---
title: "Sleep"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/sleep"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1990
---

# Sleep

**Sleep** is a doom metal band, from United States, active 1990 to present.

Sleep is an American stoner doom metal band from San Jose, California. Bassist and vocalist Al Cisneros has been the only constant member throughout the band's history. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "perhaps the ultimate stoner rock band" and notes they exerted a strong influence on metal in the 1990s.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Sleep |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | San Jose, United States |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Releases in catalog | 6 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Stoner Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal) · [Stoner Rock](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dale Crover](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dale-crover) | Drums (drum set) | 2026 to present | Current |
| [Al Cisneros](https://themetalnet.com/musician/al-cisneros) | Bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1990 to present | Current |
| [Bubba Dupree](https://themetalnet.com/musician/bubba-dupree) | Guitar | 2026 to present | Current |
| [Chris Hakius](https://themetalnet.com/musician/chris-hakius) | Drums (drum set) | 1990 to 2009 | Former |
| [Matt Pike](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matt-pike) | Guitar | 1990 to 2026 | Former |
| [Jason Roeder](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jason-roeder) | Drums (drum set) | 2010 to 2024 | Former |
| [Justin Marler](https://themetalnet.com/musician/justin-marler) | Guitar | 1990 to 1991 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1991 | [Volume 2](https://themetalnet.com/album/717e46d9-4e60-3a7e-88cb-1bf6168bc179) | EP |
| 1991 | [Volume One](https://themetalnet.com/album/bcbb2429-d5b5-3a4c-96bb-a35ee4ad8eeb) | Album |
| 1992 | [Sleep’s Holy Mountain](https://themetalnet.com/album/8fef03e2-e48d-3d09-a324-e39056eb2575) | Album |
| 1996 | [Jerusalem](https://themetalnet.com/album/ae690c03-b02e-4ea9-8cfa-c28e8193259d) | Album |
| 2003 | [Dopesmoker](https://themetalnet.com/album/481b2458-b722-47af-88fd-80e9496afe28) | Album |
| 2018 | [The Sciences](https://themetalnet.com/album/b6259fde-0c3a-40e7-85d0-51acefb4dc39) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Electric Wizard](https://themetalnet.com/band/electric-wizard) (listened together)
- [Kyuss](https://themetalnet.com/band/kyuss) (listened together)
- [Melvins](https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins) (listened together)
- [High on Fire](https://themetalnet.com/band/high-on-fire) (listened together)
- [Om](https://themetalnet.com/band/om) (listened together)
- [The Sword](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-sword) (listened together)
- [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (listened together)
- [Queens of the Stone Age](https://themetalnet.com/band/queens-of-the-stone-age) (listened together)
- [Fu Manchu](https://themetalnet.com/band/fu-manchu) (listened together)
- [Red Fang](https://themetalnet.com/band/red-fang) (listened together)
- [Acid King](https://themetalnet.com/band/acid-king) (listened together)
- [Earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/earth-60dd41cf) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialsleep
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sleep/2891
- x: https://twitter.com/sleep_official
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Mt6w4tDGiPgV5q6JWPlrI
- bandcamp: https://sleep.bandcamp.com/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/sleep](https://themetalnet.com/band/sleep). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt