"London fucking England, we are High On fucking Fire!" I love that intro, I crack a smile whenever I hear it. HIGH ON FIRE were on tour with Mastodon in the UK towards the end of 2005, at the end of a year of touring in support of their latest record at the time, "Blessed Black Wings". This was the era of the band with the mighty Joe Preston on bass, before Jeff Matz was in the band, and I thought that was so wicked that Joe was in the band. He just has so much tone, it doesn't really show up in this recording as much as it did live. Joe was pretty much the opposite of Matt and Dez at the time, so I wasn't surprised when Joe left the band. But man, that record he did with them rules, still a top HoF record for me.
In 2005 my wife and I took a vacation out to the UK, and decided to follow the High On Fire / Mastodon tour, with us taking trains between cities and doing some sight seeing in the day, and then the shows at night. We brought some cameras and audio gear, just what we could carry in our backpacks, and caught a fair chunk of the tour in some form. In London we set up the microtrack I had to the board, and caught the board mix. The problem with HoF board recordings is that Matt is so loud on stage, he's not run through the PA as much as vocals or drums are. Using Izotope I was able to boost the guitars up in the mix, and it sounds a lot better now. However in the first few songs, Matt's vocal mic would short out occasionally. It gets resolved, but just so you know why the vocals would drop out in a few spots. Anyhoo, enjoy the High On Fire! - DH
HIGH ON FIRE - December 5th, 2005 @ Scala, London, UK
Setlist:
01. Nemesis
02. The Face Of Oblivion
03. Eyes And Teeth
04. Cometh Down Hessian
05. Blessed Black Wings
06. Devilution
Additional Info:
- Soundboard recording
- Rebalanced in Izotope rx8 Advanced
- Recorded, rebalanced, and prepared by DH
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Photo by Stephanie Paschal w/o permission, but this looks like it was from the Scala show, so...
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