''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 1999. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, also plays guitar for doom metal band Sleep. High on Fire won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Metal P ...

, 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 producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for hardcore punk band Converge and for his prolific recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early an ...

, and it serves as a tribute to

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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

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. It is the band's last album with founding drummer

Des Kensel High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1999. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, also plays guitar for doom metal band Sleep. High on Fire won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Metal Perfo ...

, who announced his departure in July 2019.

Background

In July 2018, a few months after High on Fire frontman

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's other primary band,

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, 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 *

– 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