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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
2005 studio album by High on Fire
Blessed Black Wings heavy metal band High on Fire . It would be the only with Joe Preston on bass who would be replaced by Jeff Matz.
The tracks "The Face of Oblivion" and "Cometh Down Hessian" are based on stories by horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft , At the Mountains of Madness The Hound Judas Priest .
Blessed Black Wings was voted 48th in the '50 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century' by Kerrang!
Reception [ edit ]
Blessed Black Wings was released to positive reception. Critics in particular praised Steve Albini 's production of the album, with criticism mainly being pointed towards Matt Pike 's vocals. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic acknowledged Pike's appreciation of Celtic Frost noting the influence of the band in the closing instrumental "Sons of Thunder".[1] PopMatters praised the album for being more listener-friendly akin to Neurosis 's The Eye of Every Storm Motörhead , Slayer , and Entombed .[3] Blessed Black Wings and its sharper and more agile sound will appeal to fans of Mastodon 's Leviathan [2]
Accolades [ edit ]
Year
Publication
Country
Accolade
Rank
2011
Terrorizer United States
"The Top 21 Relapse Records"
18 [4]
2012
Stereogum United States
"The Top 20 Steve Albini-Produced Albums"
18 [5]
2016
Loudwire United States
"The 100 Best Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century"
73 [6]
2016
Metal Hammer United Kingdom
"The 10 Essential Sludge Metal Albums"
*
[7]
2016
Treblezine United States
"10 Essential Sludge Metal Albums"
*
[8]
2017
Rolling Stone United States
"The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time"
84 [9]
"* " denotes an unordered list.
Track listing [ edit ]
Title 1. "Devilution" 4:46 2. "The Face of Oblivion" 6:36 3. "Brother in the Wind" 5:40 4. "Cometh Down Hessian" 5:14 5. "Blessed Black Wings" 7:43 6. "Anointing of Seer" 5:39 7. "To Cross the Bridge" 7:20 8. "Silver Back" 3:14 9. "Sons of Thunder" 7:12
Vinyl bonus track Title 10. "Rapid Fire" (Judas Priest cover) 4:18
Personnel [ edit ]
Matt Pike – guitar, vocals
Des Kensel – drums
Joe Preston – bass
Greg Norman – AMP repair
Produced by Steve Albini and High on Fire
Engineered by Steve Albini
Assistant engineers – Russ Arbuthnot, Rob Vester
Mastered by John Golden
Visuals by Arik Roper
References [ edit ]
^ a b Begrand, Adrien (February 2005). "High on Fire: Blessed Black Wings" . PopMatters . Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
^ Yardley, Miranda. "The top 21 Relapse Records" . Terrorizer the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
^ Breihan, Tom (January 26, 2012). "The Top 20 Steve Albini-Recorded Albums" . Stereogum . Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
^ "THE 100 BEST HARD ROCK + METAL ALBUMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY" . Loudwire . Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
^ Chantler, Chris (October 12, 2016). "The 10 essential sludge metal albums" . Metal Hammer . Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
^ Terich, Jeff (September 15, 2016). "10 Essential Sludge Metal Albums" . Treblezine . Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
^ Epstein, Dan (June 21, 2017). "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
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