Snakes for the Divine

Studio album by High on Fire

Released

February 23, 2010

Genre

Stoner metal, sludge metal, thrash metal

Length

45:55

High on Fire chronology

Death Is This Communion
(2007)

Snakes for the Divine
(2010)

De Vermis Mysteriis
(2012)

Snakes for the Divine is the fifth studio album by High on Fire.

History and recording

Snakes for the Divine was recorded at The Pass Studios in Los Angeles with producer Greg Fidelman. The album cover art and track listing were revealed on the band's Myspace page on January 6, 2010. Snakes for the Divine was released on February 23 through E1 Music.

Theme

In an interview, Matt Pike stated: "The title 'Snakes for the Divine' is based on the premise that Adam and Eve weren't the first people on Earth, and Adam actually having a wife that was a Reptilian named Lilith. They were the first two people to actually take the reptilian DNA, and make shape shifting human beings that go between the fourth-dimensional, the Anunnaki, and human beings. Eventually, from ancient Mesopotamia, this spawned a thing called the Illuminati - the enlightened ones - coming up through the centuries, and choosing the kings, controlling your media, controlling your banking, blah blah blah. It's just theory at most points. I thought it'd make a great metal song, so I just went ahead and started writing about that. That's how the record came about, as far as the theme.."^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[2]
Allmusic	^[3]
Blabbermouth	^[4]
Drowned In Sound	^[5]
Jukebox:Metal	^[6]
Pitchfork Media	^[7]
PopMatters	^[8]
Rock Sound	^[9]

Exclaim! named "Snakes for the Divine" as the No. 9 Metal Album of 2010.<ref name= Exclaim!'s 2010 Year in Review: Metal>"Year in Review: Metal". Exclaim!. </ref>

Track listing

All songs written and composed by High on Fire.

^[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Snakes for the Divine"	8:23
2.	"Frost Hammer"	6:07
3.	"Bastard Samurai"	6:37
4.	"Ghost Neck"	5:01
5.	"The Path"	1:20
6.	"Fire, Flood & Plague"	6:08
7.	"How Dark We Pray"	8:06
8.	"Holy Flames of the Fire Spitter"	4:13
9.	"Mystery of Helm" (Bonus Track)	4:01
10.	"Eyes & Teeth (Live)" (Best Buy Bonus Track)	4:31
11.	"Cometh Down Hessian (Live)" (Best Buy Bonus Track)	4:33

Personnel

Matt Pike - guitars, vocals
Jeff Matz - bass
Des Kensel - drums
Greg Fidelman - production
Arik Roper - album cover

References

↑ "High On Fire's Matt Pike: Lyrics 'About Exorcising My Own Personal Demons' | Interviews @". Ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
↑ Pacheco, George. "Review: 'Snakes for the Divine'". About.com. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Bergman, Keith. "Review: Snakes for the Divine". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
↑ Gardner, Noel. "Review: Snakes for the Divine". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
↑ Andy Lye. "Jukebox:Metal review".
↑ Breihan, Tom. "Review: Snakes for the Divine". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
↑ PopMatters review
↑ Rock Sound review
↑ Snakes for the Divine: High on Fire

External links

Snakes for the Divine: High on Fire

High on Fire

Matt Pike Jeff Matz Des Kensel Joe Preston George Rice

Studio albums	The Art of Self Defense Surrounded by Thieves Blessed Black Wings Death Is This Communion Snakes for the Divine De Vermis Mysteriis Luminiferous

Extended plays	Split 7" with Ruins

Live albums	Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival

Related bands	Sleep Om Kalas Melvins

Adam and Eve

Source	Genesis creation narrative in the Book of Genesis

Characters	Adam Eve Cain and Abel Seth Lucifer Awan

Television	"Probe 7, Over and Out" (1963)

Film	Mama's Affair (1921) Good Morning, Eve! (1934) The Broken Jug (1937) The Original Sin (1948) The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) El pecado de Adán y Eva (1969) La Biblia en pasta (1984) The Annunciation (1984) Adipapam (1988) Adam (1992) Man's Best Friend (1998) Babs (2000) The Last Eve (2005) Year One (2009) The Tragedy of Man (2011) Adam and Dog (2011) Tropico (2013)

Plays	Le Jeu d'Adam (12th century) The Broken Jug (1808) The Tragedy of Man (1861) The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972)

Musicals	The Apple Tree (1966) Dude (1972) Up from Paradise (1973) Children of Eden (1991)

Compositions	The Creation (1798) structure La mort d'Adam (1809) Ève (1875) Lilith (2001) The Hunger Art (2008)

Literature	Apocalypse of Adam Books of Adam Book of the Penitence of Adam Cave of Treasures "El y Ella" Genesis A and Genesis B Harrowing of Hell Life of Adam and Eve Testament of Adam Testimony of Truth (3rd century) Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan (6th century) "Old Saxon Genesis" (9th century) "Adam lay ybounden" (15th century) Paradise Lost (1667) Eve's Diary (1906) Extracts from Adam's Diary (1904) The Book of Genesis (2009)

Art	Bernward Doors (1015) Tapestry of Creation (11th century) Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (1425) Vienna Diptych (15th century) The Last Judgment (1482) The Garden of Earthly Delights (1504) Adam and Eve (1507) Paradise and Hell (1510) The Creation of Adam (1512) The Haywain Triptych (1516) Eve, the Serpent and Death (1510s or 1520s) Adam and Eve (1528) The Fall of Man (1550) Canaan as it was possessed both in Abraham and Israels dayes with the stations and bordering nations (1595) The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man (1617) The Fall of Man (1628) The Four Seasons (1660s) The Koren Picture-Bible (1692–1696) The First Mourning (1888) Eve (1931) Adam and Eve (1932) The Serpent Chooses Adam and Eve (1958) Adam and Eve (1992)

Songs	"Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again" "Adam-ondi-Ahman" (1835) "Forbidden Fruit" (1915) "The Garden of Eden" (1956) "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance" (1970) "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" (1979)

Albums	The Cainian Chronicle (1996) Visions of Eden (2006)

Other cultures	Adam–God doctrine Adam and Eve (LDS Church) Adam in Islam Adam in rabbinic literature Al-A'raf Book of Moses Endowment Manu (Hinduism) Mashya and Mashyana Serpent seed Tree of Jiva and Atman Tree of life (Quran) Our Lady of Endor Coven

Geography	Adam-ondi-Ahman Tomb of Eve

Science	Mitochondrial Eve Y-chromosomal Adam The Real Eve

Story within a story	Doraemon: Nobita's Diary of the Creation of the World Island of Love The Visitors

Games	Demon: The Fallen (2002)

Related theology	Fall of man Original sin Garden of Eden Tree of the knowledge of good and evil Serpents in the Bible Forbidden fruit Apple Fig leaf Figs in the Bible Adam's ale Adamic language Rosh Hashanah Camael Tree of life Allegorical interpretations of Genesis

Other	Pre-Adamite Generations of Adam Cave of the Patriarchs "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" "Simpsons Bible Stories" Second Time Lucky Adam and Eve cylinder seal Descendants of Adam and Eve Timeline of Genesis patriarchs Genealogies of Genesis Carnal knowledge Legend of the Rood Ystorya Adaf Snakes for the Divine Ransom theory of atonement Edenic diet

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