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"Any aspiring dirt purveyor worth their salt will naturally gravitate toward the HalfLife’s crushing wall of sound" EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) HalfLife Octave Distortion & Booster review

EQD’s HalfLife pedal delivers the droned, bottom-heavy fury inspired by Sunn O))) with uncompromising force

Guitar World

“On our earlier recordings, we experimented with low tones that only dogs can hear”: Sunn O))) on the challenge of working with 130 guitar tracks and why their live shows are like jumping into a frozen lake

Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson on the drone pioneer's Sub Pop debut, the restorative but draining power of volume and the gear behind their sound

Guitar World

Sunn O))): Sunn O))) review – a seismic return to drone metal’s elemental core

The doomy duo strip back their sound to tectonic guitars and feedback, conjuring an immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington

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“I don’t think any song had less than 130 tracks of guitar”: Sunn O)))’s new album might set a record for guitar layers

On their eponymous debut LP for Sub Pop, Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson double down on guitar and then some

Guitar World

"Ruins transforms the electric guitar into a study of collapse, texture, and spatial memory": Slate + Ash releases experimental virtual guitar instrument developed with Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley

Featuring recordings from six avant-garde guitarists and produced by Randall Dunn, Ruins explores how "sound can degrade with purpose, and how decay itself can be compositional"

MusicRadar

“Music is viewed as one of the highest art forms, if not the highest artform, because it is able to be spiritual and sacred”: How Sunn 0))) conjured good vibrations and dark magic with drone masterpiece Monoliths & Dimensions

Drone visionaries Sunn 0))) continued their journey into the heart of darkness with 2009’s Monoliths & Dimensions

Metal Hammer

“I heard some ruckus outside… It was Kurt and Dave from Nirvana who had a note for me, saying, ‘This is not a joke, call Buzz about playing with the Melvins’”: Joe Preston on Thrones, Sunn O))) and life as the underground’s first-call bassist

Bass legend Joe Preston breaks cover to reflect on his career with Melvins, High On Fire, Earth and more, and admits that trying to make a living from music was his biggest mistake

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Sunn O))) announce spring '24 shows in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe

Doom-drone duo prepare to rattle Europe's architecture

Metal Hammer

“The guitar is on the edge of chaos due to the constant feedback. It’s thrilling, trying to control something that is out of control by its very nature”: With a Les Paul and a table full of pedals, Oren Ambarchi builds extraordinary sonic worlds

The Australian experimentalist – and Sunn O))) guest guitarist – uses gear typically found on the rock concert stage in unexpected ways, reflecting a deep connection to the avant-garde, free jazz and electronic music. Just don’t ask him to perform without a Leslie speaker

Guitar World

40 years of the Wire magazine: ‘Music deserves intelligent treatment. If that’s elitist, so be it’

From free jazz to doomy drones, outsider artists have always found a home in the Wire. Its creators reflect on upending the orthodoxy, coining genres – and their hatred of big-name rivals

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