Sleep - Holy Mountain

Sunday, time for a classic.

Yesterday the Swedish capital Stockholm once again got the privilege to get a visit by the American doom metal power trio SLEEP from San Jose, California.

I think this was the third time I have witnessed these guys live and they surely can deliver a heavy and loud trip into the stoner world. This time they played at Münchenbryggeriet here in Stockholm. Monotone rock, loud as hell and slow lightning that framed this up in a perfect way and I can say that I was happy when I drew home after the show.

Setlist from the show:

Intro (Moon Landing Radio Transmission)
Marijuanaut's Theme
Holy Mountain
The Clarity
Sonic Titan
Giza Butler
Leagues Beneath
The Botanist
Dragonaut

Today's tune "Holy Mountain" is taken from the second studio album "Sleep's Holy Mountain" (also known as Holy Mountain). It was released in November 1992 in Europe, and March 1993 in the USA through Earache Records.

The recordings that would become "Sleep's Holy Mountain" were originally sent to independent label Earache as a demo. The label immediately signed the band and released the recordings exactly as they were received. It was the last album to be released by the band as a fully functioning group for a while, as their subsequent albums up to 2018's "The Sciences" were released after the group had broken up.

The album, which includes the word "stoner" in the lyrics of two songs and prominently features cannabis leaves in its album art, is widely considered one of the seminal albums in the evolution of stoner rock. It became a favorite of the heavy metal press and the band was heralded, along with Kyuss, as leaders of the emerging stoner metal scene.

Enjoy!



Upcoming dates:
OCT 14 Sleep at Substage Tomorrow 20:00 · by Sleep Substage Karlsruhe, Germany
OCT 15 Sleep at Les Docks Tue 08:00 · by Sleep Les Docks Lausanne, Switzerland
OCT 16 Sleep at TPO Wed 20:00 · Tpo Bologna, Italy
OCT 18 Sleep - Barcelona Fri 20:00 · Primavera Sound Barcelona, Spain
OCT 19 Sleep at Paloma Sat 20:00 · by Sleep Paloma / SMAC de Nîmes Métropole Nîmes, France
OCT 20 Sleep at Desertfest Belgium Sun 00:00 · by Sleep Desertfest Belgium Antwerp, Belgium
DEC 29 Sleep with Circuit des Yeux at Thalia Hall Sun 19:30 CST Chicago, IL, United States
DEC 30 Sleep at Thalia Hall Mon 19:30 CST Chicago, IL, United States
DEC 31 Sleep NYE at Thalia Hall Tue 19:30 CST Chicago, IL, United States

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Holy Mountain - Ancient Astronauts

Monday, new week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week"

"Ancient Astronauts" with HOLY MOUNTAIN is the follow up album to the first anthropomorphous debut album "Earth Measures".

HOLY MOUNTAIN are a psychedelic rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, comprising Andy McGlone (guitar and vocals), Pete Flett (drums) and Allan Stewart (Idlewild/DeSalvo). The band are currently signed to Chemikal Underground Records.

This Scottish three-piece emerged on the scene in 2012 with a penchant for old-school heavy metal and a desire to tear up any stage they were on with their brand of hard-hitting riffs and explosive cosmic atmospherics, making them a premier group in the stoner/desert rock genre.

The band entered Chem 19 recording studio in April 2013 and completed recording of their second album "Ancient Astronauts" with producer Paul Savage. The album also features Graeme Smillie (Emma Pollock, Unwinding Hours) on organ and keys. The album was mixed by Savage in December. The band released a 7" single, "Luftwizard" from the album, with a cover of BLACK SABBATHs "War Pigs" as the B-Side.

The album was released in the UK on 7 April 2014.

"Ancient Astronauts" they continues the path that they made on "Earth Measures" but with more spaced out heaviness and summoning vocals, a real badass album in other words.

The album contains some real dark filthy titanic riffs and slamming drumming that suits perfect for the Vinyl.

Tunes like the opener "LV-42666", "Gift Giver" and "Tokyo" are high speed jamming and unpredictable tempo-shifting with hard and filthy riffs with a touch of both Blues and classic Garage Rock where tunes like "Star Kings" and "100 Years A Day" are more Garage Rockers with Stoner base. "Luftwizard" is a far out Blues psychedelic rocker with some LED ZEPPELIN beats that i just love. The Bass player are in focus on the title track "Ancient Astronauts" where his shattering playing is clear, monoton and classic. The guitar licks are cleaver and well used over the hole thread. The album ends with "Hollow Hill" a real classic rock smoker with it's earthshaking retro rock.

Sum:

"Ancient Astronauts" is a real rock smoker !

Today's tune "100 Years A Day" is taken from their latest album "Ancient Astronauts". The Video is made by Michael Sherrington of Forest of Black.



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