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Can't find a C/D thread on Sunn o))) so lets have one.

I say CLASSIC!

My favourite has always been Flight Of The Behemoth, but the new album Black One is great. Theres also a ltd 2cd version with a live gig from Denmark featuring Oren Ambarchi and others.

So what do you think?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Sunday, 30 October 2005 23:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

Best ambient music I've heard in a while. It is not heavy metal.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 30 October 2005 23:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

It's dronetastic!

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Sunday, 30 October 2005 23:15 (7 years ago) Permalink

Other bands play, Manowar KILL!

"The whole purpose of playing live is to blow people's heads off," says Manowar bassist Joey DeMaio . "That's what we do; that's the energy of this band. We're out there to kick ass. We're out there to turn our gear on and blast. We're out there to kill. That's what metal is. Anybody who says otherwise is not playing heavy metal. We will melt your face!"

― gear (gear), Sunday, 30 October 2005 23:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

Exactly! It is metal!

My favourite (from what I've heard) is White 2 -- it's got heavy drone, snarling black metal-ish vocals, the works.

I haven't heard the new one yet.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 30 October 2005 23:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

Might as well include Khanate here too.

The new album is brutal.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Sunday, 30 October 2005 23:45 (7 years ago) Permalink

classic
i was listening to white 2 last night and it made me feel more high
i heard that on the new one there are vocals that were recorded from inside of a coffin

― buyabiznatch (buyabiznatch), Monday, 31 October 2005 01:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

That is a nice touch. It is not really metal without a modicum of theatrical cheese.

― moley (moley), Monday, 31 October 2005 01:39 (7 years ago) Permalink

The two White discs veered dangerously close to hippie crap-dom. The new one's great, though.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

What do you think of Khanate?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:34 (7 years ago) Permalink

00 Void is the most true to the drone, so i'm prone to that one.

The new one is too fast!

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Monday, 31 October 2005 06:59 (7 years ago) Permalink

i only need one sunn disc, apparently: flight of the behemoth. but if i see one of their other ones for $2 i'd pick it up. maybe.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

It's all about the Grimmrobe Demos for me. (White2 and Flight are cool too. Haven't heard the new one, but I like my Sunn o))) without vocals.)

― Omar (Omar), Monday, 31 October 2005 09:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

Grimm Robe for me as well

I think Sunn O))) are the Charlie Chaplin of metal

― rizzx (Rizz), Monday, 31 October 2005 09:08 (7 years ago) Permalink

>What do you think of Khanate?

Khanate get better with each release. I never listen to the debut, but Things Viral was brilliantly death-marchy, and the new one sort of combines the styles of the two prior releases into their best effort to date. The first track is seriously terrifying; I might play it to scare off trick-or-treaters tonight.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

Khanate are good, but I can only listen to like... one Khanate song at a time.

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

It's all about the Grimmrobe Demos for me.

Yeah, that was the first I heard from them as well, and very good it is.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

>I can only listen to like... one Khanate song at a time.

They are a little too harrowing for home listening. But live...amazing.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:15 (7 years ago) Permalink

Eeek, I disagree. Last time I saw Khanate I went outside for the second half of their set. The first time I saw 'em was okay cuz their equipment failed after 1.5 jams and so it wasn't overkill.

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'll cast another vote for OO Void.
The absence of drums is what really makes SunnO))) for me.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:49 (7 years ago) Permalink

I think Sunn O))) are the Charlie Chaplin of metal

???

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:59 (7 years ago) Permalink

Anyone else seeing them in SF tonight at Slim's? I can't stand Thrones, so I'm hoping to skip them and catch Boris and Sunn O))), but I'm not sure if Boris or Thrones will be on first.

― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:01 (7 years ago) Permalink

What a line up. I demand that line up comes to Scotland!!
Infact I want a Sunno))) , Earth, Boris, Corrupted,Thrones,Asva line up.

