Sunn 0)))

[chorbalan]

I listened to 00 Void and I am not impressed at all. I have heard this band praised as it was something brand new and unique. It is that, but I was lead to believe it's actuall music. Three of the songs on the album where the exact same note played over a long period of time. Am I missing something? I know if Eggo sees this he will have my head, but I can't help but comment.

[Cocaine]

You spelled their name wrong in the thread title :P

It's got two N's

Anything I've heard by these guys has bored the piss out of me.

[chorbalan]

It's not as much boring as it's not there at all in my opinion.

[ArC]

It's all a matter of atmosphere. Their music is really gloomy and dark, if you listen at the right persepective. But of course, to some (most) people, it's just going to sound like noise. Try Black 1 if you wanna hear more from them, they records vary, and I thought Void was their worst.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Black One is probably the best Sunn O))) album to start on.

[chorbalan]

Worse than their demos? Anyway these guys have to be self published, I don't see a way any label saw enough marketing for that sort of thing to sign them.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Greg Anderson runs Southern Lord productions.

[repcak]

you have to be in the right mood to be able to listen to them. when you listen to sunn o))) during the day (sunshine) you won't like it for sure... try to listen to them at night (after midnight) right before going to bed. that's what i#ve done often

[Benzum]

My Wall is incredible.

[italic zero]

Sunn O))) is pretty rad.

[The_Oath]

I like them. They're adding something new to their genre. Sure, they're similar to Earth, but they have a darker feel. I bought Black Ones about a month ago, it took me a while to get into them, but it was definitely worth it.

[bamboomonkey]

Sorry, marketability isn't really the point of any band signed to the Southern Lord roster....

[RiceMonster]

I thought Void was their worst.
So did I. I don't really like that album. White 2 ftw.

But yeah, Sunn O))) requires a certain mood for most people. It's more of an experience than anything.

[ghettoeddo]

i was thinking the same thing.
mayeb im missing something.
maybe i got the wrong files cuz it's just one note droning on and on for several minutes.

i understand they're bringing something "new and fresh" but...even when sitting down and just listening to them with my eyes closed, it's so incredibly boring.

[DanD]

I have Black One. I listened to the first two songs and determined that this band is terrible.

Just because they are doing something "new" does not means it's good.

[niobium]

You're not really supposed to concentrate on the music. You're supposed to let it engulf you in waves of sound. Some songs they have that feature electronic drums, or even some vocals are interesting to read at face value, but for the most part the music is supoosed to test the limits. To me, the music is greater than the sum of its parts, and it's really evident for all the tracks that feature just a loooooong droooooning noooooote. If you need coaxing into their abrasive style, try the song "It Took the Night to Believe". It's off of Black One.

BTW if anyone wants any albums from me, I have them all.

[Daven]

Black One is my favorite album by Sunn O))).

[Tyler]

I think you're probably lying if you say you like this band.

[Cocaine]

I think you're probably lying if you say you like this band.
hah, I cant agree more. They seem like the band you think you should like, so you convince yourself you do. I've heard no musical qualities in what I've heard by this band.

[Deconstruction]

hah, I cant agree more. They seem like the band you think you should like, so you convince yourself you do. I've heard no musical qualities in what I've heard by this band.
I love this band..but I have to be in the mood..and only certain albums are good...I really want the split with Earth..

[DanD]

I think you're probably lying if you say you like this band.
Thats kind of what I think too. I think a lot of people say that they like this band just for the sake of saying that they like some really odd and obscure band.

[ghettoeddo]

perhaps.

i've given up on these guys. i really did try.
i find nothing pleasing to take away from my experience. *shrug* to each his own

[notjester589]

I'm not going to say they are great by any means but on occaision I put them on, turn out all the lights and just lay there and exist. It's intriguing on occaision. I think if you were high it would be a trip.

[RiceMonster]

I think you're probably lying if you say you like this band.
Haha. Honestly I hated it when I first heard it, and thoought the same as everyone else. That's because I didn't like it for what it is. Honestly, I find it incredibly relaxing.

And to above, yeah, it is quite the music to listen to when high, haha.

[italic zero]

I started liking this band about the same time as Merzbow. I don't listen to either all that much, but I still like them.

[americanfootball]

I saw them (and Earth) live in February and it was mindblowing.

[Deth]

I couldn't get it. I listen to Black One and was just bored. If another album shows up on the DU I may give it another shot, but it doesn't seem my thing.

[calgone]

shitty/boring drone.. but evidentally influential.. i bought black one a few months ago on the recommendation of a friend but i lost the cd.. it wasn't especially intriguing anyways.

[chorbalan]

I got really stoned and when I got home my windows player was still on with their album so I decided to play it again while I just stared at my wall and ate. Yeah it was different I will admit, but honestly I tried doing something simmilar again today and it didn't do anything for me. I do not want to have to get high everyime I listen to them, I barely do anyway.

