Sunn O))) New Album

2009-02-14 by TricksterGRex | 14 Comments
Posted by metalunderground.com:

Southern Lord Records has issued the following update about the upcoming album from Sunn O))):

"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 2009. Monoliths & Dimensions is practice in density, gravity and momentum."

Monoliths & Dimensions track listing:

Aghartha (17:34)
Big Church [megszentségtelen*thetetlenségeskedéseitekért] (09:43)
Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia) (10:02)
Alice (16:21)

Tagged: Sunn O)))

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TricksterGRex
February 14th 2009
2087 Comments


Pretty excited for this. Metalunderground originally had said it would be released May 2008 but I assumed that was a typo, since this news was just posted today.

TricksterGRex
February 15th 2009
2087 Comments


Valentine's Day surprise amirite?

Avirov
February 15th 2009
1206 Comments


shit yeah.

charlesfishtitz
February 15th 2009
783 Comments


neat

Tarantino's Tarantulas
February 15th 2009
819 Comments


More bands should have Hungarian song titles for extra kvlt Magyar devastation

Epilogue
February 15th 2009
1841 Comments


should be cool.

FattyKnee
February 15th 2009
490 Comments


pretty noice

SlowlyWeRot
February 15th 2009
29 Comments


I can't help but be excited for this even though it's going to slay my hearing

BallsToTheWall
February 15th 2009
52578 Comments


Sexy.

NotMrBlonde
February 15th 2009
394 Comments


HOLY BALLS!


Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

TricksterGRex
February 16th 2009
2087 Comments


So like more people need to be holy shit excited for this.

Psyclone
February 16th 2009
432 Comments


cool

Shattered_Future
February 16th 2009
1641 Comments


I was gonna make some joke about how this would be a rerecording of an older album, but I'm actually quite interested now.

NotMrBlonde
February 17th 2009
394 Comments


Sunn O)))'s new album will be a deep album consisting of philosophical lyrics and smashing melo-

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMM



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