Southern Lord Recordings will release a deluxe reissue of one the most essential albums of modern times - Dopesmoker from stoner metal icons SLEEP. This reissue is entirely remastered from the original smoke-encrusted Ampex reels, and features an unreleased live recording of one their greatest live performances - 'Holy Mountain' from San Francisco’s I-BEAM in 1994 - as well as a brand new artwork by long time Sleep artist Arik Roper, who crafted something truly special and consciousness-expanding for the album’s rebirth. Check it out below:

Dopesmoker stands as one of the towering achievements in recent metal history: a mesmerizing, intoxicating, and incredibly complex composition that remains unrivaled in the evolution of stoner metal.

In conjunction with its release, Sleep will be headlining the 2012 edition of the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands before departing on a 24-city tour of Europe and the UK commencing May 3 in Wroclaw, Poland.

European tour dates:

April

14 - Roadburn Festival – Tilburg, Netherlands

May

3 - Asymmetry Festival – Wroclaw, Poland (with A Storm Of Light)
4 - Amager Bio – Copenhagen, Denmark (with A Storm Of Light)
5 - Betong – Oslo, Norway (with A Storm Of Light)
6 - Strand – Stockholm, Sweden (with A Storm Of Light)
8 - Tavastia – Helsinki, Finland
9 - Berghain – Berlin, Germany (with A Storm Of Light)
10 - Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany (with A Storm Of Light)
11 - Lucerna Music Bar – Prague, Czech Republic (with A Storm Of Light)
12 - Club 202 – Budapest, Hungary (with A Storm Of Light)
13 - Tvornica Kulture – Zagreb, Croatia (with A Storm Of Light)
14 - Arena – Vienna, Austria (with A Storm Of Light)
16 - Circolo Degli Artisti – Rome, Italy (with A Storm Of Light)
17 - Fillmore Club – Cortemaggiore, Italy (with A Storm Of Light)
18 - Dachstock – Bern, Switzerland (with A Storm Of Light)
19 - Fzw – Dortmund, Germany (with A Storm Of Light)
20 - Gagarin 205 – Athens, Greece
22 - The Arches – Glasgow, Scotland (with A Storm Of Light)
23 - Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland (with A Storm Of Light)
24 - Stylus – Leeds, United Kingdom (with A Storm Of Light)
25 - ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror – London, United Kingdom (with Slayer, Melvins)
26 - Villette, Sonique – Paris, France
27 - Trix – Antwerp, Belgium (with A Storm Of Light)
28 - Feierwerk – Munich, Germany (with A Storm Of Light)
31 - ATP Primavera Sound Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain (with Wolves In The Throne Room)