The riffs could maybe be a bit more interesting. Sleep are a band totally unlike any other and even if bearing some similar traits to other bands, their music is comepletely different. (Even though their names are on the front of this page I’ve made no attempt to learn them, incase they’ve got shitty normal-bloke sounding names like Steve, instead of righteous-superhuman-mystikal-Zen-motherfucker names of which I can’t think of right now) After this intro, you could be forgiven for forgetting what drums and bass actually sound like, which is great, because the rhythm section soon crunches in, and shave my knees and call me Mary if they aren’t the all time-greatest rhythm section you’ve ever heard. As with "Jerusalem", this is a deeply immersive work that relentlessly sinks you into its intensely focussed world: the first 10 or so minutes build up the deep driving bass-heavy grind and the solemn, gravel-edged yet intense and slightly aggressive robot vocals (suggestive of iron rimmed with rust) and it's only about the 15th minute that lead guitar breaks away for a brief hurried solo. This is one of the best stoner metal albums out there. The best way to experience Dopesmoker is along, in a darkr oom, with no other sounds. The priests have gathered to chant spells for the growth of the Earth. "Proceeds the Weedian, Nazareth". This is best enjoyed in a relaxed meditative state of mind. Just one look at the album makes it irresistible. It would be a safe assumption to say that for most of the music listening populous Sleep's opus, Dopesmoker, would be the musical equivalent of undergoing trephination while overdosing on Ambien, but for those with an open mind and a spliff it is nothing short of nirvana. Outer box was not damaged but the album sleeve itself has 2 dented corners, which was disappointing since I had planned to frame the cover. To be honest, this is the only band that in my opinion can be classified as pure stoner doom. Listening to Dopesmoker is like ripping bong hits during a slow motion sandstorm. But what I know it is is an ambitious musical creation that sinks in and and soaks your brain with these sounds and waves and words and it's just amazing. Whether the evolution is profound and striking in the case of the complex, or beautifully subtle, in the case of the minimal, there is always evolution. It makes everything that was originally great about Sleep even better. This has, like I said, probably less than 10. You will be glad you did. Some listeners here may find value in its droning as it attempts to create a trance-like atmosphere, but I’d rather hear something that is actually interesting. This bit is fuckin unreal, honestly. I'm trying to collect my thoughts as I'm listening and all I can muster are shouted newspaper headlines like "BACKWARDS ECHO SQUELCH GUITAR INTRO OCCURS". WITH BONG IN HAND” The song took years to perfect and release as DOPESMOKER. Reviews Sleep Dopesmoker (reissue) Cian O'Neill , June 12th, 2012 10:28 It's often difficult to muster excitement when you know what's going to happen, too, like when an unbound Lionel Messi is passed a football: "Well, he's going to mock physics", says God, chucks … His bass on this album doesn't have the effects on it that it did on Holy Mountain, but that's kind of a good thing. A single 62-minute song that is mostly one riff, and that riff is mostly one chord. Each riff is amazingly heavy and slow and sinister, and the cymbals are just like steak sauce on this (I know this word has been used many times before on other reviews, but it just fits) MONOLITHIC piece of music, if this song were a steak. The drummer does a decent job, as the song’s backbone, and his chaotic, all-over-the-place style is well0-suited to the music. The guitar lines are still pretty good, but definitely not as heavy as Dopesmoker. They ride on that riff for about 5 minutes, then we drop into a break, and what? Essential album for all fans of metal, stoner metal or not. There are little dynamics, change, evolution, whatever you want to call it, much less any buildup to an epic, exciting peak, on Dopesmoker. He keeps things simple on this album, veering off into something different, but always returning with the main riff to add the correct accent to the music. For an hour long epic, it's very easy to succinctly describe. You just hear one riff, think that one is amazing, then much later, you hear another one, completely forget the one you just heard and just fucking climax on that and the cycle continues. Drums come in eventually, and so does the bass. It's fucking epic, it's 60 minutes long dammit, it