SUNN O))) Hail our great fans. 

As the Solstice season approaches, Sunn O))) thank all of you for your great support throughout 2016. 

We offer you an exclusive track for you to download for free (and of course stream), until the end of 2016. 

Just here : https://sunn.bandcamp.com/album/–2

You will have to go through the “checkout” portion but the price is set at $0 (name your own price). It’s free.

‘青木ヶ原 // 樹海’ (aka Aokigahara // Jukai) was released on a limited edition white flexi 7″ along with some copies of SUNN O)))’s “KANNON” (2015) album. It features Attila Csihar, The Lord, SOMA, Tad, Randall Dunn, Brad Mowen

Chainsaws and motorcycles through Ampeg stacks.
We would just ask you not to upload this track to any other social media site.

Additionally, you can take 35% off everything discount code from our entire catalogue on Bandcamp, until the end of 2016. 

Just type: solstice2016 into the discount code field at checkout.

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https://sunn.bandcamp.com/album/–2

(press release from festival)

SUNN O)))
+ Hildur Guðnadóttir 
Tuesday 21 March 2017 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 
Tickets £22.50 – 27.50 plus booking fee
 
American drone metal masters Sunn O))) will make their Barbican debut next March, bringing their arrhythmic blend of extreme metal, drone, ambient, noise and minimalistic  music to the Centre as part of the Convergence Festival. Their music can be described as very slow, with distorted guitars, and the emphasis is on texture rather than rhythm. Sunn O))) was formed by core members Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson in 1998 and the band’s name is a reference to the Sunn amplifier brand. Over the years they have worked with a varying cast of collaborators including Attila Csihar, Ulver, Nurse With Wound,  Julian Cope, Scott Walker and Oren Ambarchi to name but a few. 
 
Support comes from classically trained Icelandic singer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir who has played and recorded with bands such as Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle and Múm, as well as her solo project Lost in Hildurness and has previously toured with Animal Collective and Sunn O))). Guðnadóttir also wrote the arrangements for the Wildbirds & Peacedrums session as part of the Barbican’s Nils Frahm curated marathon weekend Possibly Colliding in July 2016. 
 
Produced by the Barbican in association with Convergence  
On sale to Barbican Members on Thursday 1 December   

Tickets on general sale on Friday 2 December 

Find out more www.convergence-london.com/2017/event/sunn-o-hildur-gudnadottir

BLACK FRIDAY.

In honour of all things black we love (People, Metal, Capitalism, Weddings, Witchery, Crucifixion, Emperors) this friday the 25th November everything is 30% off normal price at the SUNN O))) online store.

Discount will be automatically applied on the shopping cart to all orders placed Pacific Standard Time for the 24 hours on 25th of November.

Look here : https://sunn.southernlord.com/store

The Parma promoter said this “There will be a Taiko performance by Fudenji zen temple and a video installation by N03! (one of the best Italian video production studio) in the entry court before your show. The taiko performance at 21.00 and the video installation at 21.30.

The name of the video installation is “Finis Mundi”, which is the title of a book edited years ago by the owner of the Labyrinth, Franco Maria Ricci: http://www.ina.fr/video/CPC98002672

The book, written by Jorge Louis Borges, who was the director of Franco Maria Ricci publishing house, features illustrations by English artist John Martin (the illustration you can see in the poster is by John Martin).

The Labyrinth is not a concert venue, it’s a cultural complex. The creator and owner, Franco Maria Ricci loves to link the Labyrinth activities to his literary production. He is old now, but he is a great man of culture. He / his publishing house is very popular in France because in the 70s he reissued the Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie. He is Commander of the Ordre des arts et des lettres.

In this case – since this year is the 30th anniversary of the death of Jorge Louis Borges – he just wanted to connect your show to this book curated and written by the Argentinian writer.”

SUNN O))) shall be returning in August and September for a series of shows across Scandinavia and central Europe, including four shows in Germany and taking in some incredible and unique settings along the way.