Oh well High On Fire supporting Mastodon on their UK tour will need to suffice for now :)

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

I think Sunn O))) are the Charlie Chaplin of metal
???

i wasnt even drunk when i wrote that ;-)

it's true though, the way they exaggerate every aspect of metal in a sublime way reminds me of him....

― rizzx (Rizz), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

besides drums then, of course

― rizzx (Rizz), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

it's true though, the way they exaggerate every aspect of metal in a sublime way reminds me of him....

ah! I kind of get it now. :)

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:39 (7 years ago) Permalink

Sunn o))) = i'm still trying to figure out how i feel about them...i've listened to their records a bit and live at ArthurFest it was pretty cool, but maybe a bit to overly theatrical...i found myself laughing a bit too much...and I just sort of got the feeling that louder wasn't better....especially following Earth...Earth brought the drone so much more furiously with zero theatrics, less volume, and equally minimal (albeit Morricone-ish) riffing...
(also: sunn o))) wrecklessly pushing over the giant PA speakers when the fuses kept blowing and cut off their sound didn't really feel that metal...it reminded me of a junior high nirvana cover band playing a backyard birthday party, blowing their peavey amp, and throwing it in a nearby swimming pool...wah wah wah wah ...had they actually done the act on purpose in the middle of their set and killed 30 of the people sitting on the floor in front of the speakers...yes: that would be metal...) for my drone metal dollar, The Corrupted live in the fall of '97 at a weird bar in Savannah, Georgia was the best I have experienced in a live setting...it wasn't about volume, it wasn't about metal, it wasn't about theatrics, and it wasn't about riffs...it was about pure unrelenting brutality...i think they played for close to two hours....killer....

Khanate = I've only heard the new record, and I like it a lot....reminds me of The Necks if they played drone metal...I definitely want to track down the earlier stuff...to anyone who has them...is it all worth getting?

btw, pdf....khanate will make those trick or treaters piss their pants...go for it!

― bobby.lasers, Monday, 31 October 2005 23:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

live at ArthurFest it was pretty cool

Ah, you were there? V. cool.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

How were Sunn o))) are ArthurFest, Ned?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:50 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'm interested in how Sunn O))) are theatric live. I just figured it would be a few guys in robes shoe-gazing.

― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

If thats the case then no wonder ned loves it!!

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:01 (7 years ago) Permalink

How were Sunn o))) are ArthurFest, Ned?

From what I could hear of them through the walls, rather loud.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:01 (7 years ago) Permalink

>I'm interested in how Sunn O))) are theatric live. I just figured it would be a few guys in robes shoe-gazing.

More amp-gazing than shoe-gazing; the time I saw them at Tonic (being gently sprinkled with dust shaken loose from the rafters the whole time), they spent the whole set facing their amps, never once turning around to look at the audience. That night there were four of them - two guitarists and a bassist, and one person on keyboards which were laid flat on the stage, so he/she was hunched on knees and elbows to play. (Still not looking at the crowd.)

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:12 (7 years ago) Permalink

they're playing the sanctuary of a church here (philly) in december - i can't wait!

upcoming shows include - whitehouse, earth, sunn o)))

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:15 (7 years ago) Permalink

Why is Earth not playing NYC?

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

Never mind; they're gonna be here on 11/20 at the Knitting Factory.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

i can't wait for earth here. the new khanate blows me away more each time.

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

i really like the new earth disc, but that may be owed to being from pa dutch country. i just got the new khanate.

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:30 (7 years ago) Permalink

i like the earth too. it's just kinda weird. comparatively.

