High On Fire

"HIGH ON FIRE is the sludgy resin from 30 years of super-hard-rock history transubstantiated into three men from Oakland with low-slung jeans." - Ben Ratliff, New York Times: ROCK REVIEW; 'Underground' Means Digging for Pleasure”. October, 2002. Words written more than two decades ago to quantify a group that “played as if they invented hard rock” following a live performance at the former Northsix in Brooklyn, hold even more weight in hindsight. Universally recognized as one of the most potent acts in music today, High on Fire creates dynamic metal that merges primal fury and aggression, hesher bombast and hall of fame heaviness. Described as "a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume," High on Fire has rewritten the hard rock rule book since its formation in 1998, forging a style and sound that is both critically celebrated and unique. “I think this band’s always had a really good drive,” states vocalist/guitarist Matt Pike. “We’re all just really ambitious. It’s definitely a specific type of person that is going to listen to a High on Fire record. I don’t think it’s meant for the whole of society to consume. It’s a little bit rough for the radio sort. It’s a different entity. It’s its own thing. Which, I think, makes all of us very proud to be a part of it. It’s not an average band.”