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Sunn O))) Announces East Coast Shows
After three years since the band's last official U.S. performances, Sunn O))) has confirmed several new live shows this Summer, including a tour of the East Coast.
Sunn O))) will infiltrate venues down the East Coast, with shows now confirmed in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Richmond, and Atlanta, as well as a performance at the annual Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh. The lineup for these performance will include vocals from Attila Csihar, moog from Tos Nieuwenhuizen, and as always, the low-end string attacks of founders Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson. Southern Lord signees Dead In The Dirt will provide direct support for Sunn O))) on all dates except the Hopscotch Festival.
The new tour dates come after the previously announced Sunn O))) live actions at The Power Of The Riff West on August 11th, followed by The Power Of The Riff East on September 1st and 2nd.
8/11/2012 Echo/Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA @ The Power Of The Riff West
9/02/2012 Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY @ The Power Of The Riff East
9/05/2012 Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA w/ Dead In The Dirt
9/06/2012 Black Cat - Washington, DC w/ Dead In The Dirt
9/07/2012 Strange Matter - Richmond, VA w/ Dead In The Dirt
9/08/2012 Memorial Auditorium - Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
9/09/2012 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA w/ Dead In The Dirt
Additional worldwide Sunn O))) tour actions will be announced in the weeks ahead.
More Bands Added To Power Of The Riff Fest
The lineup for this year's installment of The Power Of The Riff West -- confirmed to take place at Los Angeles' Echo/Echoplex on August 11th -- expands yet again, adding six additional bands to the already pulverizing roster. Sunn 0))), Nausea (CA), Despise You, Hoax, Bio-Crisis and Xaphan have all been confirmed to join the party, making for a lineup of twenty-two crushing sets for the day.
The finalized lineup for the all-day The Power Of The Riff West now stands as: SUNN 0))), Off!, Dr. Know, Repulsion, Noothgrusth, Xibalba, Despise You, Eagle Twin, Nausea, Power Trip, Ancestors, Alpha & Omega, Bio-Crisis, Hoax, Gaza, DNF, Retox, The Love Below, Avon Ladies, Cops, Hordes, and Xaphan. The following press release was issued about the event:
"Continuing to bring you a tradition of heavy music from slow drones to aggressive crust ridden darkness, The Power Of The Riff will burn down LA on August 11th, marking the gathering's third annual installment. Co-curated and organized by Southern Lord, TPOTR is an event that honors extreme music fans and musicians of all ages, tapping into a lineup that represents the forefathers, milestones and current national touring acts, while shedding light on up-and-coming and local acts. The all-day fest also includes a record swap-meet of local stores and pop-up stores by indie record labels, DJ sets in between band performances and a gourmet food truck court featuring Los Angeles' best purveyors of street food dining."
Tickets for The Power Of The Riff West are on sale now at this location. Tickets for the recently announced maiden voyage of The Power Of The Riff East, a two-day event to be held in Brooklyn, New York on September 1st and 2nd, can be purchased right here.
Power Of The Riff Fest To Invade NYC
Following the recent announcement of the third annual West Coast installment of The Power Of The Riff Festival in Los Angeles on August 11th, today the first ever East Coast chapter of the festivities have been confirmed!
TPOTR is an event that honors extreme music fans and musicians of all ages, tapping into a lineup that represents the forefathers, milestones and current national touring acts, while shedding light on up-and-coming and local acts. Curated by The Power Of The Riff and Southern Lord, and presented by Scenic and Brooklyn Vegan, the devastating two-day The Power Of The Riff East will take place in NYC on Saturday, September 1st and Sunday, September 2nd at Brooklyn's massive Warsaw club, boasting an incredible roster of riffcrushing artists from across the country.
At press time the lineup for day one of TPOTR East includes PENTAGRAM, POISON IDEA, NEGATIVE APPROACH, XIBALBA, ALPHA & OMEGA and POWER TRIP, while day two will show SUNN 0))), WINTER, REPULSION, UNEARTHLY TRANCE, SALVATION and DEAD IN THE DIRT hitting the stage, with additional support and headlining acts still to be announced in the days ahead.