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

As I posted on the Earth thread theres some mp3s of live stuff from the current tour floating about.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 02:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

I now have 3 of those mp3s. They are really good. I hope the other tracks from that gig appear soon.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 3 November 2005 23:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

black boned angel at instal mined the same kind of metal-drone bowel-throbbing sludgeorama, pretty impressively i thought - churchy vocal chanting giving way to swans-like doom drumming and nostril-rippling deep-end bass - their motto: "transcendence can only be achieved at maximum volume"

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 3 November 2005 23:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

Wish I had went to that but I was skint. None of my mates were interested in going either. Didn't fancy hanging around for 2 days by myself despite only living 30 mins away by train.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 3 November 2005 23:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

"Transgressive" "novelist" Dennis Cooper has em as his #3 of 2005 in Artforum:

http://www.artforum.com/inprint/id=9859

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

is it alright to write an article explaining Sunn0))) to those unfamiliar with their music and not mention these two albums

even though the band sights earth and melvins as their biggest influences this guy wants to make it seem like Sunn0)))'s music comes from nowhere - just these two crazy metal guys.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/magazine/28artmetal.html

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Sunday, 28 May 2006 14:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

Surely you jest. Far from suggesting that their music comes from nowhere, one of the main themes of the article is how experimental metal draws from a well of influences that is probably surprising and intriguing to people who only know "heavy metal" as a caricature -- Stevie Wonder, bebop, Ethipian blues, Reich, Glass, etc. etc. etc. all get praised and cited.

― erklie (erklie), Sunday, 28 May 2006 15:42 (7 years ago) Permalink

those artists may get praised and sighted but there's no direct musical link made. guy's definitely determined to make Sunn0))) into some iconoclastic musical visionaries rather than a band that plays music that sounds pretty much exactly like two albums that joe preston played on 15 years ago.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Sunday, 28 May 2006 16:07 (7 years ago) Permalink

The NY TImes magazine certainly can't be accused of picking obvious bands to spotlight in large features. First Broken Social Scene, now Sunn0))) and Boris. Surely a Sunset Rubdown cover story can't be far behind.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 28 May 2006 16:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

yes, it's alright

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 28 May 2006 16:56 (7 years ago) Permalink

Well they're kind of obvious in a certain way aren't they? I mean not top 40 obvious... but well demarcated "hipster" territory-- only breaking new ground to their readership surely?

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Sunday, 28 May 2006 16:59 (7 years ago) Permalink

listening to flight right now -- bow 2 is really good

― a.b. (alanbanana), Sunday, 28 May 2006 18:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

>well demarcated "hipster" territory-- only breaking new ground to their readership surely?

Exactly.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 28 May 2006 19:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

However, Sunno)) are pretty non-functional music, and I doubt a New York Times article will result in dramatic changes to them or their fan base... they make unpleasant, at times awesome, at other times ridiculous (in a good way) bass and tritone heavy noise. I imagine they might be used at Guantanamo as sonic weapons... However, they are undeniably a good story....

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Sunday, 28 May 2006 22:09 (7 years ago) Permalink

― xero (xero), Sunday, 28 May 2006 23:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

Has anyone heard the new tour only live cd yet? Apparently xasthur is pissed off about being included on it without permission(and payment?)

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 29 May 2006 11:49 (7 years ago) Permalink

sited not sighted! jeez.

― word boss (Fritz), Monday, 29 May 2006 17:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

i mean CITED, double-jeez

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 29 May 2006 17:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

Would like to hear more about this tour CD. Saw them twice recently and didn't see any tour CD at the merch table.

― Lecherous Erick, Tuesday, 30 May 2006 09:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

All i know is that it was recorded on the Euro tour this year. I saw them in Glasgow and I want this.
But its probably long sold out and selling for $100+ like most sunn o))) merch. I saw them on the 3rd date of the UK tour and everything was gone apart from the split 12" (and only because they printed several thousand of them)

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 09:31 (7 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I ordered that live cd from southern lord. They sold a few that were left. I missed out on the tour shirts though.

Heres a David Byrne review of Sunn o)))
http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2006/05/53106_heavy_the.html

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 7 July 2006 22:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Got my cd in. Its really really good. Glad I didn't have to pay ebay prices.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 July 2006 15:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

Agree w/ Gekkopel, above. Sunn0))) are both awesome and ludicrous in approximately equal measure. Conceptually brilliant, often hilarious, wonderfully packaged, tons of fun to write/think about, and guaranteed to appeal to almost no-one.

