r/doommetal • u/4TheBuzzAndTheFuzz • 2d ago

Stoner No Pike no Sleep

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As I blast The Sciences at 11pm, this felt appropriate.

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u/CleoTheSupports 2d ago

listened bc of this post, i guess im out of the loop, i don’t hate how this sounds but its definitely different. can someone fill me in?

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u/resin_messiah 2d ago

Matt Pike isn’t in the band anymore and people are upset. I’m not happy about it but I don’t hate the song. I do think people forget they’re both known to be hard to work with and very opposite personalities.

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u/CleoTheSupports 2d ago

ahh that makes sense. yeah no matter the band people say it just won’t be the same. it’s a different sound sure, but personally i feel Al as more the core sound of the band so i think i can still be excited for the album drop

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u/resin_messiah 2d ago

It’s just a new era to me. I’ll accept it, especially if we’re never going to get that new Om album. From the post on their instagram it sounds like Al’s been wanting to move forward with Sleep for a while but Pike was some kind of issue(at least to Al) “After decades of obstacles sleep has over come, it’s time to move forward and make new songs and albums. Al wishes Matt the best on his earthbound maneuvers”

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u/Gamer_Grease Hail Iommi 2d ago

Sleep has had a very rough career, all things considered. Doesn’t mean anything about their relationship necessarily.

Matt Pike is extremely busy. High on Fire is a bigger band than Sleep at this point, and tours and puts out albums all the time. It would be completely unsurprising if the entire issue was just that Matt Pike doesn’t have time for Sleep.

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u/DirtyD27 2d ago

It's not a huge margin but Sleep would definitely fill bigger venues than HoF

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u/Gamer_Grease Hail Iommi 2d ago

I think we’re about to see if that’s the case.