Sunn O)))

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Sunn O)))
Sunn O))) (Logo) .png
2010 in New York City
2010 in New York City
General information
origin Seattle , United States
Genre (s) Drone Doom
founding 1998
Website sunn.southernlord.com
Current occupation
Stephen O'Malley
Greg Anderson
Attila Csihar

Sunn O))) (spoken: [sʌn] ) is an American drone-doom band.

history

It was founded in the mid-1990s as a duo by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson as a tribute band to the American group Earth . Your name refers to the amplifier manufacturer Sunn . The written representation of the name of the group goes back to the logo, which is supposed to represent waves emanating from a center behind the lettering “Sunn”. The logo is an imitation of the amplifier manufacturer's logo / word mark .

Inspired by the early releases of the Melvins , and especially the debut album Earth 2 from Earth began Sunn O))), then still as Mars than Earth tribute band in Los Angeles . The first releases of the duo The Grimmrobe Demos and ØØ Void were released in 2000 on the Hydra Head Records sub-label Double H Noise Industries .

In 1998 O'Malley and Anderson founded the experimental Doom Metal label Southern Lord , which later released albums by Sunn O))), side projects and inspirations such as Earth, Goatsnake and Khanate . With their third album Flight of the Behemoth , the group incorporated percussion and vocals into their sound and began a creative development that continued with White 1 in 2003 and White 2 in 2004. Since White 1, the duo has been collaborating regularly with Mayhem singer Attila Csihar . The group has also been publishing recordings of performances since 2004, often in limited editions. The duo released The Libations of Samhain and Live White in 2004, Solstitium Fulminate in 2005 as part of a limited Black One Special Edition, La Mort Noir in 2006 , Dømkirke in 2008 and Agharti Live 09-10 in 2011 .

With Black, released a year after White 2 , Sunn O))) mixed the sound of early releases with elements of electronic music . With the album Altar , which was released in 2006, the band began ongoing collaborations with other musicians of the avant-garde and extreme metal , after this project with the Japanese band Boris the band collaborated with Earth, Nurse With Wound , Ulver and Scott Walker, among others . The critically acclaimed Monoliths & Dimensions was released in 2009. Since this album at the latest, Sunn O))) have been the most successful and best-known group in the genre. In 2015 the group released another studio album called Kannon . This time a concept album on the spiritual and cultural background of the eponymous Buddhist deity of mercy.

style

Sunn O))) at the Brutal Assault 2015

Sunn O))) mainly plays Drone Doom . Comparatively long pieces with very slow rhythms and broken bars , which are filled with deep humming sounds, develop their effect more on an atmospheric level. The tuning of the guitars is like that of seven-string guitars , only shifted down a whole tone .

The Mayhem vocalist Attila Csihar acts on the albums White 2 , Monoliths & Dimensions and Kannon as a singer and performing live with the band. In addition, Sunn O))) regularly work with other guest musicians, including Merzbow , Julian Cope , Oren Ambarchi and John Wiese. In addition, their album ØØ Void was remixed by Nurse with Wound .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Soused (with Scott Walker )
  DE 85 10/31/2014 (1 week)
  UK 30th 11/01/2014 (1 week)
  US 88 11/08/2014 (1 week)

Some publications, especially live recordings and special editions, were only sold at concerts by the band. T. afterwards regularly distributed. In addition to the physical releases listed here, the band has regularly made live recordings of various dates available for purchase in digital form since mid-2015.

Albums

Singles

  • 2015: Aokigahara / Jukai (Southern Lord, limited Flexidisc, only available in conjunction with the Kannon LP)

Demos

  • 2000: The GrimmRobe Demos (HHNoise; limited to 500 pieces; re-release in 2005 on Southern Lord)
  • 2012: Rehearsal Demo Nov. 11 2011 (Southern Lord, limited to 1500 pieces)
  • 2014: La Reh 012 (Ideologic Organ / Southern Lord, limited to 1500 pieces)

EPs

  • 2003: Veils It White (Southern Lord)
  • 2004: Cro-Monolithic Remixes for an Iron Age (Southern Lord)
  • 2005: Candlewolf of the Golden Chalice (Anti-Mosh)
  • 2007: Oracle (Southern Lord)

Live albums

  • 2004: The Libations of Samhain
  • 2004: Live White (aRCHIVE; 500 copies)
  • 2005: Solstitium Fulminate (Southern Lord; as the second CD of a Black One Special Edition limited to 2000 copies )
  • 2006: La Mort Noir (Southern Lord; 1000 copies)
  • 2008: Dømkirke
  • 2011: Agharti Live 09-10 (Southern Lord; 1000 copies)

Cooperations

Web links

Commons : Sunn O)))  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aldo Quispel, Kostas Panagiotou : Stephen O'Malley . "To me 'heaviness' equates with passion and honesty" . doom-metal.com , accessed May 15, 2011.
  2. ^ Steve Dollar: Bringing the Heavy Back to Metal (accessed March 25, 2010).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f William York: Artist Biography. Allmusic, accessed August 3, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Louis Pattison: Heavy, Heavier, Heaviest: A Beginner's Guide To Doom-Drone. Boilerroom.tv, February 17, 2015, accessed August 3, 2018 .
  5. ↑ DemonDust: Sunn 0))) - No limit ( Accessed June 17, 2010).
  6. ↑ Richard K .: NWW / SUNN O))): The Iron Soul Of Nothing. Nonpop, January 29, 2012, accessed June 29, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Chart sources: DE UK US
  8. ↑ SUNN O))) Releases Live Archives Of Unmixed And Unmastered Taper And Fan Recordings On BandCamp; Summer Tour Schedule Approaching + Vinyl Represses Available (Retrieved December 9, 2015).