A limited number of two-day passes for The Power Of The Riff East are available for purchase right now at this location. Single day tickets for both days will go on sale this Monday, July 2nd at 12pm EST. Saturday tickets will be available at this location and Sunday tickets over here. tuned for more announcements in the days ahead as the lineup for this behemoth event expands.
Full info and tickets for The Power Of The Riff West -- confirmed to take place on Saturday, August 11th at Los Angeles' Echo/Echoplex -- are available now here. More...
Sunn O))) Announces European Shows
Sunn O))) is pleased to announce a set of shows culminating with a concert at the legendary Hellfest Festival in France this coming June 2012. The upcoming dates are as follows:
6/10/2012 TBA – UK
6/11/2012 The Ritz – Manchester, UK
6/12/2012 Koko – London, UK w/ Nurse With Wound
6/14/2012 Milkweg – Amsterdam, NL w/ Aluk Todolo
6/15/2012 Fort8 BE – Hoboken, BE w/ Aluk Todolo
6/16/2012 Gâité Lyrique – Paris, FR
6/17/2012 Hellfest – Clisson, FR w/ King Diamond, Black Sabbath More...
Sunn O))) Announces First Bands For Roadburn
Legendary doom pioneers WINTER, along with EARTH, SCORN, BEAVER, ALUK TODOLO, MENACE RUINE, HOODED MENACE, THE SECRET and Atilla Csihar’s VOID OV VOICES, have been confirmed for SUNN O)))’s curated event at Roadburn Festival 2011, set for April 15th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland.
As curator, SUNN O))) (Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley) are personally selecting the bands that will play during their special event, as well as performing a headlining show. SUNN O))) is Roadburn’s fourth curator, following David Tibet in 2008, Neurosis in
2009 and Triptykon’s Tom Gabriel Warrior at this year’s festival in April.
SUNN O))) comments: “SUNN O))) is honored to present the first part of our guests for the curated day at Roadburn, April 15th 2011. They represent a broad range of bands we are fans of, and in many cases some of our closest friends and collaborators. We hope you appreciate the selection, and look forward to announcing more of our selection and allies…”
Sunn 0))) To Curate Roadburn 2011
Roadburn Festival has unveiled the curator for the 2011 edition of Roadburn as Sunn O))). The band, to be specific Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley, has agreed to curate the festival on Friday, April 15th, 2011 and host a special event.
As curator, Sunn O))) will personally select the bands that will play during their special event as well as perform a headline show. Sunn O))) will be Roadburn’s fourth curator, following David Tibet in 2008, Neurosis in 2009 and Triptykon’s Tom Gabriel Warrior at this year’s festival.
Right now, Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley are gearing up for two major Sunn O))) events in September: performing Altar with Boris at ATP New York and Brooklyn’s Masonic Temple, but you can expect to hear from them in the future with respect to their thoughts on the 2011 Roadburn festival and Sunn O)))’s performance.
The festival organizers comments in the release:
"We are overjoyed to join forces with Sunn O))) for the upcoming Roadburn festival. Their metal-based drone experimentations have proved groundbreaking and hugely influential for an entire new generation of musicians practicing the art of avant-garde metal, drone, post rock and psychedelica. Sunn O))) is also widely acclaimed for their eclectic collaborations with everyone from musicians Attila Csihar, Masami Akita (Merzbow), Boris, Steven Stapleton, Justin Broadrick, Oren Ambarchi, Ulver, Joe Preston, John Wiese, and Julian Cope to filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and visual artist Banks Violette.
"Greg Anderson, who is also Goatsnake’s songsmith and the entrepreneur behind Southern Lord Records, and Stephen O’Malley, a prolific improviser and composer who is well-known for being involved in Burning Witch, KHANATE, KTL and DACM/Gisèle Vienne theatre-works, have performed in different guises during various Roadburn festivals over the years, which is exactly why we felt they would be the ideal curators. Both of them consistently push the envelope musically, and one of our steadfast goals has been to make Roadburn a festival that explores the cutting edge while celebrating the familiar, too. With that in mind, we could think of no better spiritual guide for 2011 than Sunn O))).
"We are truly looking forward to the new ideas and visions that the crossover drone duo will bring to the festival next year. When asked to sum up Roadburn in one word, 'progressive' would be a fitting choice. Evolving and improving are part of this. The festival is a tribute to the open mindedness of its bands, curators and audience. The joy comes from expanding musical horizons, and with Sunn O))) acting as our curator we’ll definitely be in for some artistic surprises."