has to be epic. Needless to say, the record company didn't approve of what Sleep had layed down: a little more than an hour's worth of stoned jamming. I have found out that time has no meaning when I start spinning it. Goddamn, this is the best bit. And indeed he has, because the song is longer than an hour. They’re actually quite jazzy, and don’t seem out of place at all throughout this song. Not to mention his work on Om's first few albums. Well. It's a great album in itself. I first heard this album when I was in middle school and I loved it. Stellar. It's every time that Pike's guitar does it and it's every time that I cannot believe it. We still have Sonic Titan (live). It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Sleep's two-track epic "Dopesmoker" is nothing short of epic. 4 bucks. First off, it's boring. Deep bass riffs reassert their authority over the track and push listeners ever onward to the goal. The result? a riff change? An album that not only has to do with "sleep", not only actively wastes my time, is a tad ambitious, but is also an attentive listen. Read and write album reviews for Dopesmoker - Sleep on AllMusic The vocals which are just as gravely as the guitar and bass, the same vocals which have no form fitting in the composition and appear and vanish just the same. The bass drum is difficult to hear, and the snare has a strange, muted yet echoing quality, which likely ties to production. $75,000 was spent on this track all on Orange amplifiers and ganja when asked to make a more mainstream release. I’ve never tried listening to it on drugs, but here’s what I got from it anyway. This pressing has some of the prettiest cover artwork, and plays really clean. In my opinion, these are some of the best riffs and solos he's ever created. The vocals are deep and drawn-out sounding, a really trippy voice. Best viewed without Internet Explorer, in 1280 x 960 resolution or higher. A lot of people view the lyrics as corny but really they are full of originality and creativity, it describes a long, hazy, smoke filled trek that only the most open of minds can handle. That way you can enjoy Dopesmoker the way the Weedians would. Skip to pretty much any part of the song. It's like being annoyed at Napalm Death not attempting to write any epics, yknow? I will completely concur with the author of the review of "Jerusalem," who said that this song (heard here as Dopesmoker, in all its 63 minute glory) is certainly a love-it-or-hate-it affair. It's supposed to be trance inducing and hypnotic." Since receiving it, it's been played several times. It works too, the percussion perfectly in time with the guitars, the bass high in the mix, and the vocals booming over everything. Now I'm at 21 minutes. The latter isn't really part of the album in my opinion and should just be seen as a bonus. To write, arrange, and compose this piece takes so much patience, but listening to it takes no effort. It's not quite the transcendent album I thought it was 10 yaers ago, but it is still very very good, and you can see why people rave about it. No review found! It contains one sixty-three minute long song and one nearly ten minute long bonus song which was recorded live in the studio. Weed helps but it isn't necessary, it's an extremely immersive album, it is big and womb-warm and enveloping, it's has a thicker atmosphere than Venus, it's more cavernous than your mum's gine. Dopesmoker is a stoner metal music album recording by SLEEP released in 2003 on CD, LP/Vinyl and/or cassette. Sleep – Dopesmoker There’s nothing better than some good old fashioned Black Sabbath style stoner doom – and Sleep are the best of the best, even being hailed by Ozzy Osbourne himself as the band that sounds the closest to classic Sabbath that he’s ever heard – … This first riff is like the beginning of a journey, a slow and at first appearance painful ride through the desert. Close you eyes and concentrate on the music, let it guide your thoughts and let your mind explor eplaces you don't normally go. There are also solos that are spread out throughout this musical treasure chest. The Bay Area … There are a few parts between the 40th - 60th minute where the song seems to fade out but it always comes back in a VERY crushing way to drone on through the loneliness of the sand. But when I heard underground rumblings about Jerusalem and it's proposed 60 minute single song running time, I got a bit skeptical. Dopesmoker is a pilgrimage, an hour-long journey to the heart of the sand sea. Hardly anything new or stimulating happens throughout Dopesmoker’s bloated runtime, the