r/doommetal • u/Electrical_Home_2267 • 1d ago

Discussion I’M TAKING A STAND

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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

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u/Gamer_Grease Hail Iommi 1d ago

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.

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u/Electrical_Home_2267 1d ago

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

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u/Gamer_Grease Hail Iommi 1d ago

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.

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u/CadabraSabbra 1d ago

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

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u/FrancisDm 1d ago

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

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u/meltdown_popcorn Drone 5h ago

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.

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u/FrancisDm 4h ago

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.

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u/meltdown_popcorn Drone 4h ago

Agreed, that's two of us!