Re: New High On Fire
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:02 pm
It makes me want to go around piss testing doom bands to see who's actually full of shit.
The only reason I keep trying to learn to like HOF is because of the cheese. But my head doesn't move more than a few millimetres back and forth when I jam HOF on the stereo. It's nice and all but yeah... I don't hear the ruleage in the riffsIommic Pope wrote:I am reserving judgement until I get the vinyl next week.
I don't give a fuck, card carrying Pike fanboy here.
You guys are really reading way much into it.
You could tell me you didn't care for Sleep/HoF because it didn't push your buttons or whatever, and that'd be cool, but to say it actively bores you is missing the whole point of it, I think.
HoF to me is like this long, drawn out, epic fantasy comic book, published over volumes.
Its full of so much ridiculous awesomeness that at first glance you could write it off as a cheese-fest, but that is kinda the point. There are so many very, very cheesy elements, that would normally be cringeworthy if attempted by a lesser band, that are just pulled off and delivered in the right way with enough technical kick assery its like an Arik Roper piece.
Yeah, OK, theres a dragon perched on a mushroom smoking a hookah, but fuck it looks good and damned it that just didn't become cool.
Plus riffs.
The man is a fucking riff-machine if nothing else.
Go listen to 10000 Years, Baghdad or Blood From Zion, then report back.goroth wrote:The only reason I keep trying to learn to like HOF is because of the cheese. But my head doesn't move more than a few millimetres back and forth when I jam HOF on the stereo. It's nice and all but yeah... I don't hear the ruleage in the riffsIommic Pope wrote:I am reserving judgement until I get the vinyl next week.
I don't give a fuck, card carrying Pike fanboy here.
You guys are really reading way much into it.
You could tell me you didn't care for Sleep/HoF because it didn't push your buttons or whatever, and that'd be cool, but to say it actively bores you is missing the whole point of it, I think.
HoF to me is like this long, drawn out, epic fantasy comic book, published over volumes.
Its full of so much ridiculous awesomeness that at first glance you could write it off as a cheese-fest, but that is kinda the point. There are so many very, very cheesy elements, that would normally be cringeworthy if attempted by a lesser band, that are just pulled off and delivered in the right way with enough technical kick assery its like an Arik Roper piece.
Yeah, OK, theres a dragon perched on a mushroom smoking a hookah, but fuck it looks good and damned it that just didn't become cool.
Plus riffs.
The man is a fucking riff-machine if nothing else.
They are pretty consistently awesome live.benjuro wrote:I'm a huge Sleep and HoF fan.
I recently went back and was pleasantly surprised by Death Is This Communion, but the last few records have been weak for sure. His riffs used to get emblazoned in my brain...now, I couldn't hum you one riff off Snakes or De Vermis Whateveris.
Live shows I've seen have been consistently good across years tho...
That's bullshit dude you can totally hum the intro to Snakes.benjuro wrote:I'm a huge Sleep and HoF fan.
I recently went back and was pleasantly surprised by Death Is This Communion, but the last few records have been weak for sure. His riffs used to get emblazoned in my brain...now, I couldn't hum you one riff off Snakes or De Vermis Whateveris.
Live shows I've seen have been consistently good across years tho...
You'd have to remember them to hum them..all I meant was that the riffs are pretty forgettable now.D.o.S. wrote:That's bullshit dude you can totally hum the intro to Snakes.benjuro wrote:I'm a huge Sleep and HoF fan.
I recently went back and was pleasantly surprised by Death Is This Communion, but the last few records have been weak for sure. His riffs used to get emblazoned in my brain...now, I couldn't hum you one riff off Snakes or De Vermis Whateveris.
Live shows I've seen have been consistently good across years tho...

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But even... like... I like Burzum and that guy's a Nazi. I dunno.
He was always a Nazi though.
I'm not a Nazi guys
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