HIGH ON FIRE Cometh The Storm REVIEW + All Albums RANKED
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Join us as we embark on an epic journey through the roaring soundscapes of High on Fire's discography through new 2024 album Cometh The Storm. From the blistering riffs to the thunderous rhythms, this stoner metal titan has consistently delivered bone-crushing albums that resonate with raw power and intensity.
Prepare yourself for an auditory onslaught as we tier list each album into tiers, from the monumental classics to the hidden gems. From the primal fury of "The Art of Self Defense" to the sprawling epicness of "De Vermis Mysteriis," each release has left an indelible mark on the landscape of metal music.
Will the monumental riffage of "Blessed Black Wings" soar to the top? Or will the ferocious onslaught of "Luminiferous" claim the throne? Join us as we delve deep into the molten core of High on Fire's discography and determine the ultimate ranking of their albums.
00:00 Intro
00:15 The Art Of Self Defense (2000)
01:03 Surrounded By Thieves (2002)
01:58 Blessed Black Wings (2005)
03:21 Death Is This Communion (2007)
04:25 Snakes For The Divine (2010)
05:19 De Vermis Mysteriis (2012)
06:32 Luminiferous (2015)
07:21 Electric Messiah (2018)
08:39 Cometh The Storm (2024)
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DUDE! Death is this Communion is PERFECTION. Period.
Disagree, but it is very good
I second that
@@MetalTrenchesplease do I review plus all albums ranked video for my dying bride every album including a mortal binding and plus do the same thing for the new ghost inside album searching for solace
Agree 1000%. Also the debut and Snake for the Devine should be much higher
Agreed
As a Turkish, I'm pleasantly surprised to see the track "Karanlık Yol". Karanlık Yol means The Dark Road in Turkish, and the track is basically a Turkish folk music. Commonly mistaken with middle eastern tunes but it's a pure Turkish history right there and even if I'm not a big fan of my own country's folk music, I'm happy that it got some recognition from one of the heaviest riff writer in the history of metal music! Great video as always man! Thanks!
That song is hypnotic. Really cool.
@@smote_his_ruin I know right? Usually they called to that genre of music "türkü" in our country. Karanlık Yol topped so many "türkü"s from Turkey 😅 It's very well written.
De Vermis Myseriis is my favorite, but you really can't go wrong with any of their albums. Matt Pike is amazing. The barbarian that just crawled out of the sewer energy of the whole discography is unmatched.
I'm. Fucking. With. Ya. Spiritual Rites hits hard
Hard to believe a 3 piece can be so damn heavy.
Long time fan. I've seen High on Fire live on multiple occasions and they are absolutely thunderous. Disagree in major ways with the list. Electric Messiah is my least favorite HoF album by a long shot. Surrounded by Thieves, Blessed Black Wings, Snakes for the Divine, and Luminiferous are S tier. The production in the early years was rough but that was the vibe in the early 2000's stoner metal world.
Word
Saw HOF play at an American Legion in 2006. Mind still blown.
Snakes was my first venture into HOF, but Luminiferous is definitely my go to. It’s just such a good album start to finish. Tough Guy has become my favorite from the new album. Can’t go wrong with HOF.
High on Fire is just an amazing stoner/doom metal band and Matt Pike is a riffmaster and genius songwriter. I love every album they've done and can't wait to give Cometh the Storm a listen when it drops tomorrow. Here would be my ranking:
S - Death Is This Communion, Snakes for the Divine
A+ - Surrounded by Thieves, De Vermis Mysteriis, Luminiferous
A - Blessed Black Wings, Electric Messiah
B - The Art of Self Defense
My list is similar, except I'd put Snakes in the B or A category. Cometh is one of their best.
@@lamentate07 Cometh the Storm is easily in A-Tier for me.
Death is this Communion and Snakes for the Devine are when i first got into High On Fire so these albums hold much meaning to me. High On Fire is life 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Me too man, both my favourite albums of theirs too.
Heck yeah I saw them live right around the time death is this communion came out and I ended up getting all their albums.
Their new album is their best in a very long time. Definitely a step forward. My favourite since Death is This Communion. The arrangements are more varied and the new drummer adds a lot of dynamics to the material.
Listening to the new album now and loving it! Sounds so good through one headphone alone can’t wait to open it up on the way home from work in the car at full volume 🤘
So glad you did this one! One of my favorites. I'm in agreement with you on the bottom tiers, but my top tier would be switched around a bit. Having said that, everything from Blessed Black Wings is so good that I can't even really argue with the way you ranked them. My personal favorite is Luminiferous, but I think you could make the case for any of them.
Good ranking, hyped for the new album
Snakes for the Devine is such a great album.
The new album is an absolute beast, it sounds amazing, the grooves are amazing, so effing thick and Doomy. Love it!