Roadburn Festival 2011, including Sunn O)))’s special event, will run for three days from Thursday, April 14 to Saturday, April 16 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland. There will be an additional afterburner event on Sunday, April 17, 2011.
Southern Lord Posts Free "Resurrection" Sampler
Southern Lord is the latest label to release a free compilation on Amazon.com. You can download their “Resurrection” sampler, which includes an exclusive Sunn 0))) track “Isengard (Chopped And Screwed).”
Here's the free Southern Lord “Resurrection” sampler tracklisting:
1. Wino "Release Me" (5:53)
2. Pelican "Embedding The Moss" (7:44)
3. Eagle Twin "Murder Of..." (12:08)
4. Wolves In The Throne Room "Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog" (10:33)
5. Black Cobra "Omniscient" (3:17)
6. The Accused "The Splatterbeast" (2:37)
7. Orcustus "Asphyxiokenisis" (3:51)
8. Black Breath "Murder" (4:12)
9. Virulence "Blank Stare" (5:44)
10. Earth "Junkyard Priest (Live In Vienna)" (8:23)
11. Sunn O))) "Isengard (Chopped And Screwed)" (6:51)
Like Nuclear Blast's free compilation, however, it may only be available to those in the U.S.
In related news, Southern Lord recently slashed prices at their online store, with most CDs now $10 and double CDs and package deals reduced as well.
OpEd
A Decade Of Metal In Review
On the 31 Dec 1999, no planes came crashing out of the sky, nuclear bombs went off or microwave ovens tried to eat anyone. However, times were about to change and in the metal scene change was already well underway. Let us take a stroll through the decade in metal that was.
Many of the 90s big names like Emperor and Pantera prepared to give their last venomous scream dying off in the wake of ever diminishing interest in the metal scene that had plagued the 90s. In the year 2000 a band named “Limp Bizkit” came out with an album called "Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavoured Water" and in a storm nu-metal took over the public perception of heavy music, changing the face of metal irreparably. Although nu-metal had already been pioneered by Korn, bands like Deftones, Disturbed, Mudvayne and Linkin Park all had breakout releases in 2000. More...
Sunn O))) Announces U.K. Tour Dates
SUNN O))) has announced their first U.K. tour in three years, including a return to the north of England. In support of the "Monoliths & Dimensions" album, the lineup on stage will be Anderson and O’Malley, Attila Csihar and Steve Moore (Stebmo). Sunn O))) will be joined for two dates by Swedish electronics guru BJ Nilsen performing a special “Storms” set, and a pair of concerts with psychedelic mantra outfit OM. Sunn O))) will also perform two nights at the legendary ATP festival, honorably invited by the ATP staff themselves to celebrate the 10th year of the fest. As a special set, Sunn O))) will be performing as a duo (Shoshin), in addition to the quartet.
In related news, the Gravetemple trio (O’Malley, Csihar and Oren Ambarchi) will be headlining a special, rare one off date at London’s ICA in November with an entirely brand new set of experimental drone and doom.
Here are the SUNN O))) "Monoliths & Dimensions" UK tour 2009 dates:
06-Dec-09 Glasgow / Stereo
07-Dec-09 Newcastle (Gateshead) / The Sage w/ Skullflower
08-Dec-09 Manchester / Islington Mill w/ BJ Nilsen
09-Dec-09 Bristol / Trinity Church w/ BJ Nilsen
10-Dec-09 Birmingham / Asylum w/ OM
12-Dec-09 Minehead / ATP (SUNN O))) Shoshin)
13-Dec-09 Minehead / ATP
14-Dec-09 London / Koko w/ OM
GRAVETEMPLE will be making a rare, one off appearance in London this Autumn
16-Nov-09 London / ICA GRAVETEMPLE w/ Aaron Dilloway
Pelican Announces New Album Details
PELICAN are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on their fourth studio album, entitled "What We All Come To Need." Guitarist Laurent Lebec has commented on the new album saying it is “the most perfect synthesis of everything we've done to date, sonically.” The album features more guests than have ever appeared on a PELICAN album before including: Greg Anderson of sunn O))), Aaron Turner of Isis, Ben Verellen of Harkonen and Helms Alee and Allen Epley from The Life & Times and Shiner. More...
