DUDE! Death is this Communion is PERFECTION. Period.

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

Disagree, but it is very good

@FitBeastNY666

3 ай бұрын

I second that

@flynnhale1243

3 ай бұрын

​@@MetalTrenchesplease do I review plus all albums ranked video for my dying bride every album including a mortal binding and plus do the same thing for the new ghost inside album searching for solace

@petermoes1668

3 ай бұрын

Agree 1000%. Also the debut and Snake for the Devine should be much higher

@jordancarey5460

3 ай бұрын

Agreed

De Vermis Myseriis is my favorite, but you really can't go wrong with any of their albums. Matt Pike is amazing. The barbarian that just crawled out of the sewer energy of the whole discography is unmatched.

@nicknewman2414

3 ай бұрын

I'm. Fucking. With. Ya. Spiritual Rites hits hard

As a Turkish, I'm pleasantly surprised to see the track "Karanlık Yol". Karanlık Yol means The Dark Road in Turkish, and the track is basically a Turkish folk music. Commonly mistaken with middle eastern tunes but it's a pure Turkish history right there and even if I'm not a big fan of my own country's folk music, I'm happy that it got some recognition from one of the heaviest riff writer in the history of metal music! Great video as always man! Thanks!

@smote_his_ruin

3 ай бұрын

That song is hypnotic. Really cool.

@berkecanturan9629

3 ай бұрын

@@smote_his_ruin I know right? Usually they called to that genre of music "türkü" in our country. Karanlık Yol topped so many "türkü"s from Turkey 😅 It's very well written.

Long time fan. I've seen High on Fire live on multiple occasions and they are absolutely thunderous. Disagree in major ways with the list. Electric Messiah is my least favorite HoF album by a long shot. Surrounded by Thieves, Blessed Black Wings, Snakes for the Divine, and Luminiferous are S tier. The production in the early years was rough but that was the vibe in the early 2000's stoner metal world.

@petermoes1668

3 ай бұрын

Word

Hard to believe a 3 piece can be so damn heavy.

High on Fire is just an amazing stoner/doom metal band and Matt Pike is a riffmaster and genius songwriter. I love every album they've done and can't wait to give Cometh the Storm a listen when it drops tomorrow. Here would be my ranking: S - Death Is This Communion, Snakes for the Divine A+ - Surrounded by Thieves, De Vermis Mysteriis, Luminiferous A - Blessed Black Wings, Electric Messiah B - The Art of Self Defense

@lamentate07

3 ай бұрын

My list is similar, except I'd put Snakes in the B or A category. Cometh is one of their best.

@mindful2864

3 ай бұрын

@@lamentate07 Cometh the Storm is easily in A-Tier for me.

Good ranking, hyped for the new album

Snakes was my first venture into HOF, but Luminiferous is definitely my go to. It’s just such a good album start to finish. Tough Guy has become my favorite from the new album. Can’t go wrong with HOF.

Ranking catagories should just be amazing..fantastic and perfection..all their music is superb

Saw HOF play at an American Legion in 2006. Mind still blown.

Listening to the new album now and loving it! Sounds so good through one headphone alone can’t wait to open it up on the way home from work in the car at full volume 🤘

Death is this Communion and Snakes for the Devine are when i first got into High On Fire so these albums hold much meaning to me. High On Fire is life 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@shaunrevell5594

3 ай бұрын

Me too man, both my favourite albums of theirs too.

@flyingdutchman8093

2 ай бұрын

Heck yeah I saw them live right around the time death is this communion came out and I ended up getting all their albums.

Their new album is their best in a very long time. Definitely a step forward. My favourite since Death is This Communion. The arrangements are more varied and the new drummer adds a lot of dynamics to the material.

So glad you did this one! One of my favorites. I'm in agreement with you on the bottom tiers, but my top tier would be switched around a bit. Having said that, everything from Blessed Black Wings is so good that I can't even really argue with the way you ranked them. My personal favorite is Luminiferous, but I think you could make the case for any of them.

The new album is an absolute beast, it sounds amazing, the grooves are amazing, so effing thick and Doomy. Love it!

Snakes for the Devine is such a great album.

Ive been a High on Fire fan for 20 years and gd they never disappoint.

I remember when Blessed Black Wongs came out and I heard “Devilution” the drumming at the beginning got me hyped. Great album. I’m actually going through their discography right now. So far Death Is This Communion is my favorite. I wanted to see them when I was in San Diego in 2019 but I had to go back to Virginia (military). Funny you mention Mastodon since if it wasn’t for High On Fire, Mastodon probably would never have formed since they all met at a High On Fire show.

Kickass stuff! I prefer Sleep and will always prefer Sleep out of his bands, but sure High on Fire is heavy and trippy enough for me! Love when they throw in some thrash in there. I love how the lowest score you have on your board is "Okey" for High On Fire! Sure tells you a lot about the level we are ultimately talking about here. Say what you will about High On Fire, but the power really kicks in the most when you're high (on fire) on pot or even better your favorite psychedelic of choice. That is when this music comes to life for real, and suddenly the lyrics make sense in that mystical, psychedelic way. Like Mastodon or even Tool, these bands make their music to be listened in a certain state of mind, for sure.

