Sleep

Sleep is an American doom band formed in 1990 currently consisting of Al Cisneros (bass), Matt Pike (guitar), and Jason Roeder (drums). They're among the leading acts in modern doom metal, along with bands such as Electric Wizard, YOB, and others.
They grew out of an earlier band called Asbestosdeath, which lasted from 1989-1990. Their debut album, Volume One, featured a sludge metal sound, and the second album, Sleep's Holy Mountain, was hugely influential to the stoner metal genre.
In 1996, the band began concieving their magnum opus, Dopesmoker, an album consisting of one single hour long song about marijuana breathing Jawa-creatures crossing the desert to the riff filled land. By the time they were done with it, their label refused to release the album, and the band broke up by 1998.
In that time, Matt formed High on Fire, Al formed Om, and Dopesmoker was picked up by various indie labels and finally released. In 2009, Sleep reformed and played a shit ton of shows. On 4/20 of 2018, Sleep released their comeback album, the Sciences, to great success.
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