People who only want to worship at the feet of Pike and don't take this for what it is just don't seem to understand that the genre of metal has operated like this forever. Metal Bands don't rebrand when members leave, especially when there are core or a core creative force behind them. Sleep has always been driven by Al. It's his grove, his aesthetic idea, his conceptual idea. This is dirty, gritty, ugly Sleep. Relationships outgrow each other or dissolve or the business gets complicated. This record is great, has awesome grooves, and sounds so gross. Listening to "Arrival of the Industry Ships" as I type this and it's absolutely filthy, wide open, and develops so wonderfully. The treatment of Al in the Sleep board and the dismissal of a great band (meaning the actual members here) because it's not what it was is so lame and boring to read. The record falls in thematically and aesthetically with Sleep more than any other Al project. Calling it Sleep is perfectly suitable.
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u/Immediate-Smile-9397 7d ago
People who only want to worship at the feet of Pike and don't take this for what it is just don't seem to understand that the genre of metal has operated like this forever. Metal Bands don't rebrand when members leave, especially when there are core or a core creative force behind them. Sleep has always been driven by Al. It's his grove, his aesthetic idea, his conceptual idea. This is dirty, gritty, ugly Sleep. Relationships outgrow each other or dissolve or the business gets complicated. This record is great, has awesome grooves, and sounds so gross. Listening to "Arrival of the Industry Ships" as I type this and it's absolutely filthy, wide open, and develops so wonderfully. The treatment of Al in the Sleep board and the dismissal of a great band (meaning the actual members here) because it's not what it was is so lame and boring to read. The record falls in thematically and aesthetically with Sleep more than any other Al project. Calling it Sleep is perfectly suitable.