Sleep's Holy Mountian

Sleep | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Earache Records
• ASIN: B00000583F
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,150 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for all the Sabbath heads., March 20, 2005

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Parkansky "MERP" (Morehead, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sleep's Holy Mountian (Audio CD)

For all the Black Sabbath fans who loved Master Of Reality, this is for you. All the songs are groove-heavy stoner jams with some brilliant riffs. Dragonaut sounds like Sabbath circa 1971. Get this now if you love old-school doom.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars probably the best sabbath rehash i've ever heard, October 17, 2004

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E. Roberts "ia" (Canton, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleep's Holy Mountian (Audio CD)

and that's quite what it is, but with a bigger sounds that leans more towards the metal spectrum than rock in terms of rock and heavyness.

the vocals are real gruff but intelligible like a rough bellow or a strong shout there's a fair amount of 'singing' which sounds great as well. the lyrics are spacey and stick with the themes of the songs(flying into the sun, riding dragons, stoner caravans, etc.) both fit the music very well.

the music sounds like black sabbath, but with a stronger emphasis on their heavier nature. if you liked volume four, and like a lot of fans of heavy music, you probably want more. this album takes what vol.4 did and runs with it, and as a huge fan of sabbath, i couldn't be happier.

sometimes i think it would be nice if the music had a bigger production, like that of high on fire's art of self-defense(matt pike's new band, if you like sleep and venom go check them out) or dopesmoker. it would be absolutely killer.

as it is, the sound isn't horrible, you can hear everything fine and it doesn't really detract from the experience, it just makes me wonder how much better it could've been with a 'proper' sound.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic!, September 21, 2007

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Jason R. Hood - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleep's Holy Mountian (Audio CD)

This is a classic in every sense of the word. Sleep was one of those bands that had a heavy influence on most of todays fuzzed out stoner rock. Matt Pike has went on to form High on Fire which are good to but in my opinion Sleep was better. Holy mountain has a wicked sound, and it's slow as hell. They have huge build ups until they drag in a riff that will melt your speakers.The Orange amps they used give this release a distinct sound. This album is worth every penny.