most thrilling occurrence the switch between simple, forgettable riff to another forgettable riff. Note: allusions to the Bible don’t make you a lyrical genius. God...fucking...damn. Now go play that record, lying somewhere while your soul flyies with the stoner caravan. Long story short, I missed out on JERUSALEM's seemingly limited release and was forced to wonder for years what it sounded like. Get this, if you can find it. Sleep are stoner-doom gods and have been here since the late 80s. There is an inherent majesty implied in monolithic, which Dopesmoker thoroughly lacks. The vooooooooooocaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllls sooooooooooooooooound like thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis. His work on all of Sleep's albums, especially this one, are testaments to stamina and skill, and he's damn good at what he does. Dopesmoker as a song and as a record is one and only. Jerusalem may be heavier or have a muddier guitar tone, but I love the bass heavy feel of Dopesmoker. It is a masterpiece, it is art and it is a monolith. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2012 Green Translucent Vinyl release of Dopesmoker on Discogs. This song/album is the Holy Grail of stoner-doom, Sleep's Magnum Opus Jerusalem has been taken to the highest peaks of distortion with distinctly named oceanic riff sections, remarkable solos and basslines that will make you shiver. http://sleepsl.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://www.southernlord.com/releases/view/dopesmoker I’ll admit that this is a bit of a grower, folks; when I first bought it, the first couple times I heard Dopesmoker didn’t really do much for me. He throws in good beats, fills, and transitions smoothly. This certainly isn't a record for everyone. This album is damn heavy. The story makes this song and album even more interesting and adds a conceptual feel to it, so those who say it is boring are idiotic. Sleep and their splinter groups all share the same sonic approach: detune the hell out your guitars, fire up all of your distortion pedals at once, and grind out filthy, hypnotic post-thrash metal. The lyrics of the whole journey are what really complements the experience. It’s just a struggle to get through the entire song. Dopesmoker as a song and as a record is one and only. The Sun is rising. His riffs on Dopesmoker are colossal, gargantuan affairs. I found it. I most certainly do. Our three pothead friends, whose band is called Sleep, have since been vindicated. He truly is underrated in my opinion. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 November 2016. His vocals are also different from Holy Mountain, being less of a relaxed chant, and more of a booming howl. This disc is a must have for stoner rock fans. Lots of vocals, but they don't start until 20 minutes in (I'm discounting the live song on here -- it's a great song, but sounds like it was recorded by someone with a cassette recorder under their jacket). Anyway, who needs genres when you got Sleep? Classic stoner metal. I had expected it would go off on another level and the musicians (and any remaining listeners, like me) would be raptured into another universe and none of us ever return to report back to MA. And that's this "album" in a nutshell. See the difference? A fucking time machine. The drumming is very much like Bill Ward's style, and is very hypnotic in nature; the crash cymbal is used to keep time for 90% of the song. QUITE GOOD, IT IS. And long, of course. I just listened to that whole section, the solo up until now, 4 times while writing this. I'd pay hundreds of dollars just to see this entire version of Dopesmoker be played live, it is worth it. A little bit of fuzzed out soloing happens somewhere under the smoke, and they ride a nice little heavy riff to a close, nearly 10 minutes later. The definitive Stoner Doom album. There are a few changes, including three admittedly pretty good, long (but a little sloppy) guitar solos, and a soft break at about 41 minutes in. FUCKING MOLTEN GUITAR SEEPS FORTH PURE BOILING WISDOM You can still see all customer reviews for the product. It's the heaviest stuff ever put on record. There are criticisms, I guess? The drumming is similar to a lot of Doom Metal, using the crash to carry the beat a lot of the time, usually nothing ridiculously complex etc. It's as if a cosmic force has infiltrated the musicians and imbued them with a mission to lead us to a Promised Land, as suggested in the lyrics, and that mission has its own liturgy that Sleep must teach or channel to us and we should follow if we