Sunn 0))) Announces US Tour Dates with Eagle Twin
Sunn 0))) has announced a US tour with Eagle Twin. The tour dates are as follows:
9/17 - Pittsburgh, PA Mr Small’s
9/19 - RI Providence AS220 Broad Street Studio
9/20 - Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
9/22 - Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Masonic Temple
(also W/ Pelican and Earth)
9/23 - Baltimore, MD Sonar
9/24 - Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
9/25 - Asheville,NC The Orange Peel w/ Faust
9/26 - Atlanta, GA LEGENDS Banquet & Special Event Center
9/27 - Athens, GA Seney-Stovall Chapel
9/28 - Athens, GA Seney-Stovall Chapel
9/30 - Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
Harpoon Announces US Tour Date
Chicago grindcore band, HARPOON, has set out on a week long tour this week. Hitting towns between their Midwest hometown and the Northeast US, they will be supporting SUNN O))), EAGLE TWIN, THE HUMAN QUENA ORCHESTRA, LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR and more along the way. The dates are as follows:
7/10/2009 House Cafe - Dekalb, IL w/ Sunn O))), Eagle Twin
7/12/2009 O'Brien's - Boston, MA w/ To The Wolves, In The Shit, Mast
7/13/2009 Lit Lounge - New York, NY w/ Unearthly Trance, Casket Architects
7/14/2009 The Charleston - Brooklyn, NY w/ We Are All Savages, Hunter/Gatherer
7/15/2009 The Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA w/ Microwaves, The Human Quena Orchestra
7/16/2009 Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH w/ Total Abuse
7/17/2009 Zanies - Indianapolis, IN / DudeFest After-Party Too w/ 7000 Dying Rats, Lair of the Minotaur, Christ Beheaded
8/01/2009 The Mutiny - Chicago, IL w/ Lord Mantis, Czar More...
Sunn O))) Announces West Coast Tour Dates
SUNN O))) has unveiled more US tour dates in support of their latest opus, "Monoliths & Dimensions."
Following their previously announced Midwestern US tour beginning next week, the band will devastate the West Coast this August. The tour kicks off in Seattle where SUNN O))) will headline two Southern Lord label showcase events. The first night will be as a duo performing the the Shoshin/GrimmRobe Demos in its entirety. They will be joined by labelmates The Accüsed (this show serving as a record release show for the Accüsed album "The Curse of Martha Splatterhead"). An encore Seattle performance follows the next night, this time alongside Southern Lord brethren Earth, Pelican and Eagle Twin. SUNN O))) then surges south along the coast through California and into Utah and Colorado alongside labelmates Eagle Twin and The Accüsed.
Here are the latest Sunn O))) "Monoliths & Dimensions" West Coast tour dates:
8/05/2009 Neumo’s - Seattle, WA w/ The Accüsed (record release show!), Trap Them, Black Breath
8/06/2009 Neumo's - Seattle, WA w/ Earth, Pelican, Eagle Twin
8/08/2009 Independent - San Francisco, CA w/ the Accüsed, Eagle Twin
8/09/2009 Historic Brookdale Lodge - Brookdale, CA w/ the Accüsed, Eagle Twin
8/11/2009 Center for Arts, Eagle Rock - Los Angeles, CA w/ the Accüsed, Eagle Twin
8/13/2009 Bluebird Theatre - Denver, CO w/ the Accüsed, Eagle Twin
8/14/2009 Avalon Theatre - Salt Lake City, UT w/ the Accüsed, Eagle Twin
Sunn O))) Announces Midwest Tour Dates
Sunn 0))) will be heading to the Midwest for the first time in some time. The tour lineup includes Attila Csihar (Invocations), Steve Moore (Trombone, and keys), Stephen O’Malley (Guitar), and Greg Anderson (Bass). Sunn 0))) will be touring with Eagle Twin. Here are the latest tour dates:
Thu 07/02/09 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Sun 07/05/09 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
Mon 07/06/09 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium / Underground
Tue 07/07/09 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room
Wed 07/08/09 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
Fri 07/10/09 Dekalb, IL House Cafe
Sat 07/11/09 Pontiac, MI Eagle Theater
Sun 07/12/09 Newport, KY Southgate House
West coast dates for August and East coast dates in September 2009 will be announced soon.
