In the liner-notes to this, the tenth studio album that Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson have released as Sunn O))) the nature writer and poet Robert MacFarlane compares the band’s music to the ...
Seeing a Sunn O))) concert is somewhat like being in a sensory deprivation chamber. The drone-metal duo pipe in enough smoke so you cannot see the person next to you. The pair, clad in black robes, ...
Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson on the drone pioneer's Sub Pop debut, the restorative but draining power of volume and the ...
In a move that most wouldn’t expect because, well, one of their members owns the band’s former label, Southern Lord, drone/doom metal outfit Sunn O))) marked a new era in its timeline by signing with ...
One late night a few weeks ago, a mechanical noise on the floor below my hotel room was keeping me awake - a muffled wheezing, grinding sound like a garbage truck that would rev for a few minutes and ...
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Dressed in their trademark black cowls and with guitars held aloft to greet the crowd, Sunn O))) proceeded to set to with an hour and half masterclass in volume and sonic texture that had ears ringing ...
Earlier this month, doom and drone metal stalwarts Sunn O))) not only announced that a new record was fast approaching, but also that they had a number of headlining North American tour dates planned.
After seven years, sunn O))) is back. The metal band announced via Instagram on Tuesday that they will be releasing their tenth studio album, titled sunn O))), this upcoming April. The duo consists of ...
The doomy duo strip back their sound to tectonic guitars and feedback, conjuring an immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington Nearly seven years on from ...
Slow down. Turn the lights off. Light a candle. The long-running black-robed Seattle experimental drone duo Sunn O))) are ready to drop a new album, and you can't possibly hope to absorb their music ...