Amidst their 11 day tour, SUNN O))) shall perform in the Labirinto Della Masone, an outdoor maze of impressive and foreboding nature (and the world’s largest), and they have also been invited to perform at the Ruhrtriennale Festival of Arts under the artistic direction of the Dutch director Johan Simons. They will perform in the Turbinenhalle at an old power plant called Jahrhunderthalle Bochum. The theme of the programme is “Seid umschlungen” (be embraced) – a gesture of social, political and geographical embracement.   

The full listings are below, including imminent forthcoming North American tour dates, and European shows on the horizon, which include the classic Paradiso in Amsterdam – a perennial O))) favourite, the unique Vooruit in Ghent, culminating with a performance at this year’s Hellfest, where fans can see SUNN O))), Earth, Melvins and Magma all in one stage in one day. Hellfest 2016 is headlined by our gods Black Sabbath.     

SUNN O))) LIVE DATES:NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
06/06/2016 The Ready Room – St. Louis, MO 
07/06/2016 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
08/06/2016 Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
09/06/2016 El Club – Detroit, MI 
10/06/2016 Hearn Generating Station – Toronto, ON @ Unsound Toronto at Luminato Festival 
11/06/2016 Theatre Fairmount – Montreal, QC @ Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival

INCOMING EUROPEAN SHOWS:
14/06/2016 – NL, Paradiso – Amsterdam
15/06/2016 – BE, Vooruit – Ghent
17/06/2016 – FR, Hellfest – Clisson

NEWLY ANNOUNCED SUMMER SHOWS:
27/08/2016 – FIN, Helsinki – Tavastia
29/08/2016 – SE, Stockholm – En Arena
31/08/2016 – DE, Leipzig – Conne Island
01/09/2016 – DE, Munich – Feierwerk, Hansa 39
02/09/2016 – DE, Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
03/09/2016 – DE, Bochum – Turbinenhalle (Ruhrtriennale)
05/09/2016 – AT, Vienna – Arena
06/09/2016 – HUN, Budapest – A38
07/09/2016 – SL, Ljubljana – Kino Siska
09/09/2016 – IT, Parma – Labirinto Della Masone
10/09/2016 – CH, Vevey – Rocking Chair  

For any questions regarding these live shows, Kannon or general queries about SUNN O))) please do not hesitate to get in touch (lauren@rarelyunable.com)   http://www.sunn-live.bandcamp.com
https://sunn.southernlord.com
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https://www.southernlord.com  

(artwork by Chris Moyen)

SUNN O))) has been invited to perform at the Ruhrtriennale under the artistic direction of the Dutch director Johan Simons. We will perform in the Turbinenhalle at an old power plant called Jahrhunderthalle Bochum. The theme of Mr. Simons’ programme is “Seid umschlungen” (be embraced) – a gesture of social, political and geographical embracement.

website: https://goo.gl/EqGarj

ticketing: http://goo.gl/mRQsC6
 

Festival announcement in English.

Sunn O))) turn sound into a physical experience. The leading American drone or doom metal band made their name with their exaggerated use of drones, low frequency sounds of extended duration. The band position themselves between the first Western drone compositions of American composer La Monte Young and a heavy metal aesthetic, which they subvert with the extremely slow tempo of their playing. Their focus on extreme bass frequencies creates an extraordinary physical experience for the listener.  Sunn O)))’s music can be just as intensely felt as heard. Their concerts are well known for being staged in a ritualistic atmosphere.   
Last year the band caused an international sensation by collaborating with The Walker Brothers’ singer Scott Walker. Their joint album ‘Soused’ gained worldwide acclaim. This year the band will present their new album ‘Kannon’ at the Ruhrtriennale. While Sunn O)))’s previous work has been characterized by abstract and atmospherically orientated approaches, ‘Kannon’ references religious concepts of Asian origin: ‘Kannon’ is one aspect of the Buddha, personified as the Goddess of Mercy, and can be understood to hear the sounds or cries of the world.

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SUNN O))) will join several other EU dates in early-mid September, including a very special concert at “Labirinto della Masone” (Masone Labyrinth) opened in Fontanellato, near Parma in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna. More news soon on all of that.

Thank you for your attention, belief, interest and support. 

SUNN O)))