I like the music itself, but only occasionally, and my affection for the band depends greatly on their nonmusical appeal (production of collectible objects, think value, weirdness factor, etc.).

Black One is the best thing they've ever done, closely followed by the White albums and Flight of the Behemoth. Didn't like 'em so much when they were following more closely in Earth's footsteps. Earth just did the dreamlike magma-metal thing a million times better.

P.S. Haven't we passed the pull-date on their novelty value? Where does the line for the backlash start?

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Monday, 24 July 2006 19:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

anyone managed to order that massive lp box set? grr, i was about to order that beast but it's sold out

― rizzx (Rizz), Monday, 24 July 2006 19:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

I did. Had to borrow the money for it. Have you tried emailing Aquarius records? Maybe they will get some.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 July 2006 19:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

nah i just read that on tiny mixtapes actually. i was relieved and sad at the same time. cos i dont have the money either but i do really want it at some point. limited eds suck..

― rizzx (Rizz), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

Im sure southern lord still have them listed for sale.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

Ahh no its the Black One complete set of vinyls that are still up.
The white box was definitely still there this morning though.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

Where does the line for the backlash start?

how long have you been here?

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Monday, 24 July 2006 22:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

Jeez.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUNN-O-BOX-SET-WHITE-1-2-boris-doom-earth-khanate_W0QQitemZ220011927873

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 3 August 2006 16:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

heh, stupid fuckin kids with the ebay and the e-chords.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Friday, 4 August 2006 05:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

what an ass

― rizzx (Rizz), Friday, 4 August 2006 10:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

he didn't take my offer, btw. apparently "nantucket lemonade bottle filled with piss and thrown at your head" isn't good enough for mr. still-stealed-box-set.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Friday, 4 August 2006 10:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

Theres one seller on there who sold 4 or 5 of them for $200+ each

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

2 more sellers

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUNN-O-BOX-SET-WHITE-1-2-boris-earth-khanate_W0QQitemZ140014886584QQihZ004QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUNN-O-boxset-White-Isis-drone-boris-DOOM-Record_W0QQitemZ150018570045QQihZ005QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

rubes!

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

people make a living out of this wtf

― rizzx (Rizz), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

"There goes my street credibility!"

- Sir Mix-a-Lot

― Adam Beales (Pye Poudre), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

The one I ordered from SL still hasn't arrived. Hope customs havent got it. Dont fancy paying £20 extra.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

quick Sunn 0))) question/comment

have you HEARD the new Oracle release? fucking great. Sunn, Boris, Earth/Melvins, and Mayhem collab? sure .... why the hell not?

thoughts?

― Cameron Octigan, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 20:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

Oracle is great.

― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 20:22 (5 years ago) Permalink

wasn't into it. the jackhammer was annoying.

― Alan N, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 20:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

It's funny how you can track their influences over time. "Hey, Greg, you think anybody else has ever heard of this band Einsturzende Neubaten?" "Nah, we're still the coolest guys on the block, Steve..."

― unperson, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 20:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

― 31g, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

I like Oracle too.

― W4LTER, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:09 (5 years ago) Permalink

10 months pass...

dud

― Pylon Gnasher, Monday, 4 August 2008 21:51 (4 years ago) Permalink

why?

― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 4 August 2008 22:13 (4 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

http://www.slimsmith.com/blastfirstpetite/sunno.html

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

Ooohhh...

http://www.southernlord.com/index2.php

Anyone heard the Dømkirke recordings? Haven't heard one second of it, but with Attila Csihar, Steve Moore and Lasse Marhaug on the team, it must be worth a listen.

