9th anniversary day two w/ Pike vs the Automaton, Ancient VVisdom, Eagle Claw, Bridge Farmers, Black Eyed Vermillion

Set-lists document Oakland huffers High on Fire crisping zero stages between Dec. 9, 2019, and June 18, 2021. Said gap year-and-a-half ceased the afternoon after that latter date at Del Valle’s Motocross Park, where metal pyrotechnics from Matt Pike’s triumvirate qualified as a pandemically induced live music relief moment. They then teamed with Pissed Jeans during SXSW at Hotel Vegas. Further sonic aid triages the Lost Well when the gasoline-gargling ax maniac fires up solo debut Matt Pike v. the Automaton. Sludgey, rootsy, different, it tops Broken Teeth, Ungrieved, and more on Friday, and Ancient VVisdom, Eagle Claw, and Black Eyed Vermillion Saturday. – Raoul Hernandez