Dopesmoker is a Metal album by Sleep, originally released in 2003. On Gatefold: 64 pressings tracked, owned by 82 collectors.
About
The real feat of 1996’s “Dopesmoker” isn’t its glacial heft or athletic, hour-long runtime, but the way it continuously shifts while seeming to stand in place. Though Sleep had grown out of California’s doom- and stoner-rock scene, the San Jose band’s fruits have more in common with religious chant or minimalist composition: steady, deep, inherently psychedelic. And while framing weed as a spiritual pursuit is funny (“Drop out of life with bong in hand”), the album’s overall mood foregrounded a reverence and almost monastic focus implied in heavy music going back to Black Sabbath. From sunn O))) to Boris to the profound voids of bands like The Body, <i>Dopesmoker</i> is where modern extreme metal was born.
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Tracklist
- 1Dopesmoker (2022 Remastered Version)63:29
- 2Hot Lava Man8:25
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Doom Metal
- heavy
- hypnotic
- psychedelic
Pressing information for Southern Lord reissues:
Sleep-Dopesmoker 2xLP 180 gram vinyl
1st press:
1,000 Picture LPs
1,500 Black
3,500 Kelly Green
2,000 Clear
2nd press:
4,000 Translucent Dark Purple
1,000 Translucent Blue
3rd press:
2,000 Hasheeshian
2,600 Indica
4th press:
3,000 Black
1,000 Clear Green
5th press:
4,000 Black/Green
6th press:
3,000 Sativa
2,000 Record Store Day Surprise (Picture Disc)
7th press:
300 Silver (Southern Lord 20th Anniversary)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Al CisnerosBASS BASS, VOCALS SONGWRITER , BASS, VOCALS
- Chris HakiusDRUMS SONGWRITER , DRUMS
- Matt PikeGUITAR SONGWRITER , GUITAR
82 collectors on Gatefold own this · 64 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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