Sunn O)))

Sunn O)))
Genre(s)
Drone/Doom Metal
Origin Formed in Current label Status
United States of America (Los Angeles, California / Paris, France) 1998 Southern Lord Active
Current line-up
Greg Anderson - Guitars, bass (Goatsnake, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Burial Chamber Trio, Engine Kid, Lunatics on Parole, Pentemple, Thorr's Hammer, Ascend, Burning Witch, Mars)
Stephen O'Malley - Guitar, bass (Burning Witch, Aethenor, Khanate, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Thorr's Hammer, Ginnungagap, Lotus Eaters, Fungal Hex, KTL (USA), Grave Temple, House Of Low Culture, Pentemple, Sarin (USA), Mars)
Attila Csihar - Live Session Vocals (Aborym, Burial Chamber Trio, Current 93, Grave Temple, Hell Terrorist, Jarboe, Keep of Kalessin, Korog, Pentemple, Plasma Pool, Tormentor (Hun), Mayhem (Nor), Void Ov Voices)
Steve Moore - Live Session Keyboard/Electronics
Former/past member(s)
G. Stuart Dahlquist - Bass (Burning Witch, Goatsnake, Asva)

Session musicians:
Julian Cope (The Teardrop Explodes) - Vocals on "White1."
Justin Broadrick (Fall of Because, Godflesh, Head of David, Jesu, Napalm Death, Council Estate Electronics, Curse of the Golden Vampire, Final, God, Greymachine, Ice, J2, Krackhead, Scorn (Gbr), The Sidewinder, Solaris BC, Sweet Tooth, Tech Level 2, Techno Animal, White Static Demon, White Viper, Youpho)
Wrest - Vocals (Leviathan (USA), Lurker of Chalice, Twilight (USA))
Runhild Gammelsæter (Khlyst, Thorr's Hammer) participated in the making of "White1".
Joe Preston - Bass, guitar, programming, electronics (High on Fire, Melvins, Earth (USA), The Whip)
Additional notes
They're named after Sunn Amplifiers; the band's logo is exactly the same as the brand's. They added the O))) affix to their name (one could read the logo in this way).

Greg Anderson also runs the record label Southern Lord. Stephen O'Malley is also a graphic artist most noteable for doing artwork and layouts for Sunn O))), Boris, Khanate, Scum (Nor) and various posters and advertisements for bands [...]
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El_RinsoJuly 21st, 2002
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Discography


The Grimmrobe Demos Demo, 1999[8 reviews, average 68%]
ØØ Void Full-length, 2000[4 reviews, average 75%]
Flight of the Behemoth Full-length, 2002[7 reviews, average 77%]
White1 Full-length, 2003[4 reviews, average 77%]
Veils it White EP, 2003
Live Action Sampler 2004 Best of/Compilation, 2004
The Horn and the Spear (EMS Remix) Single, 2004
Live White Live album, 2004[1 review, 5%]
The Libations of Samhain Live album, 2004[2 reviews, average 87%]
White2 Full-length, 2004[5 reviews, average 82%]
Cro-Monolithic Remixes for an Iron Age EP, 2004[1 review, 88%]
Candlewolf of the Golden Chalice EP, 2005[1 review, 88%]
Black One Full-length, 2005[12 reviews, average 83%]
Angel Coma Split, 2006[2 reviews, average 86%]
La Mort Noir dans Esch / Alzette Live album, 2006
White Boxed set, 2006
Altar Full-length, 2006[5 reviews, average 89%]
Oracle EP, 2007[3 reviews, average 83%]
Dømkirke Live album, 2008[2 reviews, average 88%]
Monoliths & Dimensions Full-length, 2009[9 reviews, average 93%]
Che Split album, 2009
(初心) Grimmrobes Live 101008 Live album, 2009



Links

Official
Home page for Stephen O'Malley
Sunn O)))/Boris Official site
Stephen O'Malley MySpace

Labels
Sunn O))) @ Southern Lord Recordings
Southern Lord MySpace

Official merchandise
Basilisk Productions

Fan site
Myspace
Sunn O))) @ Doom-metal.com
Sunn O))) Fan Myspace
New York Times article about the band

Tablatures
Tabs @ Ultimate-Guitar.com
Sunn o))) @ 911tabs



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