HIGH ON FIRE

ARTIST PROFILE

HIGH ON FIRE Quick Facts

MEMBERS

Matt Pike, Des Kensel, Jeff Matz

HOMETOWN

Oakland, CA

LABEL

eOne

Photo by: Tom Couture RECENT NEWS! Oakland, CA hard rock band HIGH ON FIRE has entered Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity Studios to begin tracking their as-yet-untitled new album. The world renowned group featuring drummer Des Kensel, bassist Jeff Matz and guitarist / vocalist Matt Pike (also of legendary stoner metal trio SLEEP) is collaborating with producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou on the new effort; the band's sixth studio recording and follow up to 2010's Snakes for the Divine which debuted at #62 on the Billboard Top 200 and has been called "wonderful" by The New York Times and "an exhilarating rush" by The Chicago Tribune. A mid-2012 release date is expected via eOne Music.

Current Release

Snakes For The Divine

February 23, 2010 Label: eOne Music

"Snakes for the Divine"
"Frost Hammer"
"Bastard Samurai"
"Ghost Neck"
"The Path"
"Fire, Flood & Plague"
"How Dark We Pray"
"Holy Flames of the Fire Spitter"
"Mystery of Helm" (Bonus Track)

Discography

Snakes for the Divine 2010
Death Is This Communion 2007
Blessed Black Wings2005
Surrounded by Thieves2002
Art of Self Defense2000

Tour Dates

CURRENTLY NOT ON TOUR. CHECK BACK LATER FOR TOUR UPDATES.

Press

"doom-laden, distortion-obsessed, steroid-injected extrapolation of stoner metal...far out" SPIN
"HIGH ON FIRE is the sludgy resin from 30 years of super-hard-rock history transubstantiated into three men from Oakland with low-slung jeans" NEW YORK TIMES
“Like CREAM on a rocket to hell. HIGH ON FIRE dish out low-frequency terror that turns your innards to black tar." ROLLING STONE
“music heavy enough to unbalance the Earth's rotation...Pike is one of the best guitarists you will ever hear...one the best live bands you will ever see." CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"it's not often something rocks this hard...stadium-sized." STEREOGUM
"magnificent...one of the best bands in the business." THE ONION