Sunn O))) Reveals New Album Details
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 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)
Hydra Head Comments On Final Khanate Album
A blogger at Hydra Head Records has posted some tantalizing notes about a final Khanate album, the still unreleased "Clean Hands Go Foul."
Production on the album is apparantly very close to completion; they've posted some gorgeous pictures of the finished cover. More...
Black Cobra, Eagle Twin Sign To Southern Lord
Southern Lord has officially announced the signing of two new bands into their eclectic, congregation of auditory purveyors. Coincidentally both bands are duos - each consisting of merely a guitarist and a drummer. The label welcomes Black Cobra and Eagle Twin.
Rafa Martinez and Jason Landrian have been coalescing Black Cobra's sonic brew for nearly six years now, yet neither were strangers to heaving heavy riffage prior, with Rafa doing time with Acid King and 16, and Jason in Cavity. But the pair unleashes a tone heavier than a trio of both guitar and drums. Their impenetrable hardcore doom chemistry evokes an intensity that sets them apart from the others, both live and recorded. The band has toured seemingly endlessly on both US and foreign soil since their 2002 inception, sharing the stage with The Sword, Weedeater, High On Fire, Torche and countless other bands in the upper ranks of metal and doom, most times blowing the competition away completely. Black Cobra plans to record their first album for Southern Lord sometime in the first half of 2009, with more info and tour dates to be announced very shortly.
Hailing from Salt Lake City, Eagle Twin has mainly solidified into proper form over the course of this year. Guitarist Gentry Densley is a very old friend whose previous band Iceburn was one of the most interesting and incredible bands of the '90s hardcore/post-hardcore movement. Gentry and Greg Anderson (Southern Lord, sunn 0))), Goatsnake) collaborated on the Ascend album Ample Fire Within record, released by Southern Lord earlier this year. The Eagle Twin sound is stained with early doom and blues-roots rock backing mythology of epic Old Testament proportions. The band will be recording their debut album with Randall Dunn (Earth, sunn 0)))) in Seattle this Winter and it should be released before summer of 2009.
Asva Announces Berlin Show, Posts MP3 Online
Epic doomsters Asva will be kicking off the new year with a one-off show at the Maria in Berlin, Germany on January 28th. This is a rare opportunity to see the group charging through highlights from their recent album, "What You Don't Know Is Frontier."
Asva contains members of Sunn O))), Faith No More, Burning Witch, Mr Bungle and Goatsnake.
You can download an MP3 of Asva's song "A Trap For Judges" off their latest album.
Earth Announces US Tour Dates
Seattle's Earth have announced the following tour dates:
10/10 - Poughkeepsie, NY - BARD College
10/11 - Providence, RI - Brown University
10/12 - Portland, ME - Time Of Rivers Festival
10/13 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
10/14 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
10/15 - Allentown, PA - The Sterling Hotel
10/16 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church (Sanctuary) w/ Sunn 0))) and Thou
10/17 - New York, NY - Columbia University
10/18 - New Haven, CT - Wesleyan University
10/19 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory
Sunn O))) Announces US Tour Dates
SUNN O))) has announced four live performances in the United States, to recognize the 10th anniversary of SUNN O)))'s creation and to coincide with the recording of their first album, "The GrimmRobe Demos." The band will be playing material from this album exclusively. The material will be performed by Sunn O)))'s core members only - Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson; No guests, no vocals, no keyboards.
Sunn O))) presents: Shoshin/GrimmRobes USA tour 2008:
Oct. 10th Los Angeles, CA. @ Safari Sams w/ John Weise + guests TBA) ALL AGES
Oct. 12th Portland, Or. @ Berbatis' Pan (Fall Into Darkness fest. w/guests TBA) all ages w/bar.
Oct. 15th New York, NY. @ the Knitting Factory (w/ Tony Conrad, Thou)
Oct. 16th Philadelphia, PA. @ the First Unitarian Church (w/ Thou + guests TBA) ALL AGES