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High on Fire

High on Fire is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mastodon, Sleep, Converge and Flames. Those roots explain a lot about how High on Fire arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sleep, Church of Misery, Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar and Clutch, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mono, Opeth, Nachtmystium, Mastodon and Dethklok, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around High on Fire, reaching back through Mastodon and forward to Mono. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1998. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, also played guitar for Sleep. High on Fire won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance with their song "Electric Messiah". The band has released nine studio albums, with their newest, Cometh the Storm, released in 2024.

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High on Fire connections

High on Fire grew out of Mastodon, Sleep, Converge and Flames, shares an orbit with Sleep, Church of Misery, Corrosion of Conformity and Crowbar, went on to shape Mono, Opeth, Nachtmystium and Mastodon. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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