SLEEP Volume 2 (2008) CD

Before Sleep became the cult object they are now, before Dopesmoker was reissued seventeen times and every doom kid had an opinion, there were the compilations, the deep cuts, the stuff that circulated among people who actually knew.

This 2008 various artists folk and world music collection shares its name with one of heavy music's most mythologised bands, which is either a coincidence or the universe trying to tell you something. Either way it's a $24.95 CD and it deserves its shelf space on the basis of curiosity alone. File it next to the records you bought because the cover looked right.

CD. Various artists. Released 2008. Genre: Folk, World, Country. Country of origin: USA.

Fans of: exploratory listening, record bin archaeology, music that doesn't sit where you expect it.