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
It says $60 right there at the top
― sans lep (sic), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link