Priestess Prior To The Fire

2010, Priestess was formed in 2003. Mike Heppner was playing with The Dropouts at the time when three of its members headed to New York to form The Stills. Left on his own, Mike Heppner formed a new band in the form of Priestess. Long on tweedly solos, rambling structures, and songs about being trapped in space and time, PRIOR TO THE FIRE is sure to satisfy hardcore stoner-metal devotees with no fear of the occasional eight-minute track length. With PRIOR TO THE FIRE, Priestess is still catchy and still metal with more emphasis on gnarly riffs than sing-along choruses. It packs a wallop to the solar plexus and PRIOR TO THE FIRE'S melodies don't get lost in the furious energy and metal complexity Priestess has mastered.