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To those of you that have heard of Sunn O))) before, you will probably know exactly what to expect out of their latest release, Monoliths & Dimensions. This is another album filled to the brim with dark, brooding atmosphere that is meant to be played at deafening volumes. With this album, Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson collaborated with eighteen other musicians in order to make their most ambitious album to date. Guests include Dylan Carlson (Earth), Attila Csihar (Mayhem, Burial Chamber Trio), Oren Ambarchi, Julian Priester (Sun Ra, John Coltrane), an upright bass quartet, two choirs, and even some horns make an appearance.

The album opens with Aghartha (a reference to jazz legend Miles Davis), a seventeen minute track which begins the same way most Sunn O))) songs do: a low, droning guitar and bass duo. Most of this track is centered around Attila Csihar’s spoken vocals that go throughout the song. The song continually builds towards a climax by adding in low piano and screeching strings. The effect is both beautiful and terrifying. Aghartha could easily be the heaviest work Sunn O))) has ever done. The amount of bass in the recording has made me dizzy a few times while listening with headphones. The combination of the droning guitars, the haunting vocals, and the ambient effects strewn throughout the song make for a masterpiece of experimental drone.

Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] begins with the sound of an almost angelic choir. The contrast between this and the end of the previous song is sure to grab the listener’s attention. This song epitomizes the core concept of the entire album. This is Sunn O))) showing the musicality that is present in all of their other songs by adding additional instruments which showcase those elements. The juxtaposition of the beautiful choirs against the discordant guitar work is simply amazing. There are no words to faithfully describe the awesomeness of this track. A quick side note: The long word in the title of this song is a Hungarian compound word that was used during the inquisition as a sentencing for heretics. It roughly translates to “you’re desacralized because of your own actions, that you brought upon yourself, to the point that it’s impossible to be sacred again”.

We then move on to Hunting and Gathering (Cydonia). This is another song where Csihar shines. Right at the start he is growling over a very heavy, very Earth-esque riff. Further in, we hear the horns really being featured for the first time. The sound is massive and intense. The song begins to take on an almost tribal feeling as more auxiliary percussion is added and the horns take a back seat to Csihar again. After a climax, synthesizers are introduced with occasional horn fanfares interrupting. The synths give this track a surreal feeling to the whole song. This is probably the weakest track on the album, but it is by no means a bad one.

Finally, we arrive at the track Alice (a reference to Alice Coltrane). The guitar work here has the twangy/dirty tone that Dylan Carlson has been fond of lately, and the first portion of the song has Carlson playing a slow riff over a ringing bass. Slowly, horn swells appear in order to accent the changes in the riff and a trombone solo begins over the top of everything. This song sounds simple and consonant compared to the rest of the album, and even takes on the sound of a modern jazz piece towards the end with extensive cymbal work and a harp providing harmony behind the trombone. It’s truly beautiful and it creates a pleasing end to an amazing album.

Overall, Monoliths & Dimensions is a contender for Sunn O)))’s best album to date. The progress shown between their debut album, The Grimmrobe Demos, and what they have just released ten years later is astounding. They’re addition of elements from jazz and classical music makes this a more pleasant listening experience than the blackened sound of Black One, and it will probably be much more accessible than their previous releases. That said, if you didn’t like this band before you will probably not enjoy this album, but for fans of experimental music this is an amazing album that is well worth the money.

Tracklisting:

Aghartha (17:34)
Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] (9:43)
Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia) (10:02)
Alice (16:20)

Album Art:

Le Roadburn Festival est devenu au fil des années un événement musical européen de référence en matière de scène Rock/sludge/doom/post-hardcore. L'édition 2009, fêtant les 10 ans du festival, a été offerte en offrande au dieu Neurosis, qui a pu inviter les groupes de son choix, composant pour l'occasion un programme qui a taché plus d'un slip dans l'auditoire avec des groupes comme Mono, Earth, Grails, Shora, Minsk ou encore A Storm of Light. Il a d'ailleurs été souvent question du Roadburn sur Pelecanus, je pense surtout aux 2 énormes bootlegs audios de Mono et Shora que je vous conseille si vous ne les avez pas encore choppé, ou encore la sortie du sublime pack DVD/Vinyl de Year of No Light. Aujourd'hui c'est une petite sélection des meilleures vidéos lives de l'édition 2009 pêchées sur Youtube que je vous propose. Pour voir l'intégral de la sélection c'est à la suite de l'article, enjoy people !

