{"product_id":"sunn-o-life-metal-2lp-ltd-translucent-green-vinyl","title":"Sunn O))) - Life Metal 2LP (Ltd Translucent Green Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA new album by\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSunn 0)))\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an event. Their plodding, downtuned, droning, overamped electric guitars and striking, spine-rattling frequencies are an all-encompassing encounter -- there is no middle ground: you love them or hate them. Even when working with collaborators, their basic sonic attack has been appended more than extended. But enlisting\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSteve Albini\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas producer on\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLife Metal\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echanges the equation.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAlbini's microphone placement strategies, precision in detailing resistant overtones from overblown frequencies, and ability to push volume levels through the central nervous system, are the stuff of rock legend. He pushes\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGreg Anderson\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStephen O'Malley\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einto an eternal riff zone that wrestles light from impenetrable darkness to celebrate the void.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSunn 0)))'s aesthetic remains unchanged, even as their sound takes on new dimensions. The pair conceived the album in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnderson's L.A. studio, where they utilized synth innovator\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTos Nieuwenhuizen\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein writing rehearsals before heading to\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAlbini's Electrical Audio in Chicago. The four long works here account for half of this union's output: A second, more meditative album entitled Pyroclasts will be released later in the year.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSunn 0)))\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare joined on\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLife Metal\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby composer and frequent live collaborator\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHildur Guðnadóttir\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon vocals and electric cello,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSilkworm's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTim Midyett\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon aluminum-neck bass and baritone guitars, and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnthony Pateras\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon pipe organ. Album-opener \"Between Sleipnir's Breaths\" commences with the aggressive snort and gallop of a horse -- Odin's eight-legged steed. The riff, twinned then quadrupled in ever-rising octaves, is at once punishing and transcendent. Feedback, bass, and brass sounds shudder, plod, and prod with rippling energy and menacing force before\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGuðnadóttir's vulnerable vocal chants and speaks lyrics derived from Aztec poets. They contrast ice and fire, death and eternity. The pipe organ helps usher in \"Troubled Air,\" adding another textural element to the fluid, droning riff that is all but overcome by sustain and feedback, moving back and forth across glacial chord changes. While the guitars do their best to temper the storm, the organ bleats and rings, opening a dimension that affirms even as it afflicts. The 19-minute \"Aurora\" is introduced by\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGuðnadóttir's wordless alto singing, and covered over by the glacial riffs that claim everything in their path (the mix is so clear, you can hear\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnderson's and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eO'Malley's fingers on the strings), creating an arresting yet nearly unbearable beauty. Finally, on the 25-minute \"Novae,\" staggered drone riffs roar through, churning and roiling in the blackness with a constant, unrelenting pace. 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