― the Dirt, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

Domkirke is badass. The first side is pretty organ heavy and has Attila Csihar basically belting Gregorian chant, and the rest is pretty "standard" Sunn 0)), but still great.

I'm going to see them tonight!!!!!!!! OMGz WTF

― jonathan - stl, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:39 (4 years ago) Permalink

I got my Domkirke lp yesterday. Its great.

Btw at the current gigs theres a 3xlp of Grimm Robes Demos. It has the extra tracks on vinyl that were on the Daymare cd version. $40. My mate picked me one up.
Apparently the hoodies are very in demand and are selling out very fast as theres only a ltd amount on sale at each gig.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:08 (4 years ago) Permalink

I love em, but I have no idea how this band convinced people to buy all this expensive vinyl

― jigglepanda.gif (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

Even from a sound stand point, yes the lows are hypothetically better, but to me drones sounds best without crackles and bullshit.

― jigglepanda.gif (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

Some people just prefer vinyl.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

crackles are different than pops -- if you keep yr vinyl clean it'll never crackle

― Kramkoob (Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 18:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

Most people buying the vinyl do keep it clean. They never play it! It's for ebay only..

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 19:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

vinyl is like investing in gold for poor people.

― REIGN IN FUDGE (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 16 October 2008 03:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

4 weeks pass...

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUNN-o-DISCOGRAPHY-MEGA-LOT-Khanate-Isis-Earth-ktl_W0QQitemZ190266295816QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item190266295816&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

― open the BLOOD gates! (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 14 November 2008 09:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

black one freaked me out a couple years back and i haven't listened to dudes since.

are the white albums any less terrifying? or should i try that Earth album Hex instead?

― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 14 November 2008 14:59 (4 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

New album details/promo hash:

SUNN O))) is proud to present their 7th studio album, after 10 years of existence, entitled Monoliths & Dimensions. The album showcases the core guitar duo - Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson - incorporating influences from a plethora of guest musicians, bringing the SUNN O))) sound to epic new levels. The band also collaborated with composer Eyvind Kang (notable for his work with John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell, etc.) on various acoustic ensembles, in addition to the Helios fueled electric guitars and basses. Key players on the album include Australian guitar genius Oren Ambarchi, enigmatic Hungarian vocalist Attila Csihar (Mayhem, Tormentor, etc.) and slow music godfather Dylan Carlson (Earth), as well as Julian Priester (worked with Sun Ra in the 50s, John Coltrane’s African Brass band, and Herbie Hancock’s Sextant band) and new-music horn player Stuart Dempster. There’s also an upright bass trio, French & English horns, harp & flute duo, piano, brass, reed & strings ensembles, and a Viennese woman’s choir led by Persian vocal savant Jessika Kenney.

The album is not "SUNN O))) with strings" or "metal meets orchestra" material. The band took an approach concentrating on more of allusion toward the timbre of feedback and the instruments involved, so the piece is really illusory, beautiful and not entirely linear, stating that the end product is "the most musical piece we’ve done, and also the heaviest, powerful and most abstract set of chords we've laid to tape" The album was recorded and mixed by Randall Dunn & Mell Dettmer at various points over the last 2 years, and will be released late May 2008. Monoliths & Dimensions is practice in density, gravity and momentum.

Monoliths & Dimensions track listing:
Aghartha (17:34)
Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] (09:43)
Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia) (10:02)
Alice (16:21)

MAXIMUM VOLUME YIELDS MAXIMUM RESULTS.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

i hope the vinyl comes out the same time as the cd. i hate the way SL tries to make you buy both formats by waiting 6mths-year between cd and lp

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 22:07 (4 years ago) Permalink

8=========<3

― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:08 (4 years ago) Permalink

Is that real, Ned, or is it just a ruse to get slowcoremetal dudes all riled up.

― tylerw, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:10 (4 years ago) Permalink

because consider me riled

― tylerw, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:10 (4 years ago) Permalink

" . . in addition to the Helios fueled electric guitars"

Mr. Creed? I guess that would be too good to be true.

