Death Is This Communion

Death Is This Communion (stylized as Death•Is•This•Communion•) is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band High on Fire. It was released on September 10, 2007 in Europe and September 18 in the United States. The first pressing includes a bonus DVD featuring in-studio footage of the making of the album. It is the first album to feature Jeff Matz on bass guitar.

Death Is This Communion
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2007 (Europe)
September 18, 2007 (US)
Recorded2007
GenreSludge metal, thrash metal
Length56:48
LabelRelapse Records
ProducerJack Endino
High on Fire chronology
Blessed Black Wings
(2005)
Death Is This Communion
(2007)
Snakes for the Divine
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Pitchfork Media(8.2/10)[3]
Scene Point Blank(7.7/10)[4]

The album has received generally good reviews, scoring an 80 average on Metacritic.[5] It was named the 3rd best album of the year by Revolver. Total Guitar named it 4th in their "50 best guitar albums of the year". It came in at #9 in Metal Hammer's best of 2007 list. Matt Pike noted that the album's lyrics were influenced by David Icke, H.P. Lovecraft, and the Bible.

Track listing

All tracks written by High on Fire.

No.TitleLength
1."Fury Whip"6:14
2."Waste of Tiamat"5:44
3."Death Is This Communion"8:34
4."Khanrad's Wall"2:27
5."Turk"5:03
6."Headhunter"1:24
7."Rumors of War"2:51
8."DII"3:45
9."Cyclopian Scape"7:30
10."Ethereal"6:56
11."Return to NOD"6:18

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