Life Metal
by Sunn O)))
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 April 2019
- Label: Southern Lord
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:08:55
- Community rating: 3.44/5 from 10 ratings
Artists on this release: Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir, Stephen O'Malley, Tim Midgett
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Life Metal' sees Sunn O))) refining their drone metal formula with a warmer, more resonant production. The album's hypnotic, ritualistic repetitions and cavernous bass frequencies create a meditative yet heavy atmosphere that balances sombre dread with unexpected peace.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, ritualistic, repetitive, instrumental, noisy, cavernous, fuzzy
Tracklist
- Between Sleipnir's Breaths (12:38)
- Troubled Air (11:45)
- Aurora (19:06)
- Novae (25:24)
Credits
- Sunn O))) - primary artist, arranged by
- Stephen O'Malley - art direction, guitar [guitars r]
- Tim Midgett - bass guitar, crotales [bass crotales]
- John Lousteau - engineer [preproduction engineered by]
- Greg Anderson - guitar [guitars l], bass drum
- Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir - halldorophone, cello [electric cello], voice
- Matt Colton - mastered by, lacquer cut by
- Anthony Pateras - organ [pipe organ], organ [pipe organ], arranged by, performer, recorded by, mixed by [premixed]
- Samantha Keely Smith - painting
- Ronald Dick - photography by [portrait photos]
- Sylvia Farago - producer [photo session produced by]
- Karen Langley - producer [photo session production assistant]
- Steve Albini - recorded by, mixed by
- Tos Nieuwenhuizen - synthesizer [moog]