― Soukesian, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

It's real, their PR folks just sent it along.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:13 (4 years ago) Permalink

Mr. Creed? I guess that would be too good to be true.
― Soukesian

they probly just mean "sun" fueled guitars, but yeah, that would be bonarz+

― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

― tylerw, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

It's real. There was chat about it a few weeks back on DFFD(used to be the Southern Lord Board)

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 22:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

The band took an approach concentrating on more of allusion toward the timbre of feedback and the instruments involved, so the piece is really illusory, beautiful and not entirely linear

Does this actually mean anything, or is it just a smokescreen to cover up the fact that the record will be yet another set of empty gestures played by buffoons? I'm sure there'll be plenty of "ltd edition" versions of it though. Only $49.99 at Aquarius!

These guys can fuck right off.

― Matt #2, Friday, 13 February 2009 22:59 (4 years ago) Permalink

what do you have against empty gestures played by buffoons?

― tylerw, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

i know. sounds poignant. like young jeezy.

― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

Well nothing in principle, but at least make it your own empty gestures, jeez.

― Matt #2, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:05 (4 years ago) Permalink

just ribbin ya -- i actually don't have much interaction with the whole weird collector scum culture, so it doesn't bug me all that much. I've never met anyone who's super-into all that ltd. edition psych/folk/metal/aquarius records fetishism thang -- though they must exist, right? Are they like 78 collectors?

― tylerw, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:08 (4 years ago) Permalink

yes, they are r. crumb

― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

What do people actually do with a £150 (or whatever) ltd edition version of a record they already own?

― Matt #2, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:11 (4 years ago) Permalink

play it?

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

Doubt it!

― Matt #2, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

gaze lovingly at it?

― tylerw, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

what do people do with any of the weird shit people collect? dolls, cars, stamps, shot glasses, etc. shelve it, display it, caress it, obsess about it, buy more...

― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:17 (4 years ago) Permalink

i used to buy multiples but gave up. dont think i have any multiples of sunn tho.

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

except for pic disk version along with the vinyl. i dont have any cds tho except for tour ones that didnt come out on vinyl.

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

so that wasn't a picture of your hundred and leventy million copies of the torch LP you posted? cuz i wondered...

― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

Actually one of the cds had a bonus live disc that wasnt going to be on vinyl so i bought that. But that' not what youre talking about. I havent bought anything off ebay apart from the vinyl of white 2 which i didnt have and i only paid £20 for it anyway(sells for way over that now)

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

haha naw, i do have 1 of the ordinary vinyls and a pic disk. I know lots on VLV who bought the whole set though.

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

i do have some mastodon and high on fire doubles, but that for my pension when i retire ;)

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

Most people tend to buy them to ebay later once they're OOP.

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

I have all their vinyl up through White 2 except for Flight of the Behemoth. One of them has a big unbroken wax seal on it.

Is this stuff worth anything? The band gave me copies of everything they put out up to that point... Nice guys!

― Nate Carson, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

yes

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

i need FOTB actually. do you have the original grimmrobes? thats worth $200+

all the early stuff is worth around that actually.

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:43 (4 years ago) Permalink

is it the grimmrobes with the seal? i bet it is!

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

on hydrahead?

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'll have to go look. Could be on Hydrahead... I don't remember there being any info on the outside and I never wanted to break the seal because I already had the original cd with the little printed on plastic sleeve...

I mean I knew they were valuable but not $200+ valuable. Stoked!

