High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis

Shrinebuilder · Joined: Sep 04, 2006 Posts: 16803 Location: In your mind

Official press release:

World renowned hard rock band High On Fire will release its new studio album De Vermis Mysteriis on April 3 via eOne Music. Recorded in Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity studios with producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, the 10 song effort -- touted as "direct, eye-opening and powerfully supernatural" -- is the band's sixth studio recording and the 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.

De Vermis Mysteriis (or "Mysteries of the Worm") takes its title from a fictional grimoire created by Psycho author Robert Bloch and incorporated by H. P. Lovecraft into the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft mentioned De Vermis Mysteriis as one of the books that "repeat the most hellish secrets learnt by early man"). The album carries a deeply mystical undercurrent, incorporating fantastical themes and lyrics detailing, among other things, time travel, a serum called liao that is made out of a black lotus and "a Jesus twin who can see the past through his ancestors' eyes." And that's just scratching the surface!

Musically, De Vermis Mysteriis is absolutely explosive, showcasing the California power trio's thundering roar and expanded harmonic and rhythmic palettes while the songs move confidently through multiple riffs and movements. High On Fire construct tough, burly stoner metal that is at once devastatingly epic and mercilessly metallic as superstar guitarist Matt Pike's sizzling ax and avenging-angel riffs fuse with Des Kensel's double-kick-drum onslaught and Jeff Matz's concrete crushing, Burton-esque bass guitar. Over the course of forty-five minutes, High On Fire have created an amalgamation of fantastical lyrical ideas and brute force musicianship anchored in an endlessly captivating, punkishly frantic sound. Simply put, the band generates awesome on demand and has a virtual chokehold on monolithic-sounding, masterfully crafted epic music. High On Fire is a savage bull in the china shop of modern metal.

When asked for comment on De Vermis Mysteriis, Pike somewhat cryptically replied, "Prepare for your dark journey."

The track listing for High On Fire's De Vermis Mysteriis is as follows:

01. Serums of Liao
02. Bloody Knuckles
03. Fertile Green
04. Madness of an Architect
05. Interlude
06. Spiritual Rites
07. King of Days
08. De Vermis Mysteriis
09. Romulus and Remus
10. Warhorn
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Dirant · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:05 11 Post subject:

Gleder meg, Matt Pike, UGH!
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Doomination · Joined: Apr 02, 2004 Posts: 12594 Location: Bergen

Fikser egentlig bandet best i doser, men alle platene har noen monsterlåter og det håper jeg denne også har. Hadde vært kjekt med konsert igjen, de gjør seg meget bra live!
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Dirant · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:45 13 Post subject: i

Selv får jeg ikke nok av Matt Pike.
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BlackMage · Joined: Oct 02, 2005 Posts: 1649 Location: Stavanger

Man-crush på Mr Pike.
Gleder meg til ny plate.
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manimal · Joined: Sep 14, 2003 Posts: 5051 Location: Nilbog

Håper det er en overvekt av trege låter på denne plata. HOF er best når de roer ned tempoet og fokuserer på tunge fete riff.

Doomination · Joined: Apr 02, 2004 Posts: 12594 Location: Bergen

Jeg trives godt med litt fengende raske spor som tittellåta på den forrige, Fury Whip og Rumors of War. En balanse mellom stilene er fint.

Ellers synes jeg Sons Of Thunder er noe av det kuleste de har lagd. Svære chords og hundre lag med trommer!
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Dirant · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:59 17 Post subject:

Blessed Black Wings er min skivefavoritt med bandet. Gudelig og helt enorm trommelyd. Massevis av disse mock-double-bass-partiene som er så fete. Skiva har også den feteste gitarlyden han har hatt i HOF, med bare Soldanoen.

"Heavy is about being pissed off and being a warlord and laying down... like, just like, someone like, that was a battle, just if they had an axe they just chop some dude in the head, and it landed... And you got a riff that plays the same way that way, that's heavy!"
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manimal · Joined: Sep 14, 2003 Posts: 5051 Location: Nilbog

Jeg for min del liker helt klart surrounded by thieves best. Den er malen for hvordan jeg vil at HOF skal låte.

VonMünchhausen · Joined: Aug 21, 2003 Posts: 9886 Location: #61

Liker igrunn bandet mindre og mindre for hver ny skive. Får holde meg til de tre første.
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Dirant · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:01 21 Post subject:

Hnnngh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNIhFrNRkc

For en låt!
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norseman · Joined: Jul 29, 2003 Posts: 3366 Location: Kristiansand

Jeg ga opp High on Fire etter at jeg kjøpte Death Is This Communion på platekompaniet og fant en Dimmu Borgir cd inni.
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Dirant · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:25 21 Post subject:

Maks skuff, som å kjøpe en pose smash og så er posen full av engelsk konfekt.
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manimal · Joined: Sep 14, 2003 Posts: 5051 Location: Nilbog

Som å få med seg dame hjem fra byen, for så å få neven full av testikler når man stikker hånda ned i trusa på spetaklet.

Shrinebuilder · Joined: Sep 04, 2006 Posts: 16803 Location: In your mind

Fordi HoF er så mandig?
Ser den.
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DJGADD · Joined: Jul 23, 2007 Posts: 1067

Hahaha.

On topic. HOF har aldri funka maks. Aner ikke hvorfor dog.
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War Pig · Joined: Jul 16, 2011 Posts: 1008 Location: Karmøy

Streaming av Fertile Green her:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13243-fertile-green/

Faen ikke fritt for at det der røska litt. Antydning til trøkk i trommene.
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Dirant · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:00 09 Post subject:

Antydning til Bathory i midten der.

Edit: Tenker altså på Born for Burning.
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Linus · Joined: Mar 30, 2005 Posts: 4659 Location: Trondheim

Gleder meg, og ser frem til dette!
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