[ghettoeddo]

I saw them (and Earth) live in February and it was mindblowing.

im trying to picture them at a live concert.

*fails*

[niobium]

I'm so cool, that for my final exam project in English, I've incorporated a Sunn 0))) song as background music! We have to make a video/audio tape relating to some hooha I don't really care about, so I did it, and it sounds kind of cryptic! I used "A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You", off White1. I only used the first four and a half minutes of the song though, because seventeen minutes is a long time.

Here (http://media.putfile.com/niobium---A-Shaving-of-the-Horn-That-Speared-You-Final)

[italic zero]

That's a great song.

[The_Oath]

Thats kind of what I think too. I think a lot of people say that they like this band just for the sake of saying that they like some really odd and obscure band.

Yeah, I can definitely see that.

When I first bought "Black Ones" I only heard that SunnO)) was a very doomy band. When I heard that, I was thinking doom metal, not drone. I fast forwarded through the first song, thinking it was just an intro, I kept on fast forwarding until I realised I had skipped through half the CD.

At first, I was pissed off that I wasted my money; but I gave them a second chance on my bus ride home, I fell asleep listening to them. It is quite relaxing, but for some reason or another, it puts me in a bad mood.

[the2stranger]

Good band, but it really is mood music.
Black One is an awesome album

[Anglachel]

I saw them live recently. It was cool. Oren Ambarchi opened. Everyone just sat around and listened. The concert was in a church and everyone sat in pews while they played on the altar :p.

[south_guitar]

Trip on acid. Then listen to Sunn.

Also check out Earth, they really established the drone metal genre and add more to it than Sunn does. Earth > Sunn 0)))

[ArC]

I highly recommend White 1, Flight of the Behemoth, and Black 1.

My Wall, The Gates of Ballard, and A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You are ****ing EPIC

[Dried Muffin Remnants]

I can see the mood thing; I just see no reason in praising this band.

[Smackers]

I think people who way they think people who say they like this band are liars haven't heard anything like Beneath the Lake, Zoät-Aon or Wilt. Sunn O))) is easily more accessible, and for the most part better, than they are.

Sunn O))) put on a pretty awesome live show too.

[fuzzyhair]

I heard about people p00ping themselves at their shows. Something about the brown note.

[repcak]

what?

[AA-12]

I've been really into this band lately.

[repcak]

i listened to sunn a lot, right before i have seen them in february... i uploaded the concert photos on my homepage, if you're interested

[AA-12]

Do you have an alternate link? .tk's are blocked from my ISP.

[filter]

I saw them live recently. It was cool. Oren Ambarchi opened. Everyone just sat around and listened. The concert was in a church and everyone sat in pews while they played on the altar :p.


Im pretty sure I was at the same show as you man if it was at the Music Hall in Toronto:P

Mind blowing experience I would have to say you have to see them live to really experience the true greatness of Sunn O)))

[repcak]

Do you have an alternate link? .tk's are blocked from my ISP.
sure i have, here (http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0403759/)

[AA-12]

sure i have, here (http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0403759/)
Those pictures are really cool, and nice site.

Could anyone here upload some Sunn 0))) sometime? I just noticed that I no longer have the albums I did before.

[filter]

^^^ Sure man what albums would you like? Im uploading somthing for someone already and I wouldnt mind uploading more. If I can I will rip the tracks off their new live CD that I got from the concert which is pretty damn good.

[AA-12]

Any of their albums really.

[repcak]

Those pictures are really cool, and nice site.

thanks

[niobium]

I highly recommend White 1, Flight of the Behemoth, and Black 1.

My Wall, The Gates of Ballard, and A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You are ****ing EPICMan those are the albums I recommend also. White1 is my favorite album.

I also agree on those songs. Especially the last two.

[AA-12]

Oh, filter, I forgot my email, haha. JSevered013@gmail.com

[filter]

haha its cool, do you know how to rip tracks off of CD onto harddrive?

[AA-12]

Yeah, google the program "EAC" or "Exact Audio Copy". Get that + the "LAME mp3 encoder". You could do that or use something like iTunes.

[filter]

alright im uploading now

[AA-12]

Thanks man :)

[Smackers]

I heard about people p00ping themselves at their shows. Something about the brown note.

Yeah, it's because they use such low frequency that it actually can make people loss control of their crap. I do believe the band finds this humorous.

[Slapping Penguin]

Could I get that album as well?

Domchapuis@hotmail.com

ROFL ^

[cbmartinez]

Repcak, that is some amazing photography man. I want to see them so bad!

[RiceMonster]

I'd like to see them live too, but I doubt any of my friends would want to come along :(.

[AA-12]

I'm planning on seeing them now whenever they come here.

[Thasis]

I can never seem to find there albums in stores, nor on Bittorent. I'll have to look again now though, as I got a better program to find Torrents.

From what I heard, I realy liked. Atmospheric... realy you have to be in the right mood to listen to them. I seem to be in that mood a lot lately though, so it's all good.