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Unknown Soldier · 05-22-2011, 06:30 AM

High on Fire one of the best stoner metal bands around.

**Janszoon** · 05-22-2011, 06:34 AM

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High on Fire one of the best stoner metal bands around.

I have to say I don't get why they're tagged as stoner metal. They sound very little like stoner metal to me, more like a thrashy Motorhead.

Unknown Soldier · 05-22-2011, 06:41 AM

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I have to say I don't get why they're tagged as stoner metal. They sound very little like stoner metal to me, more like a thrashy Motorhead.

The Motorhead influence is very evident in their sound and I`d say they were also influenced by Hawkwind especially the acid rock element.

The stoner metal tag I`d say was correct given Matt Pike`s links with Sleep and being from California stoner metal is probably in their veins.

The early material is very stoner metal. I`d also say they have a Melvins sludge metal element as well.

**Janszoon** · 05-22-2011, 06:48 AM

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The Motorhead influence is very evident in their sound and I`d say they were also influenced by Hawkwind especially the acid rock element.

The stoner metal tag I`d say was correct given Matt Pike`s links with Sleep and being from California stoner metal is probably in their veins.

The early material is very stoner metal. I`d also say they have a Melvins sludge metal element as well.

Sleep was definitely stoner but that doesn't mean everything Matt Pike does for the rest of his life is going to be stoner.

I don't have their first album so maybe that's where all the stoner sounding stuff is, but certainly don't find the second album to be particularly stoner sounding.

Unknown Soldier · 05-22-2011, 06:57 AM

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Sleep was definitely stoner but that doesn't mean everything Matt Pike does for the rest of his life is going to be stoner.

I don't have their first album so maybe that's where all the stoner sounding stuff is, but certainly don't find the second album to be particularly stoner sounding.

I was indeed referring to the second album, if you don`t think its very stoner what would you describe it as?

**Janszoon** · 05-22-2011, 07:21 AM

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I was indeed referring to the second album, if you don`t think its very stoner what would you describe it as?

I don't know exactly what label I'd put on it, but definitely not stoner. It's way too fast for starters. And what other stoner band can you think of that has drumming like that?

Unknown Soldier · 05-22-2011, 08:13 AM

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I don't know exactly what label I'd put on it, but definitely not stoner. It's way too fast for starters. And what other stoner band can you think of that has drumming like that?

There is a lot of crossover between stoner, sludge and doom metal anyway especially between doom and sludge and stoner and sludge, making sludge the vital link.

Kyuss probably one of the most famous stoner acts could play pretty fast as well.

It would be kind of interesting to to define these three metal genres, as they define the slow to mid tempo range of metal.

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Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	High on Fire one of the best stoner metal bands around.