Book Of Hours, by Sleestak

Book Of Hours

by Sleestak

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Zhakathoom You should buy this album just for the Lone wolf patriot version alone. It's just that good. It's...everything and then some. It'd doomy, it's jazzy, it's poppy, it's rocky and damned me if it's not even a wee bit stonery.

All I know is it's a whole lotta' good. Favorite track: Lone Wolf (Patriot Version).

David McLane so the dark kings of trans-galactic psychedelia have returned and left the nebulous space traveller behind. book of hours has matt and co. reaching into the dismembered remains of sabbath and rending riff by bloody riff. a swell offering if i do say so. Favorite track: Lone Wolf.

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"A SIX TRACK SIDESTEP FROM SLEESTAK'S PROGRESSIVE STYLE OF DOOM METAL INTO THE REALM OF 60'S AND 70'S INFLUENCED HEAVY ROCK, REMINISCIENT OF EARLY SABBATH AND THE DOORS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME GIVING A NOD TO CONTEMPORARY BANDS SUCH AS CATHEDRAL, SLEEP, CLUTCH, AND ELECTRIC WIZARD."

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1.	Appeasing The Gods (Intro) 02:11		buy track
2.	Seven Sorrows 03:24	info	buy track
3.	Five Million Years To Earth 03:42	lyrics	buy track
“FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH” FROM A DYING SUN THEY HAVE COME TO SLEEP WITHIN THE EARTH TRANSMUTATED INSECTOID ENSLAVERS GENETICALLY FORCING HUMANITY’S BIRTH ANCIENT TRAVELLERS IN CONTROL OF YOUR MIND FROM DEEP UNDERGROUND INTERWOVEN WITHIN THE FABRIC OF TIME THEY BEGIN TO AWAKE PSYCHIC DISTORTIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS FORCES THE WILL OF MANKIND TO BREAK ANCIENT TRAVELLERS WILL RISE FROM THE DEPTHS TO RULE OVER ALL SKIES ARE TURNING BLACK AND THE SEAS BECOME BLOOD IN THE WAKE OF THEIR CALL ENTER THE VOID OF YOUR MIND AS THEY TAKE IT AND SHAPE IT INTO ONE OF THEIR OWN ANCIENT TRAVELLERS DEVOUR THE EARTH AND MOVE ON TO THE SUN THE STARS WILL FALL WHEN THEY CONTROL US ALL THE LAST HORIZON UNDER SILVER OPRESSION
4.	Lone Wolf 04:55	lyrics	buy track
“LONE WOLF” THE PALE MOON HANGS LOW IN A SILVER-FLECKED NIGHT SKY LIKE A POOR BEGGAR SENT TO THE GALLOW TREE CASTING A BLEAK GLANCE OF ENVY UPON THE FREEDOM IN MY SOUL I AM THE LONE WOLF STRADDLING DEATH, I RIDE CUTTING THROUGH THE COOL DESERT AIR THERE MAY BE BLOOD ON MY HANDS BUT THERE IS PEACE IN MY MIND I AM A LOATHSOME CREATURE BORN AND SET UPON THE OPEN ROAD A SINFUL CREATURE WHOSE MEMORY OF THE WHIPPING BELT REMINDS HIM OF HOME THE ROAD IS ENDLESS AND OFTEN CRUEL BUT FIRE AND VIOLENCE IS A WILLFUL MUSE ONE MORE OUNCE OF WHISKEY DOWNED SHE URGES ME TOWARD THE DISTANT HILLS
5.	Blacklight Communion 04:28	lyrics	buy track
“BLACKLIGHT COMMUNION” STONER WITCHES GATHERING UNDER THE NEON MOON TONIGHT INITIATE THE CHOSEN FEW WITH BLOOD CEREMONY RITES CIRCLE ‘ROUND WITH HAND IN HAND AND DRINK OF THE CHALICED WINE FEEL THE BUZZ OF PROPHECY START COURSING THROUGH YOUR MIND ILLUMINATION GRANTS THEM WISDOM WITH A SACRIFICE VISIONS FLOOD THE STARS ABOVE AND VISIONS FILL YOUR EYES SOCIETY HELD SECRET SINCE THE FOG ENSHROUDED PAST NOW SELL YOUR SOUL AND FORGET YOUR MIND IF YOU WANT THIS TRIP TO LAST
6.	Lone Wolf (Patriot Version) 04:53	lyrics	buy track
“LONE WOLF (PATRIOT VERSION)” I AM THE LONE WOLF MAKING MY LAST STAND WILLING TO DIE FOR MY FREEDOM AND LAND THEY PISS ON OUR LIBERTIES AND TREAD ON OUR RIGHTS BUT THE ONE THING THEY CAN’T TAKE AWAY FROM ME ARE THE THOUGHTS IN MY MIND I AM THE LONE WOLF MY BACK’S AGAINST THE WALL THEY WON’T SEE FEAR IN MY EYES AT ALL SONS OF LIBERTY START SOUNDING YOUR BELLS IT’S TIME TO JOIN IN THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIVES AND SEND THEM STRAIGHT BACK TO HELL

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"A SIX TRACK SIDESTEP FROM SLEESTAK'S PROGRESSIVE STYLE OF DOOM INTO THE REALM OF HEAVY 60'S AND 70'S
INFLUENCED BLUES, METAL, AND ROCK, REMINISCIENT OF EARLY SABBATH, THE DOORS, AND CREAM WHILE GIVING A NOD TO BANDS SUCH AS CATHEDRAL, SLEEP AND CLUTCH."

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What folks around town are saying:

"For the duration of five tracks, you feel as though you've been caught in a time warp. Could this really be a new piece of music, or have the ghosts of the seventies psychedelic titans come back to haunt us? But alas, it is the former. The recording and executon of this EP alone leave a lasting impression; they've captured the sound and feel of nearly three decades of change and evolution in every note. But the substance is just as important, and just as impressive. Schmitz, Bell, and Bartell aren't riding the wave of some cheesy gimmick that should have been discarded a decade ago; they are making it work in their favor. The music fits the concept, the concept fits the lyrics, and the lyrics fit the sound. It is a perfect circle of musical theory."
-from Sorrow Eternal

"This really is not only an incredible release, but a testament to the band's extraordinary talent as songwriters and explorers of dark, crushing, metal music."
-from Metal Storm

"Overall – Book of Hours – is another outstanding collection of songs from one of the best bands within the US Sludge/Stoner Metal underground. If you want something dark and very psychedelic then this is the release for you."
-from Sludgelord

"Book of Hours is a well-crafted, more lucid side a Sleestak that shows a clear progression from the spacier side of life."
-from Stoner Hive

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released May 31, 2013

Cover art by Steve Somers. Produced and mixed by Shane Olivo and Sleestak at Bobby Peru's Recording Studio, Milwaukee, WI during April and May of 2013.

Matt Schmitz - vocals, guitar, keys
Marcus Bartell - drums
Dan Bell - bass

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