Sleep (band)

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Sleep
Sleep live in March 2018. From left to right: Al Cisneros, Jason Roeder, and Matt Pike.
Background information
Origin	San Jose, California, U.S.
Genres	Doom metal stoner metal
Years active	1990–1998 2009–2019 2022–present
Labels	London Very Small Earache Southern Lord Tee Pee The Music Cartel Third Man
Members	Al Cisneros Matt Pike Jason Roeder
Past members	Chris Hakius Justin Marler
Website	weedian.com

Sleep is an American stoner/doom metal band from San Jose, California.^[1][2] Guitarist Matt Pike and bassist and vocalist Al Cisneros have been the only constant members throughout the band's history. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "perhaps the ultimate stoner rock band"^[3] and notes they exerted a strong influence on metal in the 1990s.

The band released their debut album, Volume One, in 1991, after which original fourth member Justin Marler left. Sleep gained wider attention with their second album, Sleep's Holy Mountain, in 1992. However, conflict with the band's record company contributed to their breakup by the end of the decade. Their third album, Dopesmoker, was released after the band's dissolution; both Holy Mountain and Dopesmoker have been acclaimed as doom metal and stoner metal classics. The band reformed in 2009 and have played sporadic live dates internationally since, with Neurosis drummer Jason Roeder replacing original member Chris Hakius. In 2018, Sleep surprise-released their comeback album, The Sciences, on Third Man Records, to further critical acclaim.^[4]