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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
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C'est en allant sur le compte de l'émission musicale We Have Signal que je suis retombé sur le live de très bonne qualité de l'énormissime groupe Earth au BottleTree Café, Birmingham. Il me semblait ne pas l'avoir partagé par ici et je rectifie ça dès ce soir avec le set principalement diffusé et quelques morceaux bonus à la suite de l'article. On sort sa chemise à carreaux et on clique sur play ! Allé !

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Well well, where do we begin...

The expectation. I've been waiting for this album for at least two years. I'm sure the feeling was mutual for many others. And The Great Cold Distance is by no means an easy act to follow.

The hype. The album was built up, the down-loadable single, Forsaker, the mini-site, the eventual track-listing, Mikael Akerfeltd's comments....

The eventual goods? For my humble opinion, read on.

Night Is the New Day - Tracklist
1| Forsaker
2| The Longest Year
3| Idle Blood
4| Onward Into Battle
5| Liberation
6| The Promise of Deceit
7| Nephilim
8| New Night
9| Inheritance
10| Day and Then the Shade
11| Departer

Track One - Forsaker
This was the first hint of what Katatonia had created on this album. Dark, pulsating and lively, this song is like My Twin mixed with Dave Lombardo.
As we can expect from Katatonia, it's in one word 'majestic'. Great album opener, fantastic melody, melancholy, and really, what a great song! This song is right up there with other Katatonia album openers - Leaders, For My Demons and so on, and it shows Katatonia are again an evolving, and at this point, rather angry beast. 9.5/10

Track Two - The Longest Year
They don't let us down. The Longest Year keeps up the high standards of the opening track, and again reminds me of a mix of the TGCD style, and a more personal, metallic sound that seems constant throughout the album. The chorus and bridge here are first rate. The lyrics again are of such a high standard. One of the best songs on the album for me. Would highly recommend. 9/10

Track Three - Idle Blood
I may as well review the Damnation album by Opeth, because this is uncanny. Jonas sounds like his friend Mikael so much here I mistook them! Still, it's a pleasingly slow, melodic song, and it cools the album down after two fast (For Katatonia) and slick sounding songs. It's nice. 8/10

Track Four - Onward Into Battle
I'll start by saying a lot of songs on this album remind me of Unfurl. This is one of them, mainly because of Jonas's vocal delivery. That slow, saddened, thoughtful almost, voice is amazing. Some quite refreshing guitar riffs are present too. Great song, could well become a favourite. 7/10

Track Five - Liberation
Another early favourite. Starts with the urban-esque beat found in Unfurl (again) in the background, but soon emerges as one of the heavier tracks on the album. The song breaks into heavy chopping riffs, and a pick up in tempo, but again, recedes. Picks up later, with a real feel of Increase and The Itch, among other TGCD songs. The lyrics are delivered well, and quickly by Jonas. Solid song. 7.5/10

Track Six - The Promise of Deceit
Interesting intro to the song - Jonas sings in a removed, echo like voice, soon breaking into more melodic singing. The song builds and builds, and as Jonas sings 'When did you come to think...' the song gets heavier. A pleasing chorus follows, and the song calms down somewhat, then builds again after a pause. The lyrics here are direct, and provoking. Despite the dark subject matters, you'll sing along. 7.5/10

Track Seven - Nephilim
Possibly another early favourite. Nice intro, spellbinding vocals. Katatonia are really in their groove by now, and this is another hopeless, bleak, but amazing song. The chorus is delivered with a slow, crushing drum beat, with Jonas's long, emotive vocals soaring above the music. Interesting guitar as the end of the song nears keeps us in touch. 8/10

Track Eight - New Night
Very much similar to TGCD era songs here. The rhythmic beat of the drums, and sad, laid back guitar work is a welcome hail-back to songs like July. The song is very finished, with the flourish of a keyboard piece in the background adding to the sound. The song stops and starts, going between building and heavy. With fear of repetition of myself, great lyrics. A song to be deciphered, and that will grow on me. 7.5/10

Track Nine - Inheritance
Jonas is incredible here. His voice fades in and out of melancholic guitar, a slow beat played in the background by Liljekvist on the drums. The vocals pause for a small symphonic bridge, and the song is slightly faster as it moves on. Another pause, then the vocals rejoin us. A nice guitar riff is to be heard near the end too. A good calming pause as we leave several heavier, dynamic songs behind. 8/10

Track Ten - Day And Then The Shade
Another single in the making. Great melody here, the drums, guitar work and of course the vocals immediately grab our attention, with the tempo change after Inheritance obvious. As the chorus starts, the lyrics of the song 'Every waking hour...' are drilled into our minds. Overall, a fast, polished, very slick sounding song. And another one with very good delivery and lyrics. Great, great song. 9/10

Track Eleven - Departer
When I first heard it I thought - this is Unfurl part two, more so than ever before on this album. A slow, ambient intro for around 40 seconds leads to thoughtful, sad vocals, complemented nicely by pleasing keyboard work. The song gains momentum, but is all just a stage for Jonas's vocals. The tempo changes again, and as Krister Linder (guest vocals on this song) sings:

Brother
In your eyes I was the stronger

We realise we are being given such an emotional piece, and journey from this band. A fitting, introspective end to a fascinating album. A really fitting album closer. Perfect. 10/10.

