new one. so far "burning down" and "tough guy" are favs. that shaker-ride breakdown on "burning down". i love it when they do the slow monster funk grooves a la "tough guy". pikes vocals a new level of unhinged on this one, sounds like he's trying a few new things. "cometh the storm" is very impressive. i like them in fast thrash / hardcore mode but feel like they've had better moments in that vein. this probably doesn't reach the highs of "vermiis" for me but it certainly isn't a let down.

i heard that pike quit drinking? glad to hear it.

My fav since Snakes. Hope there's more Turkish stylings coming!

the new album has grown on me big time. i love everything on it. i forgot to say above that the solo on "burning down" is the best solo i've heard since i don't know when. "hunting shadows" into "darker fleece" is so epic. god i love this band.

Same. I played it a lot when it first came out and then moved on, but a couple weeks ago I remembered to play it and then I played it for basically a week or two straight.