Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1993)

To some the album up in one word is impossible, but a tiny glimpse into it's power can offered up with the word, Monolithic !!! A crushing crawl, the album let's up from the fuzz & fire for exactly 48 seconds, with the tongue-in-cheek interlude Some Grass. The rest of Holy Mountain is pure mind pulverizing hypnosis. Drenched marijuana the album is no hurry & plods along at it's own leisurely pace with such classic Stoned cuts as Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme & Aquarian. Some variety is offered up in the Harder, Faster (relatively) & Sludgier jams like The Druid & Inside the Side. Album opener Dragonaut, though, is far & away the best on the album, possibly of Sleep's career best & all-round a Stoner & Doom Metal classic. Never a band to shy away from their love of God's Green Grass, Sleep were always willing to accept the term Stoner & likewise it can be said that this monstrous turbulnent green machine is even better with some Stoney Stink permeating the air. Sadly Sleep don't have any others like their journey to the Mountain. The previous album just isn't the same & the follow-up Dopesmoker is a challenging listen, good, but challenging. No strains are truly as potent as Sleep's Holy Mountain.

Best Tracks: Dragonaut, The Druid,  Holy Mountain & Inside the Sun