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High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis



8.1 | 200 votes |
Release date: 3 April 2012
Style: Sludge metal, Stoner metal

Owners:

199 have it
23 want it


01. Serums Of Liao
02. Bloody Knuckles
03. Fertile Green
04. Madness Of An Architect
05. Samsara [feat. Kurt Ballou]
06. Spiritual Rites [feat. Ashley Redshaw]
07. King Of Days
08. De Vermis Mysteriis
09. Romulus And Remus
10. Warhorn [feat. Kurt Ballou]
11. Speak In Tongues [Japanese bonus]

The Best Sludge / Stoner Metal Album Of 2012

Staff review by
Doc G.
Rating:
9.0
Here's something not many bands can pull off; 6 albums, none of which suck. While there's not too much re-imagining going on here, it definitely seems like High On Fire have found a nice little crossroads of all their best aspects. In fact, De Vermis Mysteriis makes a lot of their previous recordings almost sound like beta testing.

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published 17.04.2012 | Comments (70)

Nothing fancy here. The band that put the POWAH! in power trio, High On Fire, are back with another pummeling album featuring dalekian vocals, pounding drums, pummeling guitar and bass riffs, and Matt Pike's frenetic solos. Tracks like "Spiritual Rites" and "Serums Of Liao" are the sonic equivalent of a bar room brawl. Enjoy.

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23.02.2012 - 23:54
Nekrokvltist
Account deleted
Do fuckin' want.
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24.02.2012 - 00:57
Rating: 8
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
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Written by [user id=105265] on 23.02.2012 at 23:54

Do fuckin' want.


agree. fired up about this one.
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24.02.2012 - 01:11
Rating: 8
LordFezzington
Lost To Apathy
Yes please! Snakes was the album of 2010 for me - so expecting big things.
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24.02.2012 - 02:08
Rating: 7
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
This should be good
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24.02.2012 - 05:52
Rating: 9
btbamfan20
Haha thats awesome, we all have the same reaction to this news, TOKE!!!
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24.02.2012 - 05:56
bloodwrage
Pagan Angel
Hopefully Pike writes more for this album. Snakes wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good either.
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24.02.2012 - 10:11
EW
Toke indeed.
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24.02.2012 - 21:10
Nekrokvltist
Account deleted
Written by BitterCOld on 24.02.2012 at 00:57
agree. fired up about this one.

So fired up you had to say it three times?
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24.02.2012 - 22:29
Rating: 8
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
Admin
Written by [user id=105265] on 24.02.2012 at 21:10

Written by BitterCOld on 24.02.2012 at 00:57
agree. fired up about this one.

So fired up you had to say it three times?


seems my laptop was three times as fired up as i was!
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25.02.2012 - 01:54
Rating: 7
afu
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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26.02.2012 - 09:18
Rating: 10
Doc G.
Full Grown Hoser
Staff
Stoked.

Though, admittedly, I'm not too keen on that cover artwork.
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28.02.2012 - 22:16
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Written by Doc G. on 26.02.2012 at 09:18

Though, admittedly, I'm not too keen on that cover artwork.

neither am I, I was expecting a little more... colour.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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29.02.2012 - 19:33
Rating: 7
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
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29.02.2012 - 22:05
Rating: 7
afu
Fertile Green: http://youtu.be/DX4yy3TwdvM
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09.03.2012 - 23:09
Rating: 10
Doc G.
Full Grown Hoser
Staff
Fertile Green doesn't sound really all that good. The main riff (when audible) feels extremely recycled from "Waste Of Tiamat". I'm not so much into this mixing where everything is cranked, leaving no room for any of the subtleties they threw into their previous albums. Some people like that, not so much myself.

