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2018 studio album by High on Fire
Electric Messiah
Released October 5, 2018 Recorded 2017–2018
[1]
Genre Length 56 :52
Label
eOne
Producer
Kurt Ballou
"Electric Messiah" Released: August 6, 2018
"Spewn from the Earth" Released: October 3, 2018
Electric Messiah is the eighth studio album by American metal band
High on Fire , released on October 5, 2018, through
Entertainment One Music . It is the band's third album to be produced by
Kurt Ballou ,
[8] and it serves as a tribute to
Lemmy Kilmister of the band
Motörhead .
[9] On August 6, 2018, Electric Messiah' s title track was released early for streaming.
[10] On October 3, 2018, the band released "Spewn from the Earth" as the album's second single.
[11] The song "Electric Messiah" won the
Best Metal Performance at the
2019 Grammy Awards .
[12] It is the band's last album with founding drummer Des Kensel, who announced his departure in July 2019.
Background
In July 2018, a few months after High on Fire frontman
Matt Pike 's other primary band,
Sleep , released its
comeback album ,
[13] Electric Messiah was announced.
[14] Pike called it "the best album we've ever done, by far", and described its flow as "one stream of High on Fire consciousness".
[1]
Track listing
Title 1. "Spewn from the Earth" 3:59 2. "Steps of the Ziggurat / House of Enlil" 9:21 3. "Electric Messiah" 4:16 4. "Sanctioned Annihilation" 10:29 5. "The Pallid Mask" 5:15 6. "God of the Godless" 5:20 7. "Freebooter" 4:57 8. "The Witch and the Christ" 6:32 9. "Drowning Dog" 6:43 Total length: 56:52
Personnel
High on Fire
Matt Pike – lead vocals, guitars
Jeff Matz – bass, backing vocals
Des Kensel – drums, backing vocals
Technical personnel
Accolades
Awards
Charts
References
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