Sunn O))) & Boris

Altar

GREAT (DAY OF DRONE #03)

Drone metal monsters Boris and Sunn O))) come together to create a fantastic album on Altar. I honestly can't tell whether or not I like this more than the last album, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's Love is a Stream, so I decided to just give it the same score. I feel like this is definitely more of a Boris album than a Sunn O))) album, mainly because despite the slug-paced tempos, Altar is a goddamn speed metal album in comparison to anything Sunn O))) has ever done. Still, if ... read more

An album that so oddly sounds comfortable in hell. While some tracks are able to hold up some normal structure due to Boris' vocals (like the track "The Sinking Bells"), most of the runtime on Altar is taken up by dark air and incredible percussion.

It's the rare and odd sort of collaboration that doesn't just mingle some of the greatest strengths of both acts, Altar pushes them in new and exciting directions.

É definitivamente um mudança de estilo para a banda, mesmo sendo um dos álbuns mais suave do Sunn O))) esse projeto ainda mantém o estilo atmosférico e aterrorizante da banda, mas dessa vez com elementos e influencias diferentes.