| Asbestosdeath | |
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| Origin | San Jose, California, USA |
| Genres | Doom metal Sludge metal |
| Labels | Profane Existence Southern Lord Records |
| Associated acts | Sleep, High on Fire, Noothgrush, The Sabians, Om, It Is I, Operator Gernerator |
| Members | |
| Al Cisneros Chris Hakius Tom Choi Matt Pike |
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Asbestosdeath was an American sludge/doom metal band from San Jose, California, and the precursor to the highly influential Sleep.
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Asbestosdeath started life as trio consisting of Al Cisneros on bass, Chris Hakius on drums, and Tom Choi on guitar.[1] Matt Pike later joined as a second guitarist. They recorded two 7"s: their first ("Unclean", 1990) was self released (Asbestos Records) and a second 7' ("Dejection," 1990) was released later that year by Profane Existence.[2][3] Choi left Asbestosdeath to form Noothgrush after the release of the second 7".[4] The band recruited Justin Marler to replace Choi and changed their name to Sleep.[4][5]
In 2007, Southern Lord Records reissued Asbestosdeath's two 7"s on CD and 10" vinyl.[6] The four songs on the album comprises the entirety of Asbestosdeath's recordings.[7][8]