Sunn O)))

...Unsound, an ambitious music festival whose bill included a week's worth of performances by a disparate lot: Stars Of The Lid, Omar-S, Sunn O))), Kode 9, Grouper, Johann Johannsson, Pole, Monolake, Nico Muhly, Biosphere, 2562, Ben Frost, and a...

In this article: Krakow, Nico Muhly, Monolake, Ben Frost, Berlin, and Johann Johannsson

...of low-end aural punishment. An early member of Earth, Preston also has throttled his bass for Melvins, Men's Recovery Project, Sunn O))), and other avant-metallers; he's honed his glowering, overcast steez until it seems as if his very...

In this article: Kawabata Makoto, Kinski, Joe Preston, Halloween, Acid Mothers Temple, Yoko Ono, and Melvins

...and polyrhythms to inform brutal compositions. Check out some examples below: Orthodox: These Sevilla, Spain doomsters started as a Sunn O))) worship band, pounding on mega-low B chords at 16 beats per minute. It was all well and good...

In this article: Cynic, Mike Patton, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Mr. Bungle, Traced in Air, NPR, and Tomahawk

...of 'The Creeper', 'Ephemeral' and 'Specks Of Light'. Hardly surprising really, considering that sulphurous overlord Greg Anderson (of Sunn O)))) guests on the ear-cracking 'The Creeper', a heart-stopper of a track which readies the...

In this article: Pelican, Dylan Carlson, Hydra Head, Southern Lord, Blood Mountain, Earth, A Red Red Rose, and Life & Times

In this week's Freak Scene, Jamie Johns freaks (sorry) over the recent SunnO))) show at Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Before absorbing Sunn 0))), it should be noted that Earth was great. The long-running band, favorites of Kurt Cobain, have...

In this article: Greg Anderson, Attila Csihar, Stephen O'Malley, Earth, John Wiese, Zombi, Twitter, and Lasse Marhaug

...a former sanctuary that should make the experience of seeing the robed marvels even more gothic and ominous. Sunn O))) (pronounced "sun" and named for the amplifier) is the black metal drone duo of Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson who...

In this article: Earth, Melvins, Greg Anderson, Stephen O'Malley, White1, Sunn, Eyvind Kang, Mayhem, and Marc Ribot

...members, Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, have seen their work described as "drone" and "doom metal," though neither fully explains Sunn O))) (the "O)))" is silent). A typical track begins with two guitars striking chords in unison...

In this article: All Tomorrow's Parties, Amplification, E mail, Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker, Jerome Groopman, and Olympia Snowe

...merely as "voices" in the album's liner notes, his contribution adds to the dark vibe produced by Sunn. In addition to Csihar, Sunn surprises its listeners utilizing choirs. A male choir and a female choir are both present on the album,...

In this article: Sunn, 00 Void, S&M, Dylan Carlson, Mayhem, Earth, and Orchestration

Show Review Grim & Beer It: Sunn O))), Pelican, Earth @ Neumos Posted by Dave Segal on Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 4:25 PM Apologies for the lateness of this report. I am now just recovering from the punishment this show meted out.) I've...

In this article: Pelican, Greg Anderson, Stephen O'Malley, Australasia, Testosterone, Folke Rabe, La Monte Young, Lair of the Minotaur, and Phill Niblock

Tonight Tonight in Music: Pulse Emitter, Kimya Dawson, Sunn O))) Posted by Chris Govella on Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:00 AM Josephine) Let's begin with Portland's Pulse Emitter (Daryl Groetsch and his modular synthesizer). In his...

In this article: Kimya Dawson, Cancer, and Juno