From rewriting the hard rock rulebook with his award-winning trio High on Fire, to reverse engineering doom metal with his genre-defi ning trio Sleep, Matt Pike has channeled his natural talents and chiseled a steely path straight to the heart of modernday metalā??s molten core. Pikeā??s solo debut, ā??Pike vs. Automatonā??, is both a musical and emotional release. The record was written by Pike with drummer Jon Reid. -