@akwilson1676

3 ай бұрын

Sleep & OM > High On Fire

@anony-moon

3 ай бұрын

Wow good to know that Matt Pike was in Sleep (haven't listened to Sleep in a hot minute; haven't listened to this band at all)

@vovindequasahi

3 ай бұрын

@@anony-moon Maybe knowing that and if you love Sleep, give High On Fire a try? They are really awesome!

@anony-moon

3 ай бұрын

@@vovindequasahi oh yeah i loved the high on fire album

Awesome

The bass tone on the ne album is immense! It gets under everything and lifts it up 🎉

Love high on fire

Dude, I love this tier list, I’d move “Death…” up one, and for me, I’m sticking “Blessed…” into perfection. I’m always a huge fan of Albini’s productions, and for me “Brother in the Wind” is just a perfect song for me. All in we might disagree over the order, but I’m sure we can agree that High On Fire fuckin’ slay - one of(maybe the) best metal band around.

My favourite metal band and, at least for me, their sound is the ideal - the distillation of everything good about metal (broadly speaking). Raw but tuneful, heavy but capable of delicate passages, sloppy but tight - Fun. Anyway, Luminiferous all the way. And Blessed Black Wings as a personal favourite not because of the overall quality, but for introducing the band to me when I was a doofy teen.

Luminiferous, snakes, blessed, death, electric, cometh, myseriis, art, surrounded. Thanks for the list!

For me, my personal ranking would be: S tier: Death is This Communion, Electric Messiah, De Vermis Mysteriis A tier: Blessed Black Wings, Snakes for the Divine B tier: Surrounded by Thieves, Luminiferous C tier: The Art of Self Defense Need to check Cometh the Storm ASAP

Great work again!! Would love to see a Crowbar or eyehategod ranking…

Didnt expect your choices, but thats the besuty of opions. Blessed Black Wings, Death Is This Communion and Snakes are just....oh! Sensational! I do agree with the Cometh The Storm comparison to Death Is This Communion too. Very similar vibes, sounds strangly nostalgic. Cheers my dude

I really enjoyed this ranking! I will say, with “Art of Self Defense”, I find the comparison with Black Sabbath very interesting. Before High on Fire, Matt Pike was part of another band called Sleep, which also very much took cues from Black Sabbath. When Matt Pike went on to create his own band, it’s clear that he kept a ton of Sleep’s influence in the first album. Just compare “Art of Self Defense” to Sleep’s “Holy Mountain” and you can hear it easily. I’d chalk it up to the fact that he was just sticking with what he knew to get started. However, after that, he was able to distinguish himself, and I felt that all other albums had a very unique sound compared to the first, which I’m glad for. No one recreates the sound of rolling gravel quite like Matt Pike!

@kurtcostigan95

3 ай бұрын

The Sciences is a wonderful little reunion incorporating elements picked up along the way with HoF and Om. Holy Mountain is pure Sabbath worship but I love it.

❤ love your channel

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Art of self defense and surrounded by theives are by far the best

I love Snakes for The Divine immensely, but haven’t heard any of their other albums that connect with me

I put death is this communion and snakes for the Devine as perfection

Luminiferous is my favorite HoF album!!!!!🤘🎸🥁🔥

Definitely enjoyed this rundown. Fully agree that they just got better as the albums went on, though Blessed Black Wings was a barnburner when it came out haha. Any chance of a Melvins rundown? That would be an interesting band to see your take on everything.

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

I am way too far behind on Melvins to consider it right now

@doomusrlc

3 ай бұрын

@@MetalTrenches figured I'd ask haha. Would be curious your take on all their style shifts over the albums. But yea that would he a daunting task to do as a side video with all the normal stuff you go over haha. Hell even as a fan of the band, i'm behind by probably 12 years of albums myself 😆 There's just so much damn music and so little time lol

@flynnhale1243

3 ай бұрын

@@MetalTrenches please do a rank em all for and review for my dying bride a mortal binding please they are a legendery death doom band it needs to happen

I saw these guys at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach in 2006 I showed up at like midnight just to get a drink didn’t even know there was a band or cover charge that night and the bouncer let me in because they were almost finished and I was blown away I couldn’t believe how heavy they were been a fan ever since 🤘🏾 Wings was they’re newest record at the time so that one holds a special place in my heart plus the Judas Priest cover of RAPID FIRE on the vinyl SLAYYYYS

I've always gravitated to the early stuff, though HOF is always a reliable band. I just love that grimy stoner sound. Electric Messiah wasn't really the direction I was hoping for, but I love what I'm hearing from Cometh The Storm.