seek enlightenment or redemption from sin. I understand that this is an elongated and slightly different take on JERUSALEM, but having heard this version my desire to hear the original is a bit lessened. It does not deviate from the slow speed of doom/stoner metal, nor does the heaviness. Awesome. The song is admittedly very hard to take in one sitting, but once you finally click with it, you’ll fall in love with it. Classic stoner drone that'll hook you deep. Dopesmoker is long for the sake of being long. Although Dopesmoker made it to the public in abridged format (the Jerusalem album, 1999), the combined effect of label setbacks, depleted motivation and loss of creative momentum spelled the end for Sleep. Now that’s not to say that there are no highlights in this fucking leviathan of a song. That’s not to say that it’s bad, though. If you want to get acquainted with lengthy Stoner Doom tracks, this is the way. Now, we finally get to hear and experience the entire song, along with an unreleased track. I picked up their debut album upon it's release and truly dug the sloth and overwhelming depressive power it had. It would be funny to say that Dopesmoker is not a conceptual album since its whole idea is to achieve one goal. This is an hour's worth of sludged out riffs, mind numbing bass, disjointed drumming, and haunting, chanted lyrics. Sleep has never been better. It's an experience and every listen is different. The contract fell through, and Sleep disbanded. The words are mostly unintelligible, even though you’re able to catch the occasional “WEEEEED” or another marijuana reference. You'll hear different things in it every time, and every time, it'll leave you needing painkillers because you *will* have a headache after listening to this all the way through, I guarantee it. Once and a while, Matt Pike rips into a Sabbathy-solo. This song has a strong Black Sabbath felling (I mean come on, 4:14 is just total N.I.B. The monolith that is Dopesmoker was eventually committed to tape, however, and is fortunately not lost to the world (a fate which has befallen similarly gargantuan projects such as Jodorowski’s film adaptation of the quintessential sci-fi classic Dune). The lyrics are an amusing mix of marijuana references of God. The best thing about the song is: it never seems to end. If you still find yourself intrigued by the idea of this hour-long stoner metal song, skip a few minutes in, and you’ll shortly be able to tell if this album will be to your liking. This page includes SLEEP Dopesmoker's : cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, different releases details, buy online: ebay and amazon, ratings and detailled reviews by some experts, collaborators and members. This record is an example of music made only for the chosen few. It takes a special kind of stoner to appreciate all the biblical stuff allusions in the lyrics, the kind of stoner that went to Sunday school as a kid and things just sort of stuck. It could never be topped. After that, Sleep return to business as usual, concentrating on pushing that pulsing deep rhythm ever onwards, wherever it may lead, with emphasis on long extended bass drones, a steady time-keeping drumbeat and chanting vocals. Dopesmoker achieves so many things bands would only wish to match. They don't matter. Dopesmoker is definately an experience anyone with a remote liking for Doom should take part in. It is definitely not for everyone, but if you love stoner metal/rock, doom metal, drone or sludge this is a wonderful album for you. It's pretty much what I expected, only a bit worse. I really love Sleep. Thick, bass-heavy sounds that are definately marijuana inspired, rolling on for an hour straight. The band stumble on, pausing now and again as if to say “yeah, we might finish here”, but of course they don’t, they career headlong into the next stupidly simple but effective riff, the singer’s wisdom forever delivered in this agonizing 1-note melody. My favourite part of the song is on side C. Here it gets really religious. No joke, once Iommi kicks the bucket, Matt Pike will be heralded as the new guitar God. Yes it's very heavy and very monolithic in it's approach, but it's also dynamically dull and almost bereft of variation and sonic alteration. There are some nice tom rolls and other fills scattered throughout, it's not a boring ride through this song when it comes to percussion. They take one riff, and cram it in your brain for 63 minutes and 31 seconds. Listened to "Dopesmoker" all the way through.Hour plus. This album has about the slowest riff I have EVER heard. Sleep, as a