Formed by ex-Sleep guitarist Matt Pike, High on Fire effortlessly churns out the kind of riffs that would make your average Metallica fan run for earplugs. The band's latest record, Blessed Black Wings, employs the production of talented studio wiz Steve Albini, known best for his groundbreaking work with bands such as Nirvana and the Pixies. Albini breathes an air of modern indie punk into songs like the hair-raising Silver Black and the speed-metal pounding of To Cross the Bridge. But the show still belongs to frontman Matt Pike's terrifying vocals.