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Refimprove|date=January 2008Infobox musical artist| name = High on Fire| image = High on Fire.jpg| caption = HOF live in 2008| background = group_or_band| origin = Oakland, California , United States|U.S. | genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy metal , stoner metal , sludge metal , doom metal | years_active = 1998–present| label = Relapse Records|Relapse , Man's Ruin Records|Man's Ruin , Koch Records|Koch | website = http://www.highonfire.net/ www.highonfire.net| associated_acts = Sleep (band)|Sleep Thrones (band)|Thrones The Melvins Zeke (band)|Zeke Asbestos Death Kalas| current_members = Matt Pike Jeff Matz Des Kensel | past_members = Joe Preston (bassist)|Joe Preston George Rice High on Fire is a metal band from Oakland, California , that was formed in 1998. Matt Pike , the band's frontman and founder, previously played guitar for the influential stoner doom band Sleep (band)|Sleep .
History
Expand section|Critical reception|date=January 2011High On Fire was founded in 1998 by former Sleep (band)|Sleep guitarist Matt Pike , drummer Des Kensel , and bassist George Rice (from Dear Deceased, who originally auditioned to be the band's vocalist). The band's first full-length album The Art of Self Defense (album)|The Art of Self Defense was released on 12th Records, and released later on Man's Ruin Records . (The album would later be re-released by Tee Pee Records , with two bonus tracks, as Man's Ruin Records had become defunct.)
In 2001, High On Fire signed a record deal with Relapse Records cite web|url= http://www.relapse.com/artist/artist.aspx? ArtistID=10054 |title=High on Fire - Official Relapse Records Band Page |publisher=Relapse.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10 and recorded the album Surrounded by Thieves . The album was released on May 28, 2002. After the tours promoting Surrounded by Thieves , bassist George Rice left the band and was replaced by ex- The Melvins|Melvins / Thrones (band)|Thrones bassist Joe Preston (bassist)|Joe Preston .
The band's next album, 2005's Blessed Black Wings , was largely written by Pike and Kensel before the recording of the album took place. The album was produced by Steve Albini , and was released on February 1, 2005. A music video was produced for the song Devilution .cite web|author=9:49 AM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=12104 |title=High On Fire Complete Video For "Devilution" - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date=2010-09-04 |accessdate=2010-09-10 While touring with Goatwhore and Watch Them Die to promote Blessed Black Wings , Joe Preston left the band for undisclosed reasons, and was temporarily replaced by Zeke (band)| Zeke bassist Jeff Matz.cite web|author=11:07 AM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=18539 |title=High On Fire Recruit Zeke Bassist For Tour - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10 Matz finished the tour with High on Fire and became a full-time member during the recording of Death Is This Communion . Death Is This Communion was released on September 18, 2007 (September 10, in Europe.)
After Death is This Communion was released, High on Fire played a small string of Northwest shows to promote it. The band did a headline tour of North America in September and October 2007, with support from the Japanese post-rock band Mono (Japanese band)|Mono , along with Panthers (band)|Panthers and Coliseum.cite web|author=1:48 PM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=29657 |title=High On Fire Announce Winter Tour Dates - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10 High on Fire also played on 2008's Gigantour ,cite web|author=8:24 AM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=32303 |title=Gigantour 2008 Lineup Revealed - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10 which was followed by a North American tour with the bands Opeth , Baroness (band)|Baroness , and Nachtmystium .cite web|author=12:33 AM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=38290 |title=Opeth Announces More Headlining US Tour Dates - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10
On December 17, 2008, High on Fire signed a recording deal with Koch Records . On August 1, 2009, it was announced that a new album would be recorded with producer Greg Fidelman .cite web|author=3:57 AM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=46758 |title=High On Fire To Enter The Studio - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10 Later than month, following the news of the new album, High on Fire announced a tour with Mastodon (band)|Mastodon , Dethklok , and Converge (band)|Converge . The tour spanned from October 2 to November 21.cite web|author=12:02 PM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=46852 |title=Dethklok and Mastodon Announce Massive US Tour - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10
In August 2009, the band went into post-production of the follow-up to Death Is This Communion at The Pass Studios in Los Angeles . The album artwork for the new album was released on January 7, 2010.cite web|author=12:22 PM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=51835 |title=High On Fire Reveals New Album Artwork - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10 On January 15, following the release of the album artwork, the song Frost Hammer was posted on the band's Myspace page,cite web|author=5:42 PM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=52114 |title=High On Fire Streaming New Song Online - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10 and a video for the song was released on March 16, 2010.cite web|author=7:32 PM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=54038 |title=High On Fire Posts New Music Video Online - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-10 Snakes for the Divine was formally released on February 23, 2010.
In March 2010, the band announced a headlining U.S. tour to promote the album; supporting bands for the tour include Priestess (band)|Priestess , Black Cobra , and Bison B.C. . http://highonfire.net/%E2%80%9Csnakes-for-the-divine%E2%80%9D-skyrockets-to-62-on-billboard-chart/ dead link|date=September 2010 On April 2, 2010, the band announced they would be opening for Metallica for eight European shows. http://highonfire.net/high-on-fire-announces-spring-tour-dates-with-metallica/ dead link|date=September 2010
In 2010, the band was confirmed as being part of the soundtrack for Namco Bandai Games ' 2010 remake of Splatterhouse (2010 video game)|Splatterhouse .cite web |url= http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/10/11/splatterhouse-soundtrack-is-suitably-scary/ |title=Splatterhouse soundtrack is suitably scary |publisher=GamePron |last=Citizen |first=Jessica |date=2010-10-11 |accessdate=2010-10-11
Discography
High On Fire (EP) (1999, 12th Records)
The Art of Self Defense (album)|The Art Of Self Defense (2000, Man's Ruin Records)
Surrounded by Thieves (2002, Relapse Records)
Hung, Drawn & Quartered / March Of The Fire Ants (split with Mastodon (band)|Mastodon ) (2003, Relapse Records)
Brother In The Wind / Gwodhunqa (split with Ruins (Japanese band)|Ruins ) (2005, Skin Graft Records)
Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival (2005, Relapse Records)
http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/videos/high-on-fire.html/ Live Performance from Amoeba S.F
Official website| http://highonfire.net/
http://www.myspace.com/highonfireslays High on Fire at MySpace
http://www.lastplanetojakarta.com/2008/02/we_hold_these_truths_to_be_sel.html High on Fire praised by John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats
http://www.rockmidgets.com/features.php? page=3& id=1165& page=3 High On Fire interview on Rockmidgets.com
http://www.latenightwallflower.com/site/2007/10/22/an-interview-with-high-on-fires-des-kensel/ Late Night Wallflower Interview with Des Kensel
http://www.swigged.net/index.php? option=com_content& view=article& id=259:interview-with-high-on-fire Interview with High on Fire on Swigged.net
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