Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes | ||||
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Released | January 27, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Genre | Stoner metal | |||
Length | 25:50 | |||
Label | Relapse | |||
Producer | Ralph Alberts, Bongzilla | |||
Bongzilla chronology | ||||
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Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes is the debut EP by stoner metal band Bongzilla. [1] It was released on 12" vinyl only in January 1998 by Relapse Records. In 2007, it was re-released by Modus Operandi on green vinyl. This same year Relapse released it on CD for the first time and packaged it with Stash . [2]
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