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High on Fire reissues debut

Posted by Loren on June 18, 2023

High on Fire reissues debut
photo by Jason Zucco

High on Fire is celebrating 25 years as a band in 2023, including plans to repress their long out of print debut, The Art of Self Defense, originally released in 2000 on Man's Ruin Records.

The reprint comes out on August 4 via MNRK Heavy.

In new music news, the band has also finished work on its next full-length, their ninth in total and the follow-up to Electric Messiah (2018). It is currently untitled with an expected 2024 release date. It is the band's first album with new drummer Coady Willis (Big Business, Melvins, Murder City Devils).

High on Fire reissues debut
photo by Jason Zucco

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