― Nate Carson, Saturday, 14 February 2009 00:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

is it a pic disk? if so thats it

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 14 February 2009 00:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

I wish I had that and FOTB on vinyl

― The User Formerly Known As Pfunkboy Latterly Known as.. (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 14 February 2009 00:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

Sunn o))) on the front cover of The Wire

http://amplificasom.blogspot.com/2009/03/proxima-wire.html

― djmartian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:05 (4 years ago) Permalink

and you can buy an exclusive colour vinyl of domkirke from something called Hot Topic

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:13 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/muze_new.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442196427&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028381&bmUID=1236783588943

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:07 (4 years ago) Permalink

what exactly is hot topic? this has caused much consternation over on dffd

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:07 (4 years ago) Permalink

ok sunn o)))'s decent i guess but the wire has been jerking them off relentlessly for the like the past 5 years

― mark cl, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

hot topics is an alterna-trendy mall chain supporting the buying habits of teen goths and emo kids

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

I blame the economy

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:10 (4 years ago) Permalink

Urgent and key:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/210827/

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

Just read the WIRE feature - it's top notch.

This SunnO))) album is fucking great as well. It puts paid to that myth that only record collectors buy them. I mean it's not full of humalong songs like 'Learning To Fly' by The Bluetones but what is?

― Doran, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

Which album? Domkirke?

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

No 'Monoliths & Dimensions'.

I shouldn't say this, like I'm sat here with a copy of it. I went to a playback at Southern in London a few days ago.

I mention this because the playback shredded one of the bass cones!

When Atilla's vocals first came in I nearly voided.

Or should that be 00Voided?

― Doran, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

Hot Topic is a shitty store catering to overweight mall-punks as mentioned, BUT they are also the only place near me that regularly stocks Relapse releases. So my hand is forced to occasionally duck in, as when they had the Tombs and Obscura albums for $10.99. I may have to swing by to see if they actually have Domkirke tonight.

― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm writing a big piece on them for Signal to Noise and will be hearing the album on 4/3. Consequently I've been listening to a shitload of the older stuff recently. Some of the live albums don't do much for me, but Oracle is rising higher and higher in my estimation. It deserved better than a super-limited-edition release.

― unperson, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

There's no record stores in my town now, but even when there was I doubt they would have stocked relapse or southern lord stuff, so i'd welcome a hot topic style shop here as its better than nothing. Only supermarkets sell (top 40) cd's here.

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

Well, Hot Topic is weird, the one by me has a tiny, tiny CD/vinyl section. 98% of it is your typical emo/mallpunk stuff (AFI, All Time Low, etc), but they carry some decent metal there on a very limited basis. I've picked up Emperor, Immortal, old Cannibal Corpse stuff there before. The Domkirke thing is weird because I've never seen Southern Lord stuff there before.

― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

also, the economy

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:07 (4 years ago) Permalink

And Phil OTM, I think Oracle is one of my favorite things they've ever done, but the new one sounds pretty damn promising.

― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

The Hot Topic promo is perversely cool. I hope they use any profits to finance more deluxe reissues of impossibly kvlt rarities.

I'm afraid Oracle is actually the only Sunn project I've hear that I really don't like. Black One, on the other hand, opened the door to a whole new world of music, and totally changed my listening habits. (First Striborg long player all day today, plus the new Menace Ruine)

― Soukesian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:11 (4 years ago) Permalink

ppl actually listen to sunn 0)))?

I thought we were just supposed to write articles, talk about them, and buy exorbitant vinyl...

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

if any journalists need help, I have some sped up sunn mp3s, you can get through their whole catalog in like 20 minutes, it's great they sound like bach fugues

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

Black One probably ranks right behind Oracle for me.

― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

xpost: "I have some sped up sunn mp3s, you can get through their whole catalog in like 20 minutes, it's great they sound like bach fugues"

You're saying that as a zing, but I can imagine them putting that out. And, yes, damn your eyes, some of us actually do listen to them, though I don't know about any "ppl".

― Soukesian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

ppl actually listen to sunn 0)))?

I thought we were just supposed to write articles, talk about them, and buy exorbitant vinyl...

you're supposed to see them live. their recorded stuff doesn't really compare.

