Tag: SUNN 0)))

  • Culted – Oblique to All Paths

    Culted – Oblique to All Paths

    By Gruesome Greg Bit of an interesting back story to this death-doom unit, mostly from Winnipeg, but with a Swedish singer they’ve never actually met in person, exchanging songs over the internet and whatnot. OK, so maybe that’s not so unusual in this day and age. Anyhoo, the band’s sophomore effort begins with massive, 19-minute…

  • Thinking Back To… SXSW 1998

    Thinking Back To… SXSW 1998

    Sean Palmerston thinks back to his first SXSW festival experience back in 1998, featuring Shallow North Dakota, QOTSA and Man’s Ruin Records

  • Taurus – Life

    Taurus – Life

    Not a bad first impression from these ladies—and this is coming from someone who generally detests drone.

  • Interview with Phil Freeman, Author of Sound Levels: Profiles In American Music, 2002-2009

    “Metal is hard,” says Freeman. “It’s difficult, rigorous music but it’s not treated as such. These are guys who are on the level as symphony players on their respective instruments. These are guys who went into their bedrooms at age 10 and didn’t come out until age 20, but because they have long hair and…