Sleep - Dopesmoker CD xx1991 while not exactly jolly

while not exactly jolly

and the accompanying rustling of a dead pine tree slowed to match the pitch of the drone and fiddle

and in turn searching and pushing roots deep into the ground for water

focuses on the common ground between ambient and neo-classical

Combining this with a penchant for neon synths and loose

Sleep - Dopesmoker CD xx1991 while not exactly jollyRecorded in 1996 and not released (in slightly different edit mix) until 1999 under the title Jerusalem, the legend and lore behind Dopesmoker would overshadow an LP of any lesser significance. But the 63 minute magnum opus dedicated exclusively to the sacrament of marijuana is not just the pinnacle of the goofily named stoner metal genreits inarguably one of the most important and influential albums of all time.