S: 00Void, Black One, Oracle, and Grimmrobe Demos

― The Lost Boys Buff Guy Playing Sax (rockapads), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

re: the record collectors comment, the last london show they did recently was basically full of metalheads
and a minority of 'indie' kids. it was METAL.

― Jamie (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 23:39 (4 years ago) Permalink

It's always been older doom metal guys with beards with a few indie kids thrown in. Plus not all metal fans look like stereotypical metal fans anyway.

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 23:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

first and only experience with sunn o)))...

accidently walked into one of their shows after hearing strange rumblings. very high. wasn't anyone on the door. sat in the door guy's chair. closed my eyes. total fucking bliss.

― Crackle Box, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 23:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

that's an awesome story! I love stumbling across cool shit, to experience something with 0 preconceived notions or expectations.

also, not to stereotype, but the sunn fans seem grimm + humorless.

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 12 March 2009 00:54 (4 years ago) Permalink

maybe its an american thing. i get the impression american metal fans take the genre and themselves a bit
more seriously than british ones?

― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 12 March 2009 01:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

also, not to stereotype, but the sunn fans seem spergin' + humorless.

― WEREWOLF CONGRESS (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 12 March 2009 01:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

Urgent and key:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/210827/

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:12 (Yesterday)

what's funny is that I watch about 1 south park episode every 2 years and this is the last one I saw

also, the hot topic site is down now... victim of tru cvlt hax0rz or south park goth kids???

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 12 March 2009 02:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 20:39 (4 years ago) Permalink

Sounds like the first track on Super Ae..

― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 21:43 (4 years ago) Permalink

on sndtrk of new Jim Jarmusch film

― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 19 April 2009 07:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I'm finding that I quite like Sunn o))).

― _Rockist__Scientist_, Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

Anyone else get the new Soma tape?

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 7 September 2009 20:07 (3 years ago) Permalink

http://www.tapeworm.org.uk/ttw03.html

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 7 September 2009 20:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

Yeah I did, only played through once so far but drones away pretty swishily

― fingerNAGLs (DJ Mencap), Monday, 7 September 2009 21:13 (3 years ago) Permalink

I've still to play mine.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 7 September 2009 21:16 (3 years ago) Permalink

8 months pass...

Can't find much in the ILM archives on Ascend's Ample Fire Within album, which I understand Greg Anderson is involved with. How does this compare to Greg's other stuff -- Goatsnake, Sunn O))), Teeth of Lions..., Pentemple and anything else I'm forgetting?

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 15:08 (3 years ago) Permalink

s'ok

― tom postin' (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 15:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

Invisible Oranges has a new interview w/ O'Malley up today -- http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2010/06/interview-stephen-omalley-sunn-o-ktl/

― ksh, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 15:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

Ascend's album was the best thing Greg's been involved with in years until M&D

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 15:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

this KTL shit is deep

― let it sb (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 02:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

seriously, Theme is on a whole new level of fucking ridiculously awesome

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 13:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

This just in:

― Thijs, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 13:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

I think 'Theme' by KTL is one of my favourite sounds in all of music ever

― a fierce jet of passion-fruit cream and powdered mint leaves (acoleuthic), Sunday, 16 January 2011 20:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

Swag)))

― Bonnie Tyler The Creator (Doran), Sunday, 16 January 2011 20:23 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

I made this and I am proud.

― Dolly Parton Parcel (scottfree), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 02:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

would buy the tshirt

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 02:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

ha, that's great

― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 05:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

http://www.ideologic.org/news/view/sunn_o_west_coast_december_2012

Yes!

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 23:10 (7 months ago) Permalink

they playing the uk any time soon? I must catch these guys.

― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:33 (7 months ago) Permalink

I thought they just had a European tour actually.

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 14:10 (7 months ago) Permalink

they played London, Manchester and Brighton in June

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 14:24 (7 months ago) Permalink

bah, missed it.

― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 14:32 (7 months ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

BUH.

http://sunn.bandcamp.com/

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:00 (1 month ago) Permalink

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