Wow

ELECTRIC MESSIAH THUNDER AND FIRE

@jonahc2807

3 ай бұрын

THUNDUH AN FIOUH!!!

You're at your best when you put albums people otherwise (feel obligated to) rank higher, or at the highest. Lots of bands you review, like Killswitch Engage, I'll listen to As Daylight Dies, and tbh, yeah, I go "meh." But you putting tiers below other albums I never heard not only propels me to listen to them but I am blown away by how I could have never have guessed they had such a wife variety of sound.

Chills down my spine when I hear Mike sing “The Black Pot”.

Queens,Kyuss? Have you ever listened to either before? How this conclusion was realized is what?

@MetalTrenches

2 ай бұрын

Yes. And I have ears.

Can you rank every Melvins album?

The early High on Fire stuff pre death is this communion is good its just recorded poorly. Death is This Communion should be at perfection. Everyone loved snakes for the divine but I felt it was missing something and I cant put my finger on it, its still good.

@smote_his_ruin

3 ай бұрын

The first 3 songs on Snakes are just so good they overshadow the rest of the album imo

@SteveDave5763

3 ай бұрын

@@smote_his_ruin yeah that’s the problem with that record. It’s not a bad problem it just is

@lamentate07

3 ай бұрын

The sound isn't good either to me. Too sterile. Frost Hammer hits hard though.

@SteveDave5763

3 ай бұрын

@@lamentate07 agreed

Got electric messiah for $5 at a metal festival last year. Haven't listen to it much. Only other album I have is snakes for the devine.

Fellow fans might also dig the new HORNDAL & BLACK TUSK records

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

Good suggestions

Here's mine today, it could change a lot tomorrow. 9. The Art of Self Defense 8. Snakes for the Divine 7. Surrounded by Thieves 6. Electric Messiah 5. Cometh the Storm 4. Blessed Black Wings 3. De Vermis Myseriis 2. Luminiferous 1. Death is this Communion

You always gotta love a band that just gets stronger with age. It would be easy to just put out more of the same old shit and just let the legacy carry you, that's why I respect the fuck out of these guys and bands like Converge and Napalm Death who still decide to go hard as fuck

Nothing wrong with any High on Fire album.

Matt + Pike = Mike

Maaan, no love for To Cross the Bridge? Haha..good ranking otherwise!

Matt Pike wasn’t Sleeps drummer. 😅

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

*Releases content celebrating a band we both like Reaction: “I should nitpick the one little detail in the video where he misspoke just like everyone does sometimes.” People are so strange…

Mike? Mike Patt?

So glad seeing this

My favorite thing about High on Fire: *You can actually hear the bass.*

Went to high on fire and crowbar at the orpheum when it was in ybor City. After crowbar Kirk comes out and says y'all put into your plugs they're really fucking loud. No shit dude it's high on fire.

Blessed Black Wings is the GOAT

My dying bride albums ranked?

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

I'm not a big fan of doom, but Forgemaster Metal Reviews are planning to do one.

Did you know that you repeatedly refer to Matt Pike as “Mike” in this video?

@MetalTrenches

2 ай бұрын

Sometimes my brain no work good

Are you really going to wear that??

You seem new to the band, and you've heard the last few 😅

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

I've never understood this mentality of devaluing someone's subjective opinion based on assumptions. You like what you like, I like what I like... We both like the band. That should be the main takeaway. Why start war with allies?

Your pronunciations are killing me.

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

Good

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

Good

Been a fan since Jerusalem came out and saw HoF since the beginning. With their debut I saw them in Rotterdam and after that…many time. I can say one thing: this list is shit! I think 99% of the HoF fans will agree. Their best albums were: Snake, DitC and their debut. Whem the debut came out -during the peak of the stoner thing- that album was so unique. Kinda stoner metal. Noting else sounded like that. Their best by far is Death is this Communion. Everyone knows dude.

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

Imagine how boring it would be if everyone towed the line and just shared the exact same opinion. Pike would HATE that world. If you think someone’s opinion is “shit” or incorrect… it’s not me who is misunderstanding the music…

@petermoes1668

3 ай бұрын

@@MetalTrenches yeah you're right. I got a bit carried away

I’ve tried to get into them, but they are boring to me.

@fclefjefff4041

3 ай бұрын

I’m dying to know what kind of garbage you listen to

@Agalloch1234

3 ай бұрын

@@fclefjefff4041 Garbage better than High On Fire

@krysvalkyrion8252

3 ай бұрын

​@@fclefjefff4041same thoughts here

What's wrong with your face?????

@MetalTrenches

3 ай бұрын

💀

lol such bullshit

I've seen them live a few times, and yes it's the fuckin shit. Just caught Pike in Portland with his side project, and damn. Just as great

Preston also did Earth's first EP and his own project Thrones. He also was in Sunn O))) for a brief time. Drone metal legend.

@shillian4770

3 ай бұрын

dudes been in a lot of cool shit but has thrown every one of his opportunities away because he was too damn lazy