Any Sunn o))) fans here?

[Visirale]

I'm just getting into them and I absolutely love it! I want to play in a band like that so I can run my 810 with the titan, and get a mesa 400+ and run it through 2 215s. DOOMY.

What other bands in the same vein should I check out?

Has anyone been lucky enough to see them live? What kind of hearing protection did you bring?

[Nyarlathotep]

Boris. Merzbow maybe?

Im really trying to remember my collection of drone..... "Absolutego" and "Sun Baked Snow Cave" are a must from Boris IMHO. SBSC is a colab with merzbow.

BTW, TB tends to be a little "conservative" when it comes to fringe genres. There are some metalheads on here (myself included) and some fans of the stoner rock, but not so much the noise and drones stuff. I'd suggest PMing Matt Till. He's a fountain of knowledge on this type of thing

Bunkur is a two bass drone band, worth checking out.

Bongripper is a local drone band that tunes their guitars all the way down to F.

There's two more for you to try.

[Deluge Of Sound]

+1 On Merzbow and Boris. Matt Till will disagree, but Merzbow is fantastic. Sunn 0)) also did a record with Boris called Altar. Get it as fast as possible, it's amazing.


Check out OM, too. Also, the bassist from Bongripper (Ron Now) posted a link to a torrent of their album Hate Ashbury... on here a little while ago, I'll dig up the link 'cause that record is killer.
Here it is:
DOOM.


You also wouldn't be amiss to check out Conifer and Ocean. I'm a little biased, 'cause they're from my hometown and I've seen 'em both play a bunch of times, but they really are a couple of the best bands in the doom scene right now. If you like Sunn O)), you'll probably love Ocean.
myspace.com/conifer
myspace.com/ocean


All that said, no one really sounds like Sunn 0)).

[pompompom]

I've seen Sunn O))) about 5 times now... For me, they are not that special anymore. I was really blown away the first time I saw them, which is about 3,5 years ago at the roadburn festival in tilburg Holland. Back then, they were not that popular and avantgarde the way they are now.

[lemur821]

You need to check out Earth, of course.

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

Matt Till will disagree, but Merzbow is fantastic.

?! Whu? I love Merzbow, one of the first people to get me into noisey stuff.

P.S. When did I become the authority on anything? A lot of Merzbow isn't anything like Sunn at all though. I will say, in spite of being mentioned in this thread, drone metal stuff isn't really my thing. I LIKE Sunn, but I think they are one of the most overrated bands in recent metal history.

To chime in with a suggestion, check out some Thrones: It's a solo project of Joe Preston (who has been in Melvins, High on Fire, he did some stuff with Sunn, AANNNNDD he was in Earth, who invented the sound Sunn is going for, and Sunn would be the first to admit that.

http://www.myspace.com/thronestour


Check out Harvey Milk as well, they (like Thrones) dabble a bit more with other genres as well, but often fall back on a heavy drone sound.

[Deluge Of Sound]

Originally Posted by Matt Till

?! Whu? I love Merzbow, one of the first people to get me into noisey stuff.

P.S. When did I become the authority on anything? A lot of Merzbow isn't anything like Sunn at all though. I will say, in spite of being mentioned in this thread, drone metal stuff isn't really my thing. I LIKE Sunn, but I think they are one of the most overrated bands in recent metal history.

To chime in with a suggestion, check out some Thrones: It's a solo project of Joe Preston (who has been in Melvins, High on Fire, he did some stuff with Sunn, AANNNNDD he was in Earth, who invented the sound Sunn is going for, and Sunn would be the first to admit that.

http://www.myspace.com/thronestour

I thought I remembered reading that you weren't so down with Merzbow... maybe it wasn't you, maybe it was an old thread, whatever.

Thrones is awesome, but to be perfectly honest, Earth 2 is the worst drone record I've ever heard.

[derrenleepoole]

What about the old school Godflesh - now there was a band!

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

I thought I remembered reading that you weren't so down with Merzbow... maybe it wasn't you, maybe it was an old thread, whatever.

Thrones is awesome, but to be perfectly honest, Earth 2 is the worst drone record I've ever heard.

Yeah, I don't really like Earth 2, but without it, Sunn wouldn't exist. Earth has some good stuff though, but yeah Earth 2 doesn't do much for me.

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by derrenleepoole

What about the old school Godflesh - now there was a band!

I don't see much of a connection... regardless, everyone should listen to some old school Godflesh.

[JFace]

Electric Wizard

[derrenleepoole]

Originally Posted by Matt Till

I don't see much of a connection... regardless, everyone should listen to some old school Godflesh.

Well, some of there early stuff was a bit drony, and I must confess I only know small bits of Sunn O))) - and Godflesh is certainly a predecessor to stuff like Sun O)))... sort of! Anyway, Godflesh were ace, so they deserve a mention regardless

[Deluge Of Sound]

While EW is one of my most favorite bands, they're not really similar to Sunn, at all.

But people should check them out anyway.

[Stumbo]

Sunn amps/cabs?

Oh...sorry.

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by derrenleepoole

Well, some of there early stuff was a bit drony, and I must confess I only know small bits of Sunn O))) - and Godflesh is certainly a predecessor to stuff like Sun O)))... sort of! Anyway, Godflesh were ace, so they deserve a mention regardless

If you were to have a nightmare on acid, I'd imagine it would be quite a bit like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iFsZ_79i-4

[JFace]

Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

All that said, no one really sounds like Sunn 0)).

+1

EW is pretty sweet though. Doomy, sludgy, vintage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eL1lPozQ7k

[double-muff]

Melvins (Lysol is extremely slow and heavy) but they also dribble in ALOT of other genres, and without a doubt one of the best (and i think the oldest and most long lived) sludge bands out there.

Bongripper (Heroin is a personal fave)

Earth (Earth2, Phase 3, Pentastar and HEX(though more ambient country))

Doomsayer (icelandic drone, Doomgoat.com) more ambient than heavy.

Harvey Milk (great, just released a new album called life.. the best game in town)

Boris (pretty much like the melvins although heavyer)

Noteworthy bands(not like Sunn)
Goatsnake
Yawning Man (chill surf, really really chill)
Merzbow
Kyuss
Blacked Earth
Electric Wizard
Acid King

that is what i can think of at the moment.

[Joe Gress]

Originally Posted by JFace

+1

EW is pretty sweet though. Doomy, sludgy, vintage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eL1lPozQ7k

+1 Get some Sleep too if you have not already.

[RCCollins]

vision...creation...newsun!