High On Fire: Blessed Black Wings (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl 2LP

Blessed Black Wings is the 3rd studio album from Oakland band High on Fire, originally released in 2005. It builds on 2002’s Surrounded By Thieves with an all-out aural assault: high-intensity drumming, heavy riffs, and unrelenting sludge blasts to the neck & face. Steve Albini assists on production, while Pike’s gnarly vocals add even darker layers to the incessant doom brought on by the instrumentals. A no brainer for stoner metal fans, and dude, how sick is the album art? Check out “Blessed Black Wings,” “Devilution,” “Brother In the Wind,” and “Sons of Thunder.”

• swamp green w/ orange, bronze, and red splatter vinyl
• co-produced by Steve Albini
• limited to 1200 copies
• music label: Relapse Records 2005 / 2018

reviewed by singing in japanese 11/18

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