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SleepBIOGRAPHY Sleep (1990-1998, 2009-2019, 2022-present): a Stoner Metal band from San Jose, California, USA. A merican stoner metal/doom metal band Sleep was started in San Jose, California from the ashes of Asbestosdeath by guitarist Matt Pike and bassist/vocalist Al Cisneros who have been the only constant members throughout the band's history. The band released their debut album, Volume One, in 1991 under the membership of Luke Cisneros (bass/vocals), Matt Pike (guitars/vocals), Justin Marler (guitars/vocals) and Chris Hakius (drums). Soon after the debut, Marler left and was not replaced by the time the EP Volume 2 was released in 1992. Sleep gained wider attention with their next albums, Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) and Jerusalem (1998), as a three-piece. However, conflict with the band's record company contributed to their breakup by the end of the decade with their Dopesmoker (2003) released after the band's dissolution; all three albums becomming acclaimed as doom metal and stoner metal classics. Dopesmoker was modelled exactly like it's predecessor Jerusalem (1998) by featuring a self-title song for nearly the entire album, the second album, however, offering a 9 minute live track Sonic Titan (live) as well. Read All... ⏬ It is interesting to note that when Sleep released Jerusalem as an "official bootleg". One year later, the album was given an official legitimate release by 'The Music Cartel' label in the US and 'Rise Above Records' in Europe. In 2003 the original version of Dopesmoker was officially released by 'Tee Pee Records' to become generally considered the definitive version of the album. The band reformed in 2009 to release The Sciences (2018) under the membership of Al Cisneros (bass/vocals), Matt Pike (guitars) and new drummer Jason Roeder of Neurosis fame. During the band's break up between 1998 and 2003 Matt Pike went on to form High on Fire, while Al Cisneros and Chris Hakius formed Om. Read Less... ⏫ ** This article is also available on our official app.
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