''Electric Messiah'' is the eighth studio album by American metal band

High on Fire High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1998. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, also plays guitar for Sleep. High on Fire won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance with thei ...

, released on October 5, 2018, through

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. It is the band's third album to be produced by

Kurt Ballou Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974) is an American musician and record producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for metalcore band Converge and for his recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early and pe ...

, and it serves as a tribute to

Lemmy Kilmister Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy Kilmister or simply Lemmy, was a British musician. He was the founder, lead vocalist, bassist and primary songwriter of the metal band Motörhead, of which he ...

of the band

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. On August 6, 2018, ''Electric Messiahs title track was released early for streaming. On October 3, 2018, the band released "Spewn from the Earth" as the album's second single. The song "Electric Messiah" won the

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at the 2019 Grammy Awards. 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 Matthew Lance Pike (born June 3, 1972) is an American musician best known as the guitarist of stoner metal, stoner/doom metal band Sleep (band), Sleep and the vocalist and guitarist of High on Fire. With High on Fire, Pike won the 2019 Grammy Aw ...

's other primary band,

Sleep Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain Sensory nervous system, sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there is a marked decrease in muscle activity and interactions with th ...

, released its comeback album, ''Electric Messiah'' was announced. Pike called it "the best album we've ever done, by far", and described its flow as "one stream of High on Fire consciousness".

Track listing

Personnel

High on Fire *

– lead vocals, guitars *Jeff Matz – bass, backing vocals *Des Kensel – drums, backing vocals Technical personnel *

– production

Accolades

Awards

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** Best Metal Performance "Electric Messiah" by High on Fire

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2018 albums High on Fire albums Albums produced by Kurt Ballou