band, are also at their tightest on this album, making Dopesmoker that much more awesome. All the performers are at their best here, except Al who ascended into something greater when he formed Om, and the song is expertly crafted. Everything's stopped and the bass is dragging on. Matt Pike is the new Tony Iommi. The album lives and breathes through it's repetitions and minor changes and I couldn't think of another way to create this kind of monolithic atmosphere. The riffs spend a lot of time droning on an open string, often coming in with the other notes, these ultra-sabbathian progressions, when you least expect it; it isn't at all technical but I think nailing this song on guitar would take a very large amount of playthroughs. Highlights- Specifically, 43 minute mark to the end. You can find this style of vocals in NO other band, it's a weird mixture of growling, monk chanting and Sleep's vocals on earlier albums. It's the best parts of Sabbath, except with cranked Metamps and three guys being strung out on some serious conceptual shit. What a beautiful slab of heavy, sludgy, riff laden mastery this is. For what I think it aims to do, "Dopesmoker" is a very business-like and minimal track, journeying through a particular narrative of a sonic ritual, fulfilling all necessary steps and requirements, and bringing the audience through anticipation, climax and a gentle exit. Dopesmoker, an Album by Sleep. They were a legendary band who recorded 3 career defining albums in a short space of time. Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019, 1 long track over a hour the album uncut no skips and bonus live track there is some realy nice music in these album but the no tracks kinda sucks reminds be of playing a eight track tape .worth the buy tho. You can put this album on when you're buzzed and just hearing it will make gravity seem to double it's so heavy. The next part, no shit, is EVEN FUCKING BETTER. Al is an amazing songwriter too, well to stoners at least. Sleep has never been better. Years later, the song was released in a 52 minute incarnation known as "Jerusalem." Even as someone with ADHD I can sit through the entirety of the album and love every minute, Intro to final solo. That's fucking hype. Listen for a minute. Dopesmoker is sludgy and thick, and would be well mixed with your favorite strain. This is the point when you realize they’re not “sub-humans” like I said back there, they’re super-human-7-foot-tall superior beings, fucking with our feeble minds and preconceptions. But his vocals are sporadic in this song, which seems to very amorphous structure. Early recordings by Earth have the same semi-trancy effect on me, but as they usualy exist in 10 to 20 minute doses, they're a bit easier to swallow and digest. SLEEP - DOPESMOKER REISSUE REVIEW Well we all know who SLEEP is. The iconic stoner metal band’s first studio album in almost two decades is a twin ode to volume and weed. Genres: Stoner Metal, Doom Metal. But, if you're a fan of heavy stuff, this is most definitely heavy. Originally released in 2003, following some label issues and prior versions, Dopesmoker is Sleep's final album and a stoner metal classic. That makes it METAL. Anyway, who needs genres when you got Sleep? It's got tone, drone, and is just massively crushing. But for my taste, their sophomore effort SLEEP's HOLY MOUNTAIN was far better, being more diverse as far as tempos go, and revealing the band as being truly intuitive and strong improvisational players. Or get the equally awesome Jerusalem, which is the same thing, essentially, mind you. I think Sleep are vastly underrated, and this is one of their best. Lyrics deal with marijuana and Biblical themes. Chris Hakius is the backbeat, he's the guy behind Matt and Al, pounding away at the drums with the primal force of a thousand stoned cavemen. It fits the colossal tone of Dopesmoker just fine, but I prefer his more relaxed vocals. Everything is exactly the same as it was before, but I LOVE IT! When played together, the tone is reminiscent of a lawnmower. Just great Doom/Stoner Metal with a great cover. Note 2: Although the double vinyl artwork is huge, gatefold, magnificent, the CD version of DOPESMOKER is the best option overall because you can get utterly narnered once you’ve put it on and not have to get up for almost an hour and ten. There are like a handful riffs on the album, they all weigh about 500000 pounds, and they drag on FOREVER. Dopesmoker [Reissue] by Sleep album reviews & Metacritic score: The reissue and remastered release of the doom metal band's 63-minute track includes a 1994 live