Sleep

SLEEP IN CONCERT: Since reforming in 2009 after more than a decade apart, stoner metal pioneers Sleep have regained their status as kings of the thriving niche genre. In concert the band is as powerful as ever, cranking out their doom-laden riffs and blunt-force rhythms with the same stupefying intensity that propelled them to success back in the ‘90s. Sleep has been described as “the ultimate stoner rock band”, and they prove it without a doubt at their live shows as they pummel fans into a daze with a signature combo of massive riffage, plodding tempos, and hallucinatory vocals from wild-eyed frontman Al Cisneros. Fans looking for an ultra-heavy concert experience won’t want to miss these slacker icons any time they perform trippy anthems like “Dragonaut” and “Holy Mountain” in the flesh.