-Remember to try bonus song Ashen -

All in all, this album is similar to The Great Cold Distance, but is not as well rounded, and does not contain the huge singles (July, My Twin...) of TGCD. This is rawer, but polished, and more refined. The album is hopeless, apathetic in places, but still has that unique, uplifting feel to it that, upon inspection, every Katatonia album has. To start with, try Forsaker or Day And Then The Shade. It will grow. Watch this space. This is a potentially huge album.

Overall, a good initial 88/100

Also read:
Katatonia: A Discography Review
Revised: Ulver, A Discography Review


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Tue 20 Oct – Sunn O))), Eagle Twin

After discovering Sunn O))) a couple of years ago, it took me quite a while to really get into their music. I remember classifying it at first listen as, not surprisingly, monotonous noise. I couldn’t really see the point in all the bass noise and hissing vocals. I put the records I had away for quite a long time.

However, since mid-2008 I started paying more attention to the mighty old Sunn O))) again. I started to appreciate their newer stuff more and more and had a Sunn O))) discography marathon a while later. I have now listened to and learned to appreciate every studio album, one more than the other, from The Grimmrobe Demos through Monoliths & Dimensions. After becoming totally crazy about them this year, I went to see them in Tivoli de Helling in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The lords of drone doom had some high expectations to fulfill. I saw them perform for the first time last May during the ten year anniversary tour of The Grimmrobe Demos. They played in an old church in Rotterdam and performed The Grimmrobe Demos in its entirety with a well suiting high volume. No vocals, no guests, just pure, mind-blowing bass violence. And mind-blowing it was, I was mighty impressed by the powerful performance and so was the Man Upstairs, as it started raining and thundering like Ragnarok was about to break out.

So when I arrived at the Tivoli last night, I was expecting quite a lot from Sunn O))), while simultaneously wondering whether they would be able to deliver. Tivoli de Helling is a pretty small, but definitely atmospheric venue. Just before half pas eight, the support act, Eagle Twin, started with instantaneous low-tuned tunes and violently high-turned volume. The band consists of one drummer and one guitar player/vocalist. They set down an excellent show. I had heard their debut album, The Undkindness of Crows, twice before the show, much to my acclaim, but their live performance was even better!

When they started playing, the vocals were a little bit soft, but luckily this was fixed quite fast. After this, they played some good, raw stoner metal. A strong part of their sound were the vocals, which sounded raw and strong and better than those of most stoner metal singers. Their sound was nice, low and dirty and the drumming was very energetic. The bass was pretty heavy and could be felt throughout the entire body. What I liked best was a ten minute guitar drone doom piece around the middle of the set. It consisted of long, mighty guitar drones accompanied by energetic drumming and reminded me a lot of Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine (the band, that is). After this, they returned to their old stoner doom sound and ended with an outro with very cool, eerie vocals, giving a hint of what we could expect from Attila a little later.

Around ten o’clock Sunn O))) entered the stage in their usual monk cloaks after a long, but atmospheric intro. Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson took up their guitars and started playing some REALLY low and heavy drones. Definitely louder than in Rotterdam, I could feel my entire body vibrate near the stage. They were accompanied by Steve Moore on synths and trumpet. After a good while of bass violence, Attila Csihar entered the stage and started performing the lyrics to Agartha. This started out quite normal, but throughout the show he found more and more creative ways to use his voice to accompany the sonic doom of Stephen and Greg. He also started wearing a creepy, slimy mask later on, which looked pretty cool under the hood of his cloak.

Sunn O))) performed the first three songs of Monoliths & Dimensions (Agartha, Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] and Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia)), but in completely different forms than on the album. Agartha stayed quite true to the original version, but the other two songs were heavily mixed with live additions and improvisations. Later on Attila went to change costumes and came back in a cloak filled with mirrors and metal plates. He was crowned by Stephen O’Malley with a glass crown which pointed in all directions and started shooting lasers from his hands. This was nice, but not as cool as some people found it to be. Personally I find it more atmospheric to see a crazy monk hissing in clouds of fog than an avant-garde king shooting lasers on stage. Nevertheless, he performed excellent and the entire band was met with well deserved applause after nicely suddenly turning off the music.

