Death Is This Communion

High On Fire
Relapse Records
General | Oct 2007

Reviews

Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2007-10-12
Crushing, ultra-heavy metal from Oakland. You might know that this band features Matt Pike (Asbestos Death, Sleep) on Lemmy-ish vocals and axe, Jeff Matz (Zeke) on bass and Des Kensel on drums. If you wanna what metal sounds like in 2007 – start here. 4 albums in and they just keep getting more intense.

(((((1)))))) Incredible “soon to be classic” intro moves to an amazing build up then fast & rockin’ sound.
((((2)))) Strummy intro, serious heavy riff, dense low end & deep vox
(((((3)))) Bassy, thunderous, doomy & has a catchy chorus
(((((4)))))) Strummy, loose psych interlude with a Middle Eastern sound. Far out!
((((((5))))) Massive barrage into a perfectly structured mix of riffs & vox. “Waaaaooooo!”
(((((6))))) Drum solo! And damn this is good! Never mind the “YYZ”.
(((((7))))) Riff, riff, crush, crush, repeat. Oüh!
((((((8))))) Huuuuuge riffs. If Godzilla walked the earth – this would follow in it’s footsteps
((((9)))) Acoustic intro then a few gargantuan riffs. Awesome!
(((((10))))) Epic & metal and metal & epic
(((((((11)))))) Holy crap! Another huge sounding song with muscular riffs and an epic vibe. The travel from point A to point B really pays off.

Recent airplay

Death Is This Communion
Some Songs Without WordsMar 26, 2024
Return To Nod
Some Songs Without WordsNov 20, 2023
Fury Whip
public noize racketDec 02, 2009
Fury Whip
public noize racketNov 11, 2009
Fury Whip
Return To Nod, Headhunter
On The WarpathFeb 02, 2008

Charting

2007-10-14 — 2007-12-16 Loud
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 16 3
Dec 9 4
Nov 25 1
Nov 18 4
Nov 11 2
Nov 4 1
Oct 28 5
Oct 21 6

Track listing

1. Fury Whip
2. Waste Of Tiamat
3. Death Is The Communion
4. Khanrad's Wall
5. Turk
6. Headhunter
7. Rumors Of War
8. Dii
9. Cyclopian Scape
10. Ethereal
11. Return To Nod