recording of "Holy Mountain. I'm at about 16 minutes right NOW, and this is the most fuzzed-out, weed-induced holy motherfucking explosive album I've heard in a while. “DROP OUT OF LIFE Nevertheless, the vast majority of the song is completely tedious, but not unbearable. We all know the legend of how Jerusalem and Dopesmoker came about. The music. This record is the reason we listen to music. For the next few minutes the listener could think the riff never changes but actually there are minor differences in the constant repetition of the theme. This page works best with JavaScript. "the CD in the car stereo" kinda thing, you know how it is. The album is slow, heavy and takes patience for those not acquainted with the Doom Metal genre. It's the soundtrack to an extended ritual of worship. I can listen to this album literally everyday, day or night, sober or high. Long songs are good... they give you more time to appreciate the inherent properties of the song you're listening to, and give the composer more time to evolve ideas into dramatic themes that sweep the listener away with their majesty and terrible might. “FOLLOW THE SMOKE Before this all subsides into the calmest, fuck, maybe even most MELODIC piece on the whole album. The relief I felt when this album finished was like waking up after a long illness, shaky and still a bit fragile but happy in the knowledge that the worst was now behind me. From the heavy, repetitive riffs to the extremely deep vocal performances, this album knows exactly what kind of show it wants to put on; not only that, but it knows exactly how to do it. The bass rolls out on its own for small bits, adding nice accentuations here and there. Oh wait, there goes the bass! This album is close to my heart and I can zone out of whatever bullshit I'm in and enjoy being in the world of Sleep's wacky weed lore. Come on. It starts of with a little looped guitar noise that slowly increases in volume and leads the listener to the first riff. Another very long recording with a bonus live track of "Sonic Titan" attached, "Dopesmoker" follows on from "Jerusalem" with similarly styled lyrics combining both a Biblical theme and an exhortation to listeners to know redemption and achieve oneness with the divine through the Dao of Marijuana. It takes him a whole 16 second to sing that one line, and it’s a further 17 before he launches himself into the even more ridiculous second line; Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. Slow and heavy, not being eager to lead you to anywhere quickly as if the riff itself is a guide that knows that he has all the time in the universe. I honestly like this more than Holy Mountain all because of the conceptual storyline balanced with the heavy riffage and thick swampy production and bass. But some difference between the two bands is thus: the Melvins have put out a huge clump of work over the years, and their experimental work is easily accepted, ignored or forgotten as they always get back to the business of turning out high quality material in their signature style. No wonder the band never did anything again after this. It's like the sound of the baby universe being born. This one starts alot like a "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" era Black Sabbath song, with some mid-paced riffage, but that doesn't last long, before turning into a fuzz-bomb at about 50 bpm. Sure some people may find this boring or too long, but that’s probably because just contains so much material that it may be just a bit too much for people to take. I don't know the exact minute that the guitar breaks into an endless solo, because I'm listening it on my record player, but this is where it really becomes GODLY. But WAIT! See, I also enjoy the Melvins, a band who's voyages into slow-motion trance doom have always tripped me out (especially the LYSOL EP, which is everything DOPESMOKER is not). I don't know what it means or if there is any thought behind those lyrics at all but it just fits so perfectly that you once again have a picture in your head. P.S.- Dope+Dopesmoker=absolute aural orgasm (bring tissues and condoms). Al Cisneros is God. The drumming is slow and is more of a time-keeping instrument (not in the musical way, really) than a percussive assault. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I detect no evolution in the sound of Dopesmoker, being stuck on the same riffs for large amounts of time. The lyrics are very mystic and I don't think they have a real meaning but they fit the atmosphere of the album perfectly. 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