NewsFebruary 13, 2009 11:19 PM ET5,293 views

Sunn O))) set to release new album

Official press release: 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 and flute duo, piano, brass, reed and 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 and Mell Dettmer at various points over the last 2 years, and will be released late May 2008. Monoliths & Dimensions is practice in density, gravity and momentum. Monoliths & Dimensions track listing: Aghartha (17:34) Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] (09:43) Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia) (10:02) Alice (16:21)

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scott_m 2/13/2009 8:24:29 PM

first post

mike_dexter 2/13/2009 8:27:49 PM

get the fck out of here with that second track's title

The_Suit 2/13/2009 8:31:22 PM

Only 17 minutes of detuned obnoxious one-note pretentious horseshit? Pfffft. These guys are going soft.

Peter_North 2/13/2009 8:36:57 PM

May 2008?

youaresceneasfuck 2/13/2009 8:37:33 PM

OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

blackyogurt 2/13/2009 8:41:30 PM

super stoked.

stooooopid 2/13/2009 8:50:39 PM

bought one of their albums one time to check em out. shit bore me to death. even when i was high, it sucked.

masterblaster 2/13/2009 8:56:55 PM

8thhhhhhhhhh

awkward_man_hug 2/13/2009 9:23:29 PM

Lambgoat is so stoked.

Lazer_Beast 2/13/2009 9:26:17 PM

Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] (09:43) LOL, and I like Sunn

oprahwinfrey 2/13/2009 9:55:32 PM

hey guys, it's 2009, not 2008. unless you're releasing this retroactively through a time machine you fcking retards.

truthsayer 2/13/2009 9:56:21 PM

will appreciate in appropriate circumstances

seventwofour 2/13/2009 10:50:20 PM

altar was amazing, i'm excited

anal_blast 2/13/2009 11:03:20 PM

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

takeasneededforpain 2/13/2009 11:19:41 PM

Ecstatic.

rhizome 2/14/2009 12:17:44 AM

easily googled

withoutashield 2/14/2009 12:19:04 AM

O))) no.

meursault 2/14/2009 1:28:43 AM

LMAO@The_Suit

raaaach 2/14/2009 3:13:47 AM

AWESOME BAND. Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] 4 LYF3

zukkahmahdeek00 2/14/2009 3:16:23 AM

emoticon in band name = fail. will never check out ever for that reason and elkajrlkajlskdjlk second song title

xXgunslingerXx 2/14/2009 3:34:17 AM

will sound like all of their other recordings? yes. *juuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnn* repeat for ten minutes

meursault 2/14/2009 4:16:29 AM

ocean is better.

drewcifer 2/14/2009 8:22:52 AM

dudes with shitty facial hair everywhere are stoked

MarginError 2/14/2009 8:42:02 AM

Interested to hear how "an upright bass trio, French & English horns, harp and flute duo, piano, brass, reed and strings ensembles, and a Viennese woman's choir" all sound playing the same note at the same time.

necro_dog 2/14/2009 10:53:56 AM

zukkahmahdeek00 2/14/2009 3:16:23 AM emoticon in band name = fail. will never check out ever for that reason and elkajrlkajlskdjlk second song title YOU JUST DON'T "GET IT"

hyperblast 2/14/2009 11:34:21 AM

withoutashield 2/14/2009 12:19:04 AM O))) no. They haven't topped Black One yet, so it'll be interesting to hear.

DWAYNE 2/14/2009 11:47:25 AM

IMMA BREAK DAT BACK AND fck DAT AZZ

the_smile_that_kills 2/14/2009 2:23:40 PM

O))) MY...........

municipalgayste 2/14/2009 3:14:45 PM

absolutely complete fcking garbage band, this album will pointless droning and tons of fuzzy fcked up low end shit that you will only have a slight possibility of tolerating if you're strung out on heroin.

emmure_is_death_metal 2/14/2009 3:17:47 PM

this band's fcking awesome, fck all the haters

yougotscanned 2/14/2009 8:04:13 PM

Will listen. awesome fcking song names.

Nowonmai 2/15/2009 1:46:08 AM

will be interesting

thalassa 2/15/2009 2:21:13 AM

it's funny how obvious it is how many people haven't listened to more than 2 minutes of an mp3. this album will make all you black1 gays go back to ignoring these guys. "brrrrmmm" and "junnnnn" jokes no longer apply.

outforaction 2/15/2009 2:52:19 AM

i will co sign on this being intresting...somewhat excited

dave_is_cool 2/15/2009 6:35:42 PM

people really like this garbage? it's an amp warming up and a guitar's feedback for over an hour. waste of time

fretboard_sweeper 2/16/2009 12:53:36 AM

SunNO)))CARE EVER!f

dotson 2/16/2009 10:28:50 AM

a m a z i n g. this beardo is stoked.

heybrother 2/16/2009 11:38:10 AM

very excited. people that talk shit simply do not understand.

puremalice 2/16/2009 4:05:03 PM

Nothing to "get" about this band. they ssssssssuuuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkk

forest610 2/17/2009 12:43:53 PM

i cant wait to buy my flux capacitor and go back to may last year and pick this shit up!

burninchurches 2/17/2009 11:43:33 PM

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