• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

HIGH ON FIRE Frontman Shares Graphic Photo Of Partially Amputated Toe

November 5, 2018

HIGH ON FIRE frontman Matt Pike has shared a graphic photo of his partially amputated toe. The emergency surgery forced the band to pull out of its previously announced "Speed Of The Wizard" co-headlining tour with MUNICIPAL WASTE last month. The trek was scheduled to kick off on November 2 in Dallas, Texas and run through November 26 in Santa Ana, California.

HIGH ON FIRE's latest album, "Electric Messiah", was released on October 5 via Entertainment One (eOne). The disc reunited the band with producer Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, TORCHE, KVELERTAK) for the third time.

HIGH ON FIRE recently completed a European co-headlining tour with ENSLAVED.

In an interview with Consequence Of Sound, Pike spoke about how his personal life and relationships influence his work. "I'm with a partner now that is a tattoo artist and musician," he said ."We lead a similar lifestyle and she really understands multi-tasking. I moved up to Portland now and I have a house with a DIY studio. I think that's why there are less of my sissy songs on 'Electric Messiah'. Before [2015's] 'Luminiferous', I was with my best friend for seven years but we realized our lifestyles just weren't really compatible. Ending that [relationship] effected the writing on 'Luminiferous'. I don't have any of the 'cry-in-my-beer' songs on this one. This one is full throttle."

He continued: "I always study ancient Sumerian culture and Mesopotamia, their mythology, how those myths influence religion, and how religion then influences the world. Put a tinfoil hat on me if you want, but that's the stuff I believe. I generally think the strings are being pulled. So there is more focus on those themes on the record than on past HIGH ON FIRE records."

Find more on High on fire
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).