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Artist Biography For High On Fire

High On Fire Is A Metal Band Originally Formed From The Remnants Of The Legendary Stoner Band Sleep. Matt Pike From Sleep Sings And Plays Guitar In High On Fire And Founded The Band With George Rice Bass And Des Kensel Drums Formerly Of Connecticut Hardcore Band Mindwar. High On Fire's Sound Is Extremely Heavy Drawing Influences From The Aforementioned Sleep Motörhead Black Sabbath & Celtic Frost. The Oakland California Band Formed In 1998 And Released 'The Art Of Self Defense' On Man's Ruin Records In March 2000. After Man's Ruin Records Folded The Album Was Re-Released Via Tee-Pee Records On CD And Vinyl With New Artwork And Two Bonus Tracks Steel Shoe An Original And The Ursurper Celtic Frost . Following The Band Signed With Relapse Records And Released 'Surrounded By Thieves' In 2002 With Production Help From Billy Anderson Http //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Billy_Anderson_(music) . Founding Member And Bass Player George Rice Would Leave The Band Shortly Before Recording The Next Album. In 2004 Relapse And Throne Records Released The 'Live From The Contamination Festival' CD And LP Respectively Which Was Recorded In Philadelphia PA. The CD Is Limited To 2000 Copies And The LP Only 1000. 'Blessed Black Wings' Produced By Steve Albini Was Released In Early 2005 And Was Their First And Only To Feature Joe Preston Earth Melvins Thrones On Bass. The Vinyl Version As Well As The Japanese CD Version Of This Album Had The Judas Priest Song Rapid Fire As A Bonus Track. In Early 2006 Joe Preston Left The Band And Was Replaced By Jeff Matz Of Zeke. High On Fire Then Went On To Release The Jack Endino Nirvana Soundgarden Produced And Recorded Album 'Death Is This Communion ' In September 2007. To Celebrate This Release And The Start Of Their Tour For The Album The Band Played A Free Show At San Francsico's Amoeba Records. The Band Released Their Fifth Full-Length Album Snakes For The Divine In February 2010 Through E1 Music. The Album Was Produced By Greg Fidelman And Stripped Away Much Of The Acoustic Textures And Layering Of The Previous Album Leaving A Monolithic Heavy Sound To The Record. On April 3rd 2012 High On Fire Released Their Sixth Studio Album De Vermis Mysteriis.

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