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New High on Fire Video "Frost Hammer"

Local metal gods High on Fire released a bad-ass little video for their single "Frost Hammer" today. The clip involves snakes and swords, lava and lightning, Jesus and the Devil, and a shirtless Matt Pike, the frontman with a growl to level lesser shredders. Or, more succinctly, in the words of t ... More >>

High on Fire polishes its metal weaponry

Local metal gods High on Fire released a bad-ass little video for their single "Frost Hammer" today. The clip involves snakes and swords, lava and lightning, Jesus and the Devil, and a shirtless Matt Pike, the frontman with a growl to level lesser shredders. Or, more succinctly, in the words of t ... More >>

Last Night: Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire

​Metalocalypse Tour with Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire Nov. 21, 2009 San Jose State Event Center Better than: Getting your ass whupped by Glenn Danzig's cartoon twin. It takes a pretty stellar concert lineup to coax even the most fanatical San Francisco music fan all the way to S ... More >>

High on Fire Prepping New Album

​Oakland metalheads High on Fire are hard at work on a new collection of music that frontman Matt Pike promises will share with the masses "the dark seas of our new riffs and tragic stories." Next month they hit the studio to record their fifth album, working with producer Greg Fidelman (Metallica ... More >>

Metal on Fire

​Oakland metalheads High on Fire are hard at work on a new collection of music that frontman Matt Pike promises will share with the masses "the dark seas of our new riffs and tragic stories." Next month they hit the studio to record their fifth album, working with producer Greg Fidelman (Metallica ... More >>

Noise Pop Preview: Film fest spotlights a headbutter, headbangers, and Hollywood punks

​Oakland metalheads High on Fire are hard at work on a new collection of music that frontman Matt Pike promises will share with the masses "the dark seas of our new riffs and tragic stories." Next month they hit the studio to record their fifth album, working with producer Greg Fidelman (Metallica ... More >>

Bay Area metal dominates the nation

​Oakland metalheads High on Fire are hard at work on a new collection of music that frontman Matt Pike promises will share with the masses "the dark seas of our new riffs and tragic stories." Next month they hit the studio to record their fifth album, working with producer Greg Fidelman (Metallica ... More >>

CD Review: High on Fire - Death Is This Communion

​Oakland metalheads High on Fire are hard at work on a new collection of music that frontman Matt Pike promises will share with the masses "the dark seas of our new riffs and tragic stories." Next month they hit the studio to record their fifth album, working with producer Greg Fidelman (Metallica ... More >>

High on Fire

Death Is This Communion (Relapse)

Voyage to Infinity

Om channels the sounds of the universe

Kalas

S/T

Heady Metal

S/T

Award Show Guide

Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

Flame On

Having conquered the Bay Area, Oakland metal monolith High on Fire sets its sights on the entire nation

House Of Tudor

The heavenly Mediæval Bæbes, the earthy Manic Hispanics, and the Sabians, who are somewhere in between