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Sleep - Dopesmoker: 2012 Re-Issue

Sleep remains one of the mythical heavy metal or “stoner rock” bands to garner a cult following but never actually ‘made it’ due to constant struggle with every Record label they’ve been signed to. The band’s success isn’t measured in platinum Album sales, but by the enormous influence they’ve had on generations of musicians since their debut album “Volume One” was released on Tupelo Records in 1991. Sleep’s sludge-laden riffs, fuzzed out distortion and swampy rhythms hark back to a time when a band wasn’t judged on hit singles but how they wielded a groove. The centerpiece of the Sleep catalogue is undoubtedly their infamous swan song album “Dopesmoker”, which immortalized them to fans around the world and ultimately caused their demise. After Sleep split up, the members went on to form modern seminal underground rock acts High on Fire and Om.



There’s been massive rumors swirling around “Dopesmoker” for over ten years, but in the documentary “Such Hawks Such Hounds”, all three members of Sleep cleared any controversy surrounding the record. “Dopesmoker” was originally released on London Records (the home of The Rolling Stones for years) and Sleep was considered to be the label’s big hit into the world of alternative rock music. Lead vocalist Matt Pike and the other members of the band saw their major label debut as an opportunity to create a monstrous magnum opus that the world could remember them by, however what came out of the band’s two month long recording session was one hour-long song, much to the label’s dismay because they couldn’t find a hit single.
The label remixed the album and cut it down to fifty-two minutes in hopes that it might make “Dopesmoker” more commercially viable and then released it under the title “Jerusalem”. The band was confused over the release of the record as were fans who speculated as to whether the album would ever be released as the band intended. There have been many bootleg versions flying around the internet and among tape traders, but now Southern Lord records (owned by Scott Wino of St. Vitus and Spirit Caravan) re-released “Dopesmoker” in all of its unholy glory.



Any fan of stoner rock searching for the mysterious “Dopesmoker” album will find it available in stores and online this month. The Southern Lord re-issue of “Dopesmoker” is the only authorized version of the album in its entirety, uncut in its original mix by producer Billy Anderson (The Melvins, Neurosis). This version of “Dopesmoker” also includes an eleven minute live version of the title track from Sleep’s other breakthrough record “Holy Mountain”. Anyone seeking Sleep’s masterpiece that forever carved them into the legend of underground American rock and roll can finally hear the completed version in its rugged, raw and reckless beauty. Fans can also catch Sleep playing a few festival dates this summer so keep your eyes peeled now that this celebrated band is back on the road.

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