Death Is This Communion
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Death Is This Communion is the fourth full-length album by High on Fire
. It was released on September 10, 2007 in Europe
and September 18 in the United States
. The first pressing includes a bonus DVD featuring in-studio footage of the making of the album.
The album has received generally good reviews, scoring an 81 average on Metacritic
.
It was named the 3rd best album of the year by Revolver
. Total Guitar
named it 4th in their "50 best guitar albums of the year". It came in at #9 in Metal Hammer's best of 2007 list.
Matt Pike noted that the album's lyrics were influenced by David Icke
, H.P. Lovecraft, and the Bible
.
High on Fire
High on Fire is a stoner metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1998. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, previously played guitar for the influential stoner doom band Sleep.-History:...
. It was released on September 10, 2007 in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and September 18 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The first pressing includes a bonus DVD featuring in-studio footage of the making of the album.
The album has received generally good reviews, scoring an 81 average on Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
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It was named the 3rd best album of the year by Revolver
Revolver (magazine)
Revolver is a bi-monthly rock and heavy metal magazine published by Future US. Before covering heavy metal, rock & hard rock solely, it was a more mainstream oriented magazine. The magazine is structured in a manner similar to publications such as Spin while covering many avenues within the heavy...
. Total Guitar
Total Guitar
Total Guitar is a monthly magazine based in the United Kingdom. The magazine is the best selling guitar magazine in Europe.The magazine is owned by Future Publishing, who publish many other magazines ranging from drums and video games to mountain bikes and knitting magazines.Total Guitar regularly...
named it 4th in their "50 best guitar albums of the year". It came in at #9 in Metal Hammer's best of 2007 list.
Matt Pike noted that the album's lyrics were influenced by David Icke
David Icke
David Vaughan Icke is an English writer and public speaker, best known for his views on what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world." Describing himself as the most controversial speaker in the world, he has written 18 books explaining his position, and has attracted a substantial...
, H.P. Lovecraft, and the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
.
Track listing
All tracks by High on FireHigh on Fire
High on Fire is a stoner metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1998. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, previously played guitar for the influential stoner doom band Sleep.-History:...
- "Fury Whip" - 6:14
- "Waste of Tiamat" - 5:44
- "Death Is This Communion" - 8:34
- "Khanrad's Wall" - 2:27
- "Turk" - 5:03
- "Headhunter" - 1:24
- "Rumors of War" - 2:51
- "DII" - 3:45
- "Cyclopian Scape" - 7:30
- "Ethereal" - 6:56
- "Return to NOD" - 6:18
Credits
- Matt PikeMatt PikeMatt Pike is an American rock musician best known as the guitarist of the influential doom metal band Sleep and frontman of High on Fire. He is quite well known in the metal scene for almost never wearing a shirt during live performances....
- guitar, vocals - Jeff MatzJeff MatzJeff Matz is the bass guitar player for the stoner rock/heavy metal band High On Fire. His former bands include the thrash metal outfit Holy Terror, stoner band Camarosmith, and the hardcore punk outfit Zeke.- References :...
- bass - Des KenselDes KenselDes Kensel is the drummer of the stoner metal band High on Fire.In the early 1990s, Des Kensel played drums for the New Haven, CT band Mindwar.Des Kensel is married, he also has a young son....
- drums - Jack EndinoJack EndinoJack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
- production, engineering and mixing - Alan Douches - mastering
- Arik RoperArik RoperArik Roper is a freelance illustrator and painter based in New York City. Born in New York City, Roper grew up in Richmond, Virginia. His parents both being artists, his creativity was encouraged and he spent a great deal of time drawing...
- album cover