High On Fire have posted a new track from their forthcoming album, Death Is This Communion, on their Myspace so that we can all get bloodthirstily excited about it from now til September, when it’s out on Relapse.

I’ve heard some other bits too, and it’s MEATY. As befits production by Jack Endino, there’s more of a grain to it than usual, a deeper kind of fibre, and it’s pretty sweet, even via Myspace. In some ways I’m missing the weird white-hot woundupness of their usual sound, but am coming round to this bigger, more sinewy manifestation - especially as far as the drums are concerned.

They’re coming over to the UK in September, and if you haven’t seen them play live yet it might be a good idea if you did. No one rocks the vest’n'boat shoes look quite like Matt Pike.