#Chris Hakius

[nofatclips]

Hot Lava Man by Sleep b/w Dopesmoker

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FROM THE VERY DEPTHS OF THE '90s HEAVY ROCK UNDERGROUND -- ONLY ON EARACHE RECORDS.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on a vintage tee design for "SLEEP's Holy Mountain," the second album by American stoner/DOOM metal band, SLEEP, released in late 1992 and early 1993 respectively under the then leading UK extreme music label, Earache Records. Sleeve artwork by Robert Klem.

"Far within the oaken tower, Exists the one with evil power, Magic channeler of Earth's frustration, The Druid sleeps in meditation."

-- "The Druid" (1992) by SLEEP

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3350441722592759819.

[metalkilltheking]

1999. Dopesmoker

Jerusalem and Dopesmoker are two versions of the third album by the band Sleep. The former title was released in 1999 by The Music Cartel and the latter was released by Tee Pee Records in 2003. The music for these albums comprises an extended hour-length piece (either split into multiple shorter tracks or presented as a single track), developed over four years and recorded in 1996 under the auspices of Sleep's label at the time, London Records.

Dopesmoker is an album few bands are afforded to make. Consisting of an hour plus long song it's a large deviation from the format of the very successful Holy Mountain.

For those willing to open their minds to a little experimentation in the metal realm it can be a hugely rewarding listen. However it's understandable that some people dismiss this album as overindulgent, overlong and boring.

For me it's the soundtrack to the journey that your mind will take you on, through the desert of monolithic rock and a caravan of `weedians' travelling to the holy land. Let your mind fill in the imagery and enjoy the heaviness that beams from the guitars and the groove of the drums. The repetitiveness of the riffs offers a kind of meditation to the song with breaks and deviations to stop it getting too repetitive.

Al Cisneros Matt Pike Chris Hakius

[slashdementia7734]

Sleep

Britannia Arms

Cupertino, CA

(hella long time ago)

[tombofgod]

[guerrilla-operator]

[rainingmusic]

OM - At Giza 

[brandex]

Sleep.

Been feeling them a lot lately.

[newplaces2drown]

All cover art variations by Arik Roper and Doug Ebright for Dopesmoker A.K.A. Jerusalem by Sleep.

1998, 1999, 2003, 2012

[nofatclips]

Unedited version of Dopesmoker by Sleep

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

CHRIS -- MATT -- AL... STAY HEAVY IN '92.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on close-up back & front T-shirt designs for "SLEEP's Holy Mountain," of the power trio itself and their band name, c. 1992-'93, officially printed for Earache Records. Sleeve art by Robert Klem. From the private collection of @g2desu in Osaka, Japan.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3350441722592759819.

[bullheadroadbull]

[doom-ocean]

RIP Chris Hakius' drums

[slashdementia7734]

Sleep, Venice, Italy 1992.

[oldcronedoom76]

THE legends in my book for sure!!...smoke and crank it!!!