Sleep performs at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 29, 2018. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO — The legendary stoner-doom band Sleep took the stage Saturday night at Great American Music Hall to a recording of NASA’s mission control as puffs of marijuana smoke rose…

In their tribute to metal god Lemmy Kilmister, Oakland’s High on Fire may have discovered the primordial energy that drove Motörhead into the rock and roll annals. Frontman Matt Pike, every metalhead’s favorite uncle, recently gushed that Electric Messiah is by far the best record that he has made.…