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Sunn O))) are truly giants of drone. My problem with them, despite the fantastic textures of their music, is always that there is no movement or progression. Albums always drag on way too long, and, on an individual level, the songs do too. I love drone music and long song and album lengths, but I tend to love those things independently from one another. When you stick to one long drone that repeats over and over with little meaningful distinctions between songs, it leads to a boring ... read more

This version of F♯ A♯ ∞, while solid, stands nowhere near the finished product. The CD version is vastly superior, with much more polished production and mixing. The drum builds are nowhere nearly as impactful as the CD version, and I believe that Providence is a necessity to fully enjoy the album. When hearing the CD version, I imagine Dead Flag Blues to be the beginning of the apocalypse of nuclear war, East Hastings as the climax of the apocalypse, and Providence to be the mourning ... read more

Black Emperor goes drone!
I keep seeing that this is GY!BE at their least creative--that they aren't doing anything that they hadn't done before. But I feel that, while not quite as grand as their other projects that came before, this is still a rather innovative record for the group. They hadn't fully experimented with drone, and goddamn is this album heavy! This album is masterfully produced, and even the near constant distortion throughout the album starts to lose its edge and ... read more

I find it difficult to properly rate albums like these. That being said, this album is fucking terrifying. I have always had difficulty imagining things (aphantasia) but this album makes it easy. The sobs and classical music make me feel like i’m hiding from a murderer or smth. True masterclass of the genre.