Dude, I love this tier list, I’d move “Death…” up one, and for me, I’m sticking “Blessed…” into perfection. I’m always a huge fan of Albini’s productions, and for me “Brother in the Wind” is just a perfect song for me. All in we might disagree over the order, but I’m sure we can agree that High On Fire fuckin’ slay - one of(maybe the) best metal band around.
Ive been a High on Fire fan for 20 years and gd they never disappoint.
Luminiferous, snakes, blessed, death, electric, cometh, myseriis, art, surrounded. Thanks for the list!
Kickass stuff! I prefer Sleep and will always prefer Sleep out of his bands, but sure High on Fire is heavy and trippy enough for me! Love when they throw in some thrash in there.
I love how the lowest score you have on your board is "Okey" for High On Fire! Sure tells you a lot about the level we are ultimately talking about here.
Say what you will about High On Fire, but the power really kicks in the most when you're high (on fire) on pot or even better your favorite psychedelic of choice. That is when this music comes to life for real, and suddenly the lyrics make sense in that mystical, psychedelic way. Like Mastodon or even Tool, these bands make their music to be listened in a certain state of mind, for sure.
Sleep & OM > High On Fire
Wow good to know that Matt Pike was in Sleep (haven't listened to Sleep in a hot minute; haven't listened to this band at all)
@@anony-moon Maybe knowing that and if you love Sleep, give High On Fire a try? They are really awesome!
@@vovindequasahi oh yeah i loved the high on fire album
The bass tone on the ne album is immense!
It gets under everything and lifts it up 🎉
For me, my personal ranking would be:
S tier: Death is This Communion, Electric Messiah, De Vermis Mysteriis
A tier: Blessed Black Wings, Snakes for the Divine
B tier: Surrounded by Thieves, Luminiferous
C tier: The Art of Self Defense
Need to check Cometh the Storm ASAP
I remember when Blessed Black Wongs came out and I heard “Devilution” the drumming at the beginning got me hyped. Great album. I’m actually going through their discography right now. So far Death Is This Communion is my favorite.
I wanted to see them when I was in San Diego in 2019 but I had to go back to Virginia (military).
Funny you mention Mastodon since if it wasn’t for High On Fire, Mastodon probably would never have formed since they all met at a High On Fire show.
Ranking catagories should just be amazing..fantastic and perfection..all their music is superb
I put death is this communion and snakes for the Devine as perfection
My favourite metal band and, at least for me, their sound is the ideal - the distillation of everything good about metal (broadly speaking). Raw but tuneful, heavy but capable of delicate passages, sloppy but tight - Fun. Anyway, Luminiferous all the way. And Blessed Black Wings as a personal favourite not because of the overall quality, but for introducing the band to me when I was a doofy teen.
I really enjoyed this ranking! I will say, with “Art of Self Defense”, I find the comparison with Black Sabbath very interesting. Before High on Fire, Matt Pike was part of another band called Sleep, which also very much took cues from Black Sabbath. When Matt Pike went on to create his own band, it’s clear that he kept a ton of Sleep’s influence in the first album. Just compare “Art of Self Defense” to Sleep’s “Holy Mountain” and you can hear it easily. I’d chalk it up to the fact that he was just sticking with what he knew to get started. However, after that, he was able to distinguish himself, and I felt that all other albums had a very unique sound compared to the first, which I’m glad for. No one recreates the sound of rolling gravel quite like Matt Pike!
The Sciences is a wonderful little reunion incorporating elements picked up along the way with HoF and Om. Holy Mountain is pure Sabbath worship but I love it.
Art of self defense and surrounded by theives are by far the best
I love Snakes for The Divine immensely, but haven’t heard any of their other albums that connect with me
Got electric messiah for $5 at a metal festival last year. Haven't listen to it much. Only other album I have is snakes for the devine.
Didnt expect your choices, but thats the besuty of opions. Blessed Black Wings, Death Is This Communion and Snakes are just....oh! Sensational!
I do agree with the Cometh The Storm comparison to Death Is This Communion too. Very similar vibes, sounds strangly nostalgic.
Cheers my dude
I saw these guys at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach in 2006 I showed up at like midnight just to get a drink didn’t even know there was a band or cover charge that night and the bouncer let me in because they were almost finished and I was blown away I couldn’t believe how heavy they were been a fan ever since 🤘🏾 Wings was they’re newest record at the time so that one holds a special place in my heart plus the Judas Priest cover of RAPID FIRE on the vinyl SLAYYYYS
❤ love your channel
Thanks
Luminiferous is my favorite HoF album!!!!!🤘🎸🥁🔥
Great work again!! Would love to see a Crowbar or eyehategod ranking…
Awesome
Queens,Kyuss? Have you ever listened to either before?
How this conclusion was realized is what?
Yes. And I have ears.
Definitely enjoyed this rundown. Fully agree that they just got better as the albums went on, though Blessed Black Wings was a barnburner when it came out haha.
