Album
Blessed Black Wings
2005 · Rock
20 collectors on Gatefold own this
Blessed Black Wings is a Metal album by High On Fire, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 31 pressings tracked, owned by 20 collectors.
About
Blessed Black Wings is High on Fire's third studio album. It was released on February 1st, 2005, on Relapse Records. The album was recorded at Electrical Audio, Chicago, Illinois, and engineered by Steve Albini. It would be the only album with Joe Preston on bass, who would later be replaced by Jeff Matz. The tracks "The Face of Oblivion" and "Cometh Down Hessian" are based on stories by horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness and The Hound, respectively. The vinyl version was released as a double LP and contains a bonus track, "Rapid Fire", originally by Judas Priest. Blessed Black Wings was voted 48th in the '50 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century' by Kerrang! magazine.
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Tracklist
- 1Devilution4:46
- 2The Face of Oblivion6:36
- 3Brother In the Wind5:40
- 4Cometh Down Hessian5:14
- 5Blessed Black Wings7:43
- 6Anointing of Seer5:39
- 7To Cross the Bridge7:20
- 8Silver Back3:14
- 9Sons of Thunder7:12
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Sludge Metal
- heavy
- brooding
- occult
First Pressing:
100 Clear
500 Green
500 Clear Red
500 180 gram Black
Second Pressing:
300 180 gram Black
350 Yellow
350 Red/Yellow Mix
Third Pressing:
500 Black
500 Brown Opaque
500 Sea Foam Green Opaque
Fourth Pressing:
596 Green/Orange Split
981 Purple Oapque
Fifth Pressing:
1100 Orange and Swamp Green Merge with Gold Splatter Standard Gram
400 Swamp Green Standard Gram *Vinyl Me Please Exclusive* (Not available through Relapse.com)
Sixth Pressing:
1200 Swamp Green with Halloween Orange, Bronze and Red Splatter Standard Gram
300 Orange and Red Split with Black Splatter (Newbury Comics Exclusive)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Des KenselDRUMS PERFORMER, DRUMS
- Joe PrestonBASS PERFORMER, BASS
- Matt PikeGUITAR, VOCALS PERFORMER, GUITAR, VOCALS
20 collectors on Gatefold own this · 31 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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