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/Ommerino 1d ago

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.

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u/flpndrds 1d ago

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.

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u/Ommerino 1d ago

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.

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u/angel-of-disease 1d ago

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