It’s true what the CD booklets say: Maximum Volume Yields Maximum Results. Sunn O))) proved this last night with the loudest and most physical show I have ever seen. Go see them when they come to your town, you won’t regret it.

Artist Connections: Sunn O))) & BorisEarthKhanateKTLPentempleBorisNadjaBurning WitchBurial Chamber TrioGrave TempleAsvaAscendOMOrthodox

Apparently these are my 50 favorite albums.


Aronofsky's top albums (overall)
1. Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1026) 2. Dead Meadow - Feathers (618) 3. Various Artists - (A) Senile Animal (614) 4. Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti (604) 5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (569) 6. Morphine - Good (532) 7. Shellac - At Action Park (475) 8. Tool - Lateralus (470) 9. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (450) 10. Melvins - Bullhead (450) 11. Melvins - Houdini (434) 12. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (431) 13. Low - I Could Live in Hope (430) 14. Deerhunter - Microcastle (408) 15. Melvins - Nude With Boots (395) 16. The Doors - The Doors (387) 17. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (375) 18. Kyuss - And the Circus Leaves Town (373) 19. Sickoakes - Seawards (362) 20. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (360) 21. Desert Sessions - Desert Sessions 1 + 2 (339) 22. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (334) 23. Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn (310) 24. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender (310) 25. Frank Zappa - Freak Out! (299) 26. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (292) 27. Boris - Akuma No Uta (288) 28. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (281) 29. God Is an Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright (268) 30. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (265) 31. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (256) 32. Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head (253) 33. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues (251) 34. dEUS - Worst Case Scenario (234) 35. Mogwai - Young Team (232) 36. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (230) 37. Clint Mansell - Requiem for a Dream (229) 38. Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Cicadidae (226) 39. Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthäus-Passion - Collegium Vocale/Herreweghe (220) 40. Bertrand Burgalat - The Sssound of Mmmusic (220) 41. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (220) 42. Sigur Rós - Von (218) 43. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (218) 44. Slint - Spiderland (213) 45. The Field - From Here We Go To Sublime (212) 46. Tortoise - TNT (206) 47. The Arcade Fire - Funeral (203) 48. Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (197) 49. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (195) 50. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O. (194)

1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
4. A Silver Mt. Zion - Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward
5. Jesu - Jesu
6. Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
7. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
8. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
9. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Music From The Motion Picture The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
10. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
11. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
12. Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
13. Joanna Newsom - Ys
14. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
15. The National - Alligator
16. Radiohead - Kid A
17. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
18. Beach House - Devotion
19. Tool - Lateralus
20. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
21. Animal Collective - Feels
22. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
23. Tocotronic - Kapitulation
24. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
25. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
26. Radiohead - Amnesiac
27. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
28. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
29. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
30. The Cure - Bloodflowers
31. Danielson - Ships
32. A Silver Mt. Zion - Horses in the Sky
33. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
34. Panopticon - Panopticon
35. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
36. Pelican - Australasia
37. Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
38. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
39. Fantômas - Suspended Animation
40. Caribou - Andorra
41. Dead Meadow - Feathers
42. 16 Horsepower - Secret South
43. Calexico - Carried To Dust
44. Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy
45. Kante - Zweilicht
46. Set Fire to Flames - Sings Reign Rebuilder
47. Buried Inside - Chronoclast
48. Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
49. Explosions in the Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
50. Boris - Flood
51. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
52. Mastodon - Leviathan
53. Earth - HEX; Or Printing In The Infernal Method
54. Priestbird - In Your Time
55. JJ - jj n° 2
56. Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy
57. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
58. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
59. Aereogramme - A Story in White
60. Brett Anderson - Wilderness
61. Aereogramme - Sleep and Release
62. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
63. Air - The Virgin Suicides
64. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
65. Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks
66. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
67. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
68. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out of Season
69. Sigur Rós - ( )
70. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
71. Pocahaunted - Chains
72. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
73. Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
74. The Black Neon - Arts And Crafts
75. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
76. Sophia - People Are Like Seasons
77. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
78. Great Lake Swimmers - Bodies And Minds
79. The Notwist - Neon Golden
80. Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
81. The Strokes - Is This It
82. The xx - xx
83. Nina Nastasia - Run To Ruin
84. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
85. Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
86. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
87. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
88. Calexico - Feast of Wire
89. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
90. Hope of the States - The Lost Riots
91. The Libertines - Up the Bracket
92. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
93. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
94. Isis - Oceanic
95. Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
96. mclusky - mclusky Do Dallas
97. Savoy Grand - Burn the Furniture
98. Blumfeld - Testament Der Angst
99. Grails - Redlight
100. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

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