Electric Messiah
by High on Fire
  • Record Label: eOne
  • Release Date: Oct 5, 2018
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. spenceryang8
    Feb 4, 2019
    6
    Apart from the slightly improved production quality and a couple of stylistic risks, Electric Messiah is a pretty standard High on Fire album.

    FAV TRACKS: ELECTRIC MESSIAH, THE PALLID MASK, GOD OF THE GODLESS, DROWNING DOG

    LEAST FAV TRACK: THE WITCH AND THE CHRIST

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96
#96 Best Album of 2018

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. NOW Magazine
    Oct 11, 2018
    80
    It falls short of the band’s more certified classics like Death Is This Communion and Blessed Black Wings, but Electric Messiah feels basically satisfying--like a meal ordered from your favourite restaurant. A heavy, greasy, gut-ballasting meal.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Oct 9, 2018
    78
    Electric Messiah leans more on the Sabbath side of Pike’s patented MotörSabbath blend, suggesting that Sleep’s renewal is rubbing off on him.
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  3. Kerrang!
    Oct 8, 2018
    80
    This is raw, loud and obscenely good. [6 Oct 2018, p.55]
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