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Sunn O))) has announced two new studio albums — both recorded with Steve Albini, and both scheduled to be released before the end of 2019.

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…

7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: December 04, 2015Label: Southern LordFrom the Seattle birth of drone-metal duo Sunn O))), they've always imbued their creaking…

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…

The Necks, Open (Northern Spy)The most beautiful album of the year isn’t by Bill Callahan or Haim or Boards of Canada or Susan Boyle, but…

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…

6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: May 08, 2012Label: Bo WeavilLike a bad vibes Flower/Corsano, free-metal meets free-jazz for motionless, flabby hour.

8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: May 08, 2012Label: Editions MegoStephen O)))'Malley and Pita turn down amps, answer the phantom carriage's call via slow-sailing strings,…

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…

Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:…