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 Review by: BrandonSideleau See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on February 25th 2005
High On Fire are heavy; very, very heavy. Call it whatever you want: stoner metal, black metal, grindcore...regardless, it will fuck the teeth out of your skull. The brutal threesome's latest effort, Blessed Black Wings (produced by the great Steve Albini), is a real assault on the senses, and also a bit more varied than their previous works. Where their past albums have chosen to stick with (more or less) one style throughout the whole album, this album adds in hints of classic hardcore, thrash and punk along with the usual, amazing "Sabbath-esque" heavy metal riff. It's utterly brutal and an amazing experiance from start to finish, already a contender for my favorite "heavy" album of the year.
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actually...jackass.....this has plenty of black metal and grindcore influences. It may not be "pure" grindcore or black metal, but it certainly has plenty of the sound. I cant think of anything that is "purely" one form of music. "Call it whatever you want: stoner metal, black metal, grindcore" Why are reviews for Caution and Infirmary appearing in AP in the first place? 2002?! excuse me, it was razorback I'm gonna have to agree....but punk rock fashion/culture is just as laughable, and stands pretty much in contrast of what punk rock really is. this score is for Scott slamming HWM 'caution' and Alk3 'from here to infirmiry' in the latest AP. I'm gonna have to agree....but punk rock fashion/culture is just as laughable, and stands pretty much in contrast of what punk rock really is. Black Metal fashion/culture is laughable, but the music is good. And no I don't mean bands like Dimmu Borgir and Cradle Of Filth. Many people over the past few years have seen Black Metal as the "new punk rock", punk having truthfully lost it's edge and all. I can kind of see this point of view, but I don't think punk is entirely extinct. Yea somone should do more black metal reviews no dimmu borrgir like sombody did a while ago though. Immortal, opeth I'm up for more of that stuff on this site and let it take hipster indie rock.'s place...I'll read Pitchfork if i want that stuff It's so predictable that this album get's high scores across the board. Let's make it clear though - this album has huge amazing production which does a pretty good job of covering basically mediocre celtic frost/motorhead throwaway riffs. And the "songs" are only riff collections, not actual songs. Another Relapse album that gets tons of accolades for no apparent reason. I will say one thing, Relapse Records are the best at media propaganda/hype-creation/PR-masturbation. They are like the BushCo of the metalworld. "And what the hell are you talking about BSD?" The key word there is moderation. Actually primevil......bands like Black Flag, Discharge and DRI all ventured moderately into this kind of territory, to me it just seems like an evolution of hardcore. Just listen to the last 3 tracks on My War, pure drone/stoner type metal. And what the hell are you talking about BSD? Rapping? What album are you listening to? Yeah, Primeevil is right. These guys sound way too much like a nu-metal band. The rapping parts on track 6 don't help. Brandon, i like your reviews, but I really don't think High on Fire is that close in style to classic hardcore bands like Minor Threat and 7 Seconds. "this is the most blantant Motorhead rip off ever...fuck this shit " For comedic value of course...to see how many people get pissed off. Can I start review Black Metal bands like Ulver, Nokturnal Mortum, Darkthrone, and Enslaved? what happened to good punk rock bands? don't they have new stuff? most times I don't even read theses reviews entirely cause they boring really and the band doesn't even seem interesting... what happened to good punk rock bands? don't they have new stuff? most times I don't even read theses reviews entirely cause they boring really and the band doesn't even seem interesting... satanic? Thats the lamest gimmick around today.. are these guys really satanic? maybe i should pick this up this score's for electric wizard's dopethrone. Great, great album. I caught them 2 weeks ago with Planes Mistaken for Stars and they were quite wonderful. Great riffage, great vocals. Very fast too, which is nice, not a lot of bands attempt speed metal anymore This band slays. so is it heavy? i've been hearing good things about these guys. High On Fire > all the crap you listen to Pussy shit, I'll take the Postal Service over this any day. But this didn't come out in the 80s...... i bought "surrounded by thieves" on word of mouth alone, and thought it was pretty rockin. then last year, i finally picked up "the art of self defense" reissue. i thought that was great too, but the 2 bonus tracks were on another level entirely. the point of this is, "blessed black wings" reminds me more of those 2 bonus tracks than the 2 full lengths, and that's a very good thing. I'm always skeptical about bands that run around with all the D&D imagery. When I hear that, I can't help but think about a guy who runs a comic book store and has a "degree in Folklore and Mythology." But I'll give Forty some faith and check this out. "this is the most blantant Motorhead rip off ever...fuck this shit " forgot to edit the score...I score this album with this post...I guess the last post's score is for the better Relapse titles like that, DEP and Nasum-Shift this is the most blantant Motorhead rip off ever...fuck this shit I hate this band but that "they'll fuck the teeth out of your skull" comment was great! Good review. For 10 stars, an album better be one of the best and most important punk albums of the decade. I didn't get that kind of ridiculous enthusiasm from your review. fuck the teeth out of your skull This band is fucking amazing. This band has been recommended to me before. This review was too short, although it was fairly well written. |
