Album: Holy Mountain
Song: Dragonaut
Damn I dig that opening riff. Makes me want to pick up my bass and jam along with the band. And the tune is just sooooo fucking heavy. As heavy as Sabbath. Hell, if Sleep had Ozzy on vocals they might have ruled the 90s' music scene. But more than just being heavy, there is a surprising suppleness to it all. It's...what...groovy?
Sleep's sound has been crazy influential amongst the stoner rock set. In fact, many of the best recent stoner rock bands -- Weedeater, Atomic Bitchwax, Alabama Thunderpussy, Kyuss, QOTSA, Acid King -- cite Sleep as an important influence.
Oh yeah. One last thing. I've been told by reliable sources that "Dragonaut" is the perfect tune to mellow out to. Just sayin'.
Stoner doom metal. I don't even understand what the genre means, but I love it. I was reading about them and after the release of Holy Mountain Sleep was given an amazing offer by London Records for their third album. When they showed the record company that their new album was one song that was an hour long the record company was furious and said they wouldn't release it, even after they cut it down to a 52 minute song. Sleep broke up after that. Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteHaha, what a great story! As if I didn't have enough respect for Sleep already...
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