High on Fire

Before he was in the earthshaking metal band High on Fire, frontman Matt Pike was pulling the reigns for groundbreaking stoner metal pioneers Sleep, which released the influential 'Sleep's Holy Mountain' (1992) and the posthumous 'Dopesmoker' (2003)...

Power trio High on Fire can put hair on your chest with their manly metal. The band has released a manly new song, 'Speak in Tongues,' through the Singles Program. The program features nine different free and exclusive tracks in nine weeks -- and this week was High on Fire's turn...

Up and comers Black Pyramid will make like Judas Priest and head out to the highway to tour with Let the Night Roar. Haven't heard of Black Pyramid yet? Don't worry, you will. And you can thank Noisecreep for tipping you off about this psych rock band first...

At a Skeletonwitch show -- it now being the band's seventh year bringing their blackened thrash attack across America and beyond -- don't be surprised to see guitarist Scott Hedrick hanging out in front of the club with fans and friends alike before thrashing whatever audience that is in whatever city it is on whatever night tonight shortly thereafter...

It's not hard to figure out what a band that names itself after Exodus' classic first album -- Bonded by Blood -- is gonna sound like, but Pomona, Calif.'s premier thrash band accomplish the feat with more skill than many new Exodus-inspired groups...

High on Fire frontman Matt Pike has lots of influences, including Black Sabbath, Motörhead, St. Vitus, Celtic Frost, Trouble and Cathedral. However, it's what he does with those influences that separates him from other contemporary doom, prog and thrash bands. Ins...

There's a whole mess of metal releases hitting the shelves this week, and we expect to see fans flock to record stores or to iTunes to snap up the embarrassingly rich plethora of albums. It's almost too much to choose from -- and that's a damn good problem to have in the metal universe...

"I actually don't even really smoke weed, and I haven't for quite a while. As much as people would hate to hear it, we're not really stoners. We're more drinkers," High on Fire drummer Des Kensel admitted to Noisecreep. "But I'm sure getting stoned and listening to it might take it to a whole new level...

Like Trouble, the Sword, Mastodon and their current tourmates High on Fire, Montreal-based quartet Priestess create dense, chugging music tinted with bluesy psychedelia and powerful enough to knock out a few teeth. The band's latest single, ...

High on Fire aren't new to the music business. Five albums in, 'Snakes for the Divine' is taking off and shooting the California metal band to new heights. So while positive reviews in the New York Times and Chicago Tribune are nice, the band members don't care much...