Any chance of a Melvins rundown? That would be an interesting band to see your take on everything.
I am way too far behind on Melvins to consider it right now
@@MetalTrenches figured I'd ask haha. Would be curious your take on all their style shifts over the albums. But yea that would he a daunting task to do as a side video with all the normal stuff you go over haha. Hell even as a fan of the band, i'm behind by probably 12 years of albums myself 😆
There's just so much damn music and so little time lol
@@MetalTrenches please do a rank em all for and review for my dying bride a mortal binding please they are a legendery death doom band it needs to happen
Cool bro. Who's "Mike"?
The early High on Fire stuff pre death is this communion is good its just recorded poorly.
Death is This Communion should be at perfection. Everyone loved snakes for the divine but I felt it was missing something and I cant put my finger on it, its still good.
The first 3 songs on Snakes are just so good they overshadow the rest of the album imo
@@smote_his_ruin yeah that’s the problem with that record. It’s not a bad problem it just is
The sound isn't good either to me. Too sterile. Frost Hammer hits hard though.
@@lamentate07 agreed
Chills down my spine when I hear Mike sing “The Black Pot”.
I've always gravitated to the early stuff, though HOF is always a reliable band. I just love that grimy stoner sound. Electric Messiah wasn't really the direction I was hoping for, but I love what I'm hearing from Cometh The Storm.
You're at your best when you put albums people otherwise (feel obligated to) rank higher, or at the highest. Lots of bands you review, like Killswitch Engage, I'll listen to As Daylight Dies, and tbh, yeah, I go "meh."
But you putting tiers below other albums I never heard not only propels me to listen to them but I am blown away by how I could have never have guessed they had such a wife variety of sound.
Love high on fire
ELECTRIC MESSIAH THUNDER AND FIRE
THUNDUH AN FIOUH!!!
Fellow fans might also dig the new HORNDAL & BLACK TUSK records
Good suggestions
Here's mine today, it could change a lot tomorrow.
9. The Art of Self Defense
8. Snakes for the Divine
7. Surrounded by Thieves
6. Electric Messiah
5. Cometh the Storm
4. Blessed Black Wings
3. De Vermis Myseriis
2. Luminiferous
1. Death is this Communion
You always gotta love a band that just gets stronger with age. It would be easy to just put out more of the same old shit and just let the legacy carry you, that's why I respect the fuck out of these guys and bands like Converge and Napalm Death who still decide to go hard as fuck
My favorite thing about High on Fire:
*You can actually hear the bass.*
Can you rank every Melvins album?
Wow
Nothing wrong with any High on Fire album.
Matt + Pike = Mike
Went to high on fire and crowbar at the orpheum when it was in ybor City. After crowbar Kirk comes out and says y'all put into your plugs they're really fucking loud. No shit dude it's high on fire.
Mike? Mike Patt?
Matt Pike wasn’t Sleeps drummer. 😅
*Releases content celebrating a band we both like
Reaction: “I should nitpick the one little detail in the video where he misspoke just like everyone does sometimes.”
People are so strange…
Blessed Black Wings is the GOAT
My dying bride albums ranked?
I'm not a big fan of doom, but Forgemaster Metal Reviews are planning to do one.
Did you know that you repeatedly refer to Matt Pike as “Mike” in this video?
Sometimes my brain no work good
Are you really going to wear that??
Your pronunciations are killing me.
Good
Good
You seem new to the band, and you've heard the last few 😅
I've never understood this mentality of devaluing someone's subjective opinion based on assumptions. You like what you like, I like what I like... We both like the band. That should be the main takeaway. Why start war with allies?
Been a fan since Jerusalem came out and saw HoF since the beginning. With their debut I saw them in Rotterdam and after that…many time. I can say one thing: this list is shit! I think 99% of the HoF fans will agree. Their best albums were: Snake, DitC and their debut. Whem the debut came out -during the peak of the stoner thing- that album was so unique. Kinda stoner metal. Noting else sounded like that. Their best by far is Death is this Communion. Everyone knows dude.
Imagine how boring it would be if everyone towed the line and just shared the exact same opinion. Pike would HATE that world. If you think someone’s opinion is “shit” or incorrect… it’s not me who is misunderstanding the music…
@@MetalTrenches yeah you're right. I got a bit carried away
I’ve tried to get into them, but they are boring to me.
I’m dying to know what kind of garbage you listen to
@@fclefjefff4041 Garbage better than High On Fire
@@fclefjefff4041same thoughts here
lol such bullshit
What's wrong with your face?????
💀
So glad seeing this
I've seen them live a few times, and yes it's the fuckin shit. Just caught Pike in Portland with his side project, and damn. Just as great
Preston also did Earth's first EP and his own project Thrones. He also was in Sunn O))) for a brief time. Drone metal legend.
dudes been in a lot of cool shit but has thrown every one of his opportunities away because he was too damn lazy