The more that is revealed about this album, the less optimistic I become.
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31.03.2012 - 04:03
Rating: 8
The Benighted
Oh god. This is fucking ridiculous. The production is finally back on after the lackluster affair from the previous release (Snakes for the Divine) and the riffs are some of the best the band has ever put forward to record. This is one to hear, folks.
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Learn to adapt to the change, or get washed away like tears in the rain.
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06.04.2012 - 00:55
Rating: 8
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
Admin
Listened to it maybe half a dozen times or so over the last two days and really like it a lot. might be up there with "Death Is This Communion" as my High On Favorite.
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08.04.2012 - 09:57
Rating: 7
afu
The solo in King Of Days is pure awesomeness.
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09.04.2012 - 08:23
strade
I should probably listen to this.
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10.04.2012 - 21:19
Rating: 10
MyNameJeff
This rocks my head off
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18.04.2012 - 00:43
Rating: 10
Doc G.
Full Grown Hoser
Staff
Written by Doc G. on 09.03.2012 at 23:09

Fertile Green doesn't sound really all that good. The main riff (when audible) feels extremely recycled from "Waste Of Tiamat". I'm not so much into this mixing where everything is cranked, leaving no room for any of the subtleties they threw into their previous albums. Some people like that, not so much myself.

The more that is revealed about this album, the less optimistic I become.

Hey pal, go fuck yourself. This is awesome.
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18.04.2012 - 01:29
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Doc G. on 18.04.2012 at 00:43

Written by Doc G. on 09.03.2012 at 23:09

Fertile Green doesn't sound really all that good. The main riff (when audible) feels extremely recycled from "Waste Of Tiamat". I'm not so much into this mixing where everything is cranked, leaving no room for any of the subtleties they threw into their previous albums. Some people like that, not so much myself.

The more that is revealed about this album, the less optimistic I become.

Hey pal, go fuck yourself. This is awesome.


Hehehehe I was wondering about your comment and not a 8 or a 9 but a friggin 10 next to it. Seems like it's a grower.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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23.04.2012 - 19:53
Rating: 9
PocketMetal
I don't like it when they slow things down , I need more listens to rate it , anyway : Respect High On Fire
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08.05.2012 - 22:00
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Wow,

Tasty! I don't know why I put off listening to these guys for so long.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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03.06.2012 - 22:25
Rating: 10
mes
Written by Boxcar Willy on 08.05.2012 at 22:00

Wow,

Tasty! I don't know why I put off listening to these guys for so long.


... fuck yeah.

ALSO may i just reiterate that King of Days is a prime-time, class-a, bona fide, earthquake causing, prefix-attaching motherfucking ROAD GRADER of a track. My highlight of 2012 so far. Yes i am easily pleased, and yes it feels great thank you
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24.06.2012 - 14:37
Rating: 6
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Written by afu on 08.04.2012 at 09:57

The solo in King Of Days is pure awesomeness.


Agree. "KIng of Days" is a beast.
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25.10.2013 - 13:58
Rating: 3
Lustful Maid
Listening to this album made me felt like drinking a full glass of ketch-up while eating french fries.
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26.10.2013 - 20:08
Lit.
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Written by Lustful Maid on 25.10.2013 at 13:58

Listening to this album made me felt like drinking a full glass of ketch-up while eating french fries.

Then why'd you give it a three?
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26.10.2013 - 21:24
Rating: 3
Lustful Maid
Written by [user id=101272] on 26.10.2013 at 20:08

Written by Lustful Maid on 25.10.2013 at 13:58

Listening to this album made me felt like drinking a full glass of ketch-up while eating french fries.

Then why'd you give it a three?

Because I puked up french fries due to the full glass of ketch-up.
(frankly the overwhelming pretentious bass rhythms really brought down the credits of all the good structures of other member's efforts)
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26.10.2013 - 22:12
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Written by Lustful Maid on 26.10.2013 at 21:24

Because I puked up french fries due to the full glass of ketch-up.
(frankly the overwhelming pretentious bass rhythms really brought down the credits of all the good structures of other member's efforts)


Wimp.

It's the same thing High on Fire been releasing in the last decade. It's a good album and evidently, it's not your taste. Maybe you should try Sleep first, they're a little more accessible and easy to listen to.
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