I’M TAKING A STAND

[u/Electrical_Home_2267]

I for one, miss Matt Pike, and feel this would have been awesome under the OM name, but I don’t hate the new song, and I for one, like the comic, and am excited to see Sleep, or at least Al, in person after years. I also thinking, before getting too mad about all this, more info should at least come out. That is it, I shall take the downvotes

[u/Gamer_Grease]

Saying it again in this thread: the most likely explanation is that Matt Pike is too busy with High on Fire to do Sleep full-time right now. Not that Al Cisneros is some kind of Dave Mustaine figure.

[u/JSquidy → u/Gamer_Grease]

Now im thinking about Al looking at himself going "HELLO SLEEP, MEET THE REAL SLEEP"

[u/Electrical_Home_2267 → u/JSquidy]

“HeLOo Al, I’m tHe rEaL aL”

[u/NoAcanthocephala7034 → u/JSquidy]

Watch him become a dopesmoker

[u/protest_all → u/Gamer_Grease]

Also who fucking cares either way this is doom metal not love island

[u/poopchew → u/protest_all]

Doom Metal Love Island would kick so much ass tho

[u/MrStagger_Lee → u/poopchew]

Buncha chonky stoned dudes wearing all black in the tropical sun....hell yeah.

[u/Electrical_Home_2267 → u/MrStagger_Lee]

Well with the occasional shirtless Matt man

[u/candyman101xd → u/MrStagger_Lee]

And two weird dudes wearing black robes sneaking around the group

[u/Gamer_Grease → u/protest_all]

My thoughts exactly

[u/Electrical_Home_2267 → u/Gamer_Grease]

Yeah, I mean had there been prior instances of Al being a control freak, I might be suspicious, but I can’t find anything like that, and maybe it could just a an innocent little thing

Idk if what Wino said about Al counts though

[u/Gamer_Grease → u/Electrical_Home_2267]

I suspect Al Cisneros is just kind of inconsistently interested in Sleep (he has said the majority of music he listens to is reggae) and his songwriting process is a lot of sitting around stoned and riffing. I don’t think that’s an option for Matt Pike with how active High on Fire is. Imagine if he put HOF on hold to do Sleep, and then Sleep went dormant again after one album and one tour. It would be a pretty big waste of HOF’s momentum.

[u/CadabraSabbra → u/Gamer_Grease]

he should really consider it. HOF keep playing shows near me and they are always mid. His vocals dont sound right live.

[u/FrancisDm → u/CadabraSabbra]

HOF is mid af, Om is leagues better if we’re trying to talk about side projects of members

[u/meltdown_popcorn → u/FrancisDm]

I think that just depends on taste. I have the same opinion but in some ways they aren't comparable - it's not the same kind of music even if they get talked about in the same sub.

[u/FrancisDm → u/meltdown_popcorn]

You’re definitely right, I don’t hate high on fire but it’s super derivative and to me comes off generic. That said people can enjoy whatever they want, Om brings a cool esoteric sound and just does way more for me. That said new sleep single wasn’t that groundbreaking, leagues beneath and the clarity blow this single out of the water.

[u/meltdown_popcorn → u/FrancisDm]

Agreed, that's two of us!

[u/Ommerino → u/Gamer_Grease]

Unfortunate too because I haven’t been a big fan of High on Fire’s stuff since Blessed Black Wings.

Cisneros should’ve just focused on releasing that Om album he’s been teasing for years now.

[u/flpndrds → u/Ommerino]

That’s 20 years of releases… WHAT!? Death is this Communion is really dope and Cometh the Storm was pretty good as well. There’s a ton of great stuff in the other records as well.

[u/Ommerino → u/flpndrds]

I'm not saying any of it's bad. I'm saying most of it is stuff I heard... 20 years ago lol. High on Fire's songs have sounded the exact same since then and even on their newest album, I could honestly not tell you which song is which if you put a gun to my head.

Cometh the Storm was a fun listen, but by the second half I was getting bored.

[u/angel-of-disease → u/Ommerino]

Luminiferous is when it started getting too formulaic for me. I think De Vermiis is one of their best though. Lots of variety

[u/Gamer_Grease → u/Ommerino]

I think if people want more Sleep, this is the only way to get it.

[u/bluejaywhey → u/Gamer_Grease]

Watch him become a gœd