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Art of Self-Defense
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Price: $11.05
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 7072390038256
Label: Tee Pee Records
Manufacturer: Tee Pee Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Tee Pee Records
Release Date: 2002-04-16
Studio: Tee Pee Records
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Customer reviews of Art of Self-Defense
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Retro
Comment: Makes in feel like 1971 in your mind.
Highlights amongst an pack of highlights include "Fireface" "10,000 Years" and especially "Master Of Fists"
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Summary: Pike's Re-Emergence
Comment: After Sleep tripped into legal and personal problems, the band ceased to exist, and Matt Pike slumped into a period of depression and no musical output. For whatever reason Pike decided to give the music world another shot, and hooked up with a few like-minded fellows to create High on Fire. This is their debut outing into Sabbath-worshipping, monumentally heavy stoner metal. It should be noted that this album continued Pike's plague of legal problems as it was originally released on the now defunct Man's Ruin label, but was thankfully re-released by Tee Pee with new art and some new cover material, including a lovely Celtic Frost number.
As one might expect from Pike, the guitar tone is very loud, fuzzy and completely engulfs the mix. This really isn't a bad thing as his playing is quite superb and the riffs here are top-notch. Riffs such as the blissfully simple lead to "Baghdad", the monumental power of the main theme to "10,000 Years" and the brooding intro to "Fireface". High on Fire also show their ability to craft riffs into good and compatible songs, with most songs showcasing discernable structure (something some of Sleep's more wandering songs lacked), and melody sections combining with straightforward riff jams. All of this makes a great metal album, and one that carries the Sleep and Sabbath style into a more modern and heavy sound. An excellent debut and highly recommended for fans of the genre, and anyone who loves a bit of old fashioned amp worship.
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Summary: Classic Metal
Comment: This album is classic, ear shattering, speaker blowing metal. This is one the the best albums every recorded.
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Summary: Here, Try A Hit of Pure Metal
Comment: Imagine watching a huge, roaring title wave rolling in from the ocean and come crashing down right at your feet. Listening to High On Fire is a lot like that.
They are basically a little faster version of Matt Pike's old band, Sleep. Take Black Sabbath and a little Motorhead and then add about 500 lbs. of weight on the guitar and you'll get an idea of what they sound like.
On "The Art of Self-Defense", the first three tracks are the strongest, which draw you in and never let you out. The momentum is established by guitars never let up. The heavy, driving riffs lift you up and carry you away. Listening to them may make you feel dazed and confused.
The vocals, guitar, bass, and drums all fit together making the overall sound united. All the musicians seem to be on the same wavelength.
High On Fire is the progression of pure metal without any influence from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal of the late `70's and early `80's ( except for the singers voice that sounds like Lemmy of Motorhead ). It's nice to hear a purified form of metal in a time when it's been watered down and fused with every form of music known to man.
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Summary: Heavy and Hard will rule the world
Comment: High on Fire are credited with ressurecting the sound of Sabbath, but I find that they bring back the sound of too often overlooked bands like early COC, the Accused, Black Flag, early Melvins, etc but much slower and more precise. It's the awesome raw power of the afformentioned bands combined with a sludge death hammer that will kill "stoner" and "doom" bands and send all of them home to read their copies of MAD magazine at their mother's house. Fans of old HARDcore, not the comedy stuff that gets pushed today will freak over High on Fire. Anybody will freak over this stuff, it's just awesome.
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