High on Fire have announced a new album, Electric Messiah. It marks the group’s first album since 2015’s Luminiferous. They have also shared the album’s title track. In a statement, Matt Pike said the song is inspired by Mötörhead’s late frontman Lemmy: “The song is me telling the world that I could never fill Lemmy’s shoes because Lemmy’s Lemmy. I wanted to pay homage to him in a great way.” Listen below (via NPR). Electric Messiah is due out October 5 via eOne.
The band will tour throughout the rest of the year. Check out their itinerary below, and find tickets here.
Earlier this year, Matt Pike released a new album with Sleep, The Sciences. It was one of Pitchfork’s Best Metal Albums of 2018 (So Far).
High on Fire:
08-09 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-10 Ypres, Belgium - Ieperfest
08-11 Sinzendorf, Germany - Void Fest
08-12 Budapest, Hungary - Durer Kert
08-17-19 Las Vegas, NV - Psycho Las Vegas
08-30-09-02 Cookeville, TN - Muddy Roots Music Festival
09-02 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel - Heavy Mountain Music and Beer Fest
09-30 Poznan, Poland - U Bazyla #
10-01 Warsaw, Poland - Proxima #
10-02 Leipzig, Germany - UT Connewitz #
10-03 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik #
10-04 Breda, Netherlands - Mezz Jupiler Zaal #
10-06-07 Los Angeles, CA - Adult Swim Festival
10-08 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy 2 #
10-09 Dublin, Ireland - Tivoli
10-10 Belfast, Ireland - Limelight 2 #
10-12 Birmingham, England - Pebble Mill #
10-14 Bristol, England - SWX #
10-15 London, England - The Dome #
10-16 Paris, France - La Machine du Moulin Rouge #
11-02 Dallas, TX - Canton Hall ^
11-03 Austin, TX - Mohawk ^
11-04 New Orleans, LA - Southport Music ^
11-06 Tampa, FL - The Orpheum ^
11-07 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade ^
11-09 Washington, D.C. - Black Cat ^
11-10 Richmond, VA - The National ^&
11-11 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw ^
11-12 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
11-13 Boston, MA - Paradise ^
11-15 Chicago, IL - Metro ^
11-17 Denver, CO - Oriental Theater ^
11-18 Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall ^
11-20 Portland, OR - BossaNova Ballroom ^
11-21 Seattle, WA - Showbox - The Market ^
11-23 Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades ^
11-24 Berkeley, CA - UC Theater ^
# with Enslaved
^ with Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust, and Haunt
& with Gwar
