SUNN O))) — Black One

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3.93 | 22 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 2005

Filed under Drone Metal
By SUNN O)))

Tracklist

1. Sin Nanna (2:17)
2. It Took The Night To Believe (5:56)
3. Cursed Realms (Of The Winterdemons) (10:13)
4. Orthodox Caveman (10:00)
5. CandleGoat (8:04)
6. Cry For The Weeper (14:40)
7. Báthory Erzsébet (15:59)

Total Time 67:11

Line-up/Musicians

- MK Ultra Blizzard (Stephen O'Malley) / Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Horn, Woodwind
- Mystik Fogg Invokator (Greg Anderson) Guitars, Bass, Effects, Synthesizers, Keyboards

- Wrest / Vocals (track 2)
- Mathias Schneeberger / Ambience (track 3)
- Malefic / Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6, 7)
- Oren Ambarchi / Vocals, Noises, Horns, Woodwind, Gong, Bells, Drums, Cymbals, Guitars (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7)
- John Wiese / Ambience, Electronics (track 3, 5)

About this release

October 17th, 2005
Southern Lord Recordings

Deluxe Edition has a bonus disc titled Solstitium Fulminate (Live In Roskilde 2005) with the following tracklist:

1. Wine And Fog (21:30)
2. Vlad Tepes (16:43)

Total Time 38:13

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SKwid
Black.. Blue.. Both creatures of the same universe. A bell rings, the beginning cometh. Church organs set the mood for this somber song and dance, Hints of normality flick and flutter through the abyssm but for now, there is only sunn. Mists, cloudy spirits possibly show themselves, yearning to be know but yet ignored, by all but the wilful.The trees, some may say, a harbinger of purity, but yet the darkened forests harbor only fear ans sorrow. And it melts.... And it melts.... And he melts.... And we melt... And the ravens fly overhead, watching us from above. waiting. The post comes and goes, and I find myself strangely out of breath. By the sounds of it, something is coming this way. Time ticks slowly by as I wait... and wait... and wait......

and i wait.

A machine runs in the background, but only seems to add to the ambiance. But then, a monster emerges, and the waving blue tides give birth to a behemoth. A dragon, most massive in its size and conquest rules the skies now.



I wrote this review in the same state as i wrote my other sunn reviews. I think sunn is more of an experience than anything, and shuld be treated as such. I really enjoyed the journey that this album took me on, and would recommend it.
Warthur
Sunn O)))'s Black One is essentially the band's drone doom metal tribute to the spirit of black metal. Such a concept sounds odd at first, until you consider that both drone doom and black metal are both about atmosphere; in particular, if a drone band doesn't evoke an interesting atmosphere, they have no hope of holding a listener's interest.

So, borrowing some talent and a few lyrics here and there from the black metal scene, and capping off the album with a tribute to Countess Bathory (who's been namechecked in so many black metal songs she may as well be the subgenre's patron antiSaint), Sunn O))) set about producing a grim and intense musical experience evoking feelings of dread and morbidity. It's certainly an intriguing trip and their mastery of production and sound is noteworthy, and though I don't think I'll revisit the album very often, but I'll certainly be prizing those visits.

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