Description
High On Fire – Death Is This Communion / Produced and recorded by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden), Death Is This Communion is High On Fire's ultimate sonic masterpiece. / Relapse Records Audio CD 2007 / RR 6705
UPC 781676670529
Death Is This Communion (stylized as Death•Is•This•Communion•) is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band High on Fire. It was released on September 10, 2007 in Europe and September 18 in the United States. The first pressing includes a bonus DVD featuring in-studio footage of the making of the album. It is the first album to feature Jeff Matz on bass guitar. Frontman Matt Pike noted that the album's lyrics were influenced by David Icke, H. P. Lovecraft, and the Bible.
The album has received generally good reviews, with an average rating of 80 on Metacritic. It was named the third-best album of the year by Revolver. Total Guitar named it fourth in their "50 Best Guitar Albums of the Year". It came in at number 9 in Metal Hammer's best of 2007 list.
| Label: | Relapse Records – RR 6705-2 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
Sep 2007 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Stoner Rock, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Fury Whip |
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6:14 |
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| 2 | Waste Of Tiamat | 5:44 | |
| 3 | Death Is This Communion | 8:34 | |
| 4 | Khanrad's Wall |
|
2:26 |
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| 5 | Turk | 5:03 | |
| 6 | Headhunter | 1:23 | |
| 7 | Rumors Of War | 2:51 | |
| 8 | DII |
|
3:45 |
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| 9 | Cyclopian Scape |
7:29 | |
| 10 | Ethereal | 6:56 | |
| 11 | Return To NOD | 6:17 |
- Bass – Jeff Matz
- Design, Artwork [Additional Artwork] – Orion Landau
- Drums – Des Kensel
- Engineer, Mixed By, Recorded By, Producer – Jack Endino
- Guitar, Vocals – Matt Pike
- Mastered By – Alan Douches
- Painting [Cover] – Arik Roper
- Producer, Written-By – High On Fire
