John Peel used to describe his beloved The Fall as being “always different, always the same”. This similia also works for Sunn O))). Their approach is now part of metal mythology; two hooded figures play a scant set of notes glacially slow and in doing so create a monolithically heavy sound that you feel as opposed to hear. For near on thirty years Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson haven’t ...
Read MoreAs metal fans we tend to view our world as an impenetrable fortress sitting alone in an ocean of splendid isolation. Disconnected from other strands of popular culture. The truth is actually very different, we have many openly flowing land borders with other facets of the musical lexicon. Drone metal and the legendary Sunn O))) specifically is one of those bridging areas.
Read MoreAnna Von Hausswolff is the personification of effortless cool. She alludes such arty coolness that she makes everyone else in room seem like gorky teenagers with haircuts courtesy of their mums. She and her band of equally hip dudes started slowly and ethereally. There is no typical drums or bass here and the solitary ghostly notes meander their way across the majestic setting of Manchester’s Albert Hall.
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