ghOsty Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 The album title may be a bit cringey but I'm really looking forward to the new Sunn O))) album... Albini doing production along with some interesting collaborators should make this one a great one, previews sound nice although they're just fractions of the songs. From the YouTube Description:At the very beginning of 2018, Sunn O))) co-founders Stephen O'Malley & Greg Anderson set out on a path toward a new album production. They were both determined to create new music and a new method of working in the studio, without forgetting the long and proud history of production and studio accomplishments forged during their first two decades of existence (and the members' own musical experiences out of the band's). One long term goal was completely clear: to record Sunn O))) with Steve Albini in his Electrical Audio studio. Steve took the call, said "Sure, this will be fun. I have no idea what is going to happen." Greg and Stephen gathered twice that spring for writing, conceptualising and riff woodshedding in the very building where the band was formed: Downtown Rehearsal in Los Angeles. Sonic cosmoses, flashes of abstract colour (synthetic and objective) and themes emerged from the mastered depths of saturation and circuits between the two players and their mountains of gear. Themes developed in terms of brightness and energy, while visionary cues pointed toward subconscious areas of practice and the pair realised they were exploring other zones of consciousness via sound/time and sound/energy manipulation. In early summer a pre-production session with full backline, as a trio with T.O.S. on Moog, was recorded at Dave Grohl’s 606 studios, Northridge, California. In July 2018, Sunn O))) spent just over two weeks in Chicago at Electrical Audio (Studio A) with Steve Albini at the helm. The results are astounding: there is breadth and luminosity of colour, it sounds vast. The sessions were impeccably recorded, authentically represented and completely accurate. The spectrum cracked the firmament open in clarity. An all analogue technique was used, they recorded and mixed on tape, providing a creative gateway for Sunn O))) to evolve their production methods into stronger, confident, performance based and a more logical executive process. The album was mastered and lacquers cut from tape in October by Sunn O))) ally Matt Colton at Alchemy in London. The LP version is a AAA album, recorded and mixed on tape via a completely analogue production, from the input of the band's amplifiers and the air coming off the speakers in front of the microphones to needle touching the pressed vinyl on your turntable. Continuing one of the main currents of the Sunn O))) concept, depth of exploration within collaboration, brought forth Hildur Guðnadóttir to the Sunn O))) constellation. Hildur is a sometime live collaborator of Sunn O))) and a renowned film music composer, former member of the bands Múm, Pan Sonic and Angel. She was a long time collaborator with the composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (RIP). Hildur lent her incredible attitude, as well as her voice, breath and electric cello, and the enigmatic haldorophone to the proceedings, culminating in the epic composition/concerto "Novæ". The cosmos clearly expands. Tim Midyett, a close friend of Greg and Stephen since the Seattle days of the early 90s (and member of Silkworm, Bottomless Pit and Mint Mile), joined in a foundational role tying earth to sound with wicked performances on aluminium neck bass and baritone guitars: instruments he helped pioneer playing back in the 90s (alongside Steve and Shellac of course). Dark matter is reality. Prolific new music composer Anthony Pateras arranged and recorded an incredible contribution of pipe organ for a piece titled "Troubled Air" (titled after an essay by author Aliza Shvarts, who also penned the liner notes for Sunn O)))’s Kannon) at Schlosskappelle, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart. String theory of space. The resulting album is titled Life Metal. It is fully realized and completely real. The record was produced by the core of Stephen & Greg & arranged by the greater constellation Sunn O))). Paintings by visual artist Samantha Keely Smith graciously adorn the sleeve and provide a perfect suitable mask to the proceedings. They collide ideas of 19th century romanticism & late 20th abstract expressionism (mysticism) with Sunn O)))’s approach to metal (via reference points of Arbo, Turner, Delville, Richter, Turrel, Wou-Ki). Photographer Ronald Dick shot them in baths of light colour representing depth of sound pressure in the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaderpansen Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 fully realized. completely real. such being. wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 i like the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 do want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The album title may be a bit cringey Contrived Euronymous reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kichiguy Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 that write up is what's cringey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 The write up is a bit pretentious but, it's Sunn O)))... Either way, looking forward to cranking this, I find their music quite meditative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The album title may be a bit cringey Contrived Euronymous reference. from this interview about Life Metal from Stereogum: STEREOGUM: Tell me about the title Life Metal. ANDERSON: Well it’s a relative of death metal. I’ll just throw that out there. The story’s actually kind of humorous. We were at a party with Nicke Andersson from Hellacopters and Entombed. And he was talking about when Entombed had signed to Columbia Records in the mid-’90s. He started getting calls from his old friends in Norway in the black metal scene saying that he was a sellout and that he was no longer “death metal,” he was “life metal.” And [he was] actually getting death threats, I guess. So we thought that was the most insane thing we’d ever heard, and it kind of became an inside joke with the band. Like, when something, like, not gloom-and-doom was happening, it was “life metal.” A vocalist we work with, Attila [Csihar of Mayhem], was getting really into fitness on tour. O’MALLEY: Exercising in the morning and stuff instead of being dead in the back of the bus. ANDERSON: So, he would say, “Hey bros, I’m gonna go do some life metal.” It just became this inside joke among the band. I think the title was also a really accurate description or reflection of the music and also the mindset and the mood of the players on the record. Me and Stephen and Tos [Nieuwenhuizen], the keyboard player, [were] just at a point in our life where things were a different sort of tone and mood. And I think that’s reflected in the playing, which is really the important part. I think that the title reflects the atmosphere of the music. And really, the artwork for the record and the choices made there with the colors and stuff, it’s very different from our other records which are very … there are a lot of dark [tones] and a lot of blacks and whites and things like that. O’MALLEY: It’s also related to Venom. They started the whole thing. The descriptive types of metal. ANDERSON: Black Metal, right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The album title may be a bit cringey Contrived Euronymous reference. from this interview about Life Metal from Stereogum: nice interview, thx for linking. O'Malley is into ASMR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Yeah, he was throwing the term around about the Swedish death metal bands in interviews in 91/92. Pretty central in the rhetoric that led to the breach between death metal and second wave black metal. Most prominently visible in the first two Darkthrone albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaderpansen Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 #nomosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polytrix Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Personally more interested in the alternative more meditative record that follows this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 woke metal when Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I appreciate their dedication to a very singular sound, but as a result I feel like I don't even really need to listen to this album.. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) For me, Altar (the album with Boris) is miles away the best thing they've ever done. Such a weird, dark trippy set of tunes. I'd put it in my top 50 favourite albums. Looking forward to hearing these new ones..... Edited February 11, 2019 by beerwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Yeah Altar was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Everyone who does copy for music writes like that. Nothing new. Stoked for the tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 woke metal when That's grindcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polytrix Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I own Black One and listen to that evey now and then but I always want more melodic bits. Ill listen to Altar now. I was really interested in a redbull interview i watched wih the lead guy- he talked for ages about reverb if i remeber correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petina Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 cautiously optimistic about this. kannon was terribly uninteresting and i have a feeling o'malley is too pretentious these days to ever make another album as good as monoliths... idk, hope i'm wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ooze Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 SO HEAVY!!! i like it a lot more then kannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 The album title may be a bit cringey Contrived Euronymous reference. "life metal" made me think of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Sunn O))) good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) cool album cover Edited November 9, 2019 by beer badger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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