Aside from composing one-half of the drone-metal duo Sunn O))), Stephen O'Malley maintains a solo career of disorienting experimental guitar works. In 2015 he's already…
From the Seattle birth of drone-metal duo Sunn O))), they've always imbued their creaking compositions with a sense of reverent, primordial purpose — as…
As Stereogum points out, the drone metal band Sunn O))) are now streaming their new album Kannon via Rolling Stone. "The Mark Rothkos of void-painting expressionist metal"
Drone-y, cloaked metal act Sunn O))) have mostly been working on collaborations since their totemic 2009 effort Monoliths & Dimensions, but today they've announced the…
Sound-sculpture savants and ambient-rock cult faves Fontanelle are returning after an 10-year hiatus with a record for doom metal stalwart Southern Lord. The last we…
"As soon as volume exceeds 80 decibels, blood pressure rises," wrote jazz scribe Joachim-Ernst Berendt in 1983. "The stomach and intestine operate more slowly, the…
In 1970, Black Sabbath drained the blues from hard rock, slowing it into a depresso nightmare trudge with Frankenstein feet. Myriad masters of riff followed…
