Tag Archives: Sunn O)))

2020’s Black Friday ‘Record Store Day’ releases include Motörhead, Baroness, Chris Cornell, Corey Taylor and more

Posted by on October 12, 2020

    This year’s annual Black Friday Record Store Day releases exclusively for November 27th have been revealed. We took some time to look over the entire catalog and made a few selections in the rock and metal categories. This year’s artists include Alice In Chains, Baroness, Corey Taylor, Chris Cornell, Dio, Volbeat and more. […]

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Metal By Numbers 11/6: Who’s afraid of the big Bad Wolves?

Posted by on November 6, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   So I’m only just finding out that Bad Wolves is made up of a number of musicians from other bands, most notably guitarist Doc Coyle from God Forbid. And finding that out just […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/15: Amon Amarth go berserk

Posted by on May 15, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Do you have any idea how many times I’ve had to go back and make sure I didn’t spell “Berserker” with a “z”? A lot. Putting the good ol’ B.A. in English to good […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/8: I wonder where that fish did go

Posted by on May 8, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   If you’ve been reading this column for long enough, you might remember there was an era about two years ago where it felt like King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard was on here […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/1: After The Burial take the top spot

Posted by on May 1, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Last week, we saw a lot of new albums pop up thanks to Record Store Day. Most of those albums usually drop off the week after since they’re RSD exclusives. This week, there’s […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/24: Sunn O))) is love, Sunn O))) is life

Posted by on April 24, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   It’s an interesting mishmash on the charts today. Record Store Day always brings a slew of random sales from exclusive vinyl releases and such, but it also brings boosts to albums that have […]

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Sunn O))) to release new album ‘Life Metal’ in April

Posted by on February 25, 2019

Sunn O))) has set April 13th, Record Store Day, as the day of release for Life Metal, the bands first new record in 4 years. Record Store Day has been designated as a day to celebrate independent record stores and began in the United States in 2008. Since then it has grown to become international. […]

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Sunn O))) to release two new albums this year, announce Europe & U.S tour dates

Posted by on February 6, 2019

Sunn O))) have announced their new album entitled Life Metal, will be released this April via Southern Lord Recordings. It is the group’s first full length effort since 2015’s Kannon as the recording sessions took place in Chicago at Electrical Audio (Studio A) with Steve Albini this past July. The group has recruited Icelandic composer […]

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New & Noteworthy, December 4th – Connect the Cuts

Posted by on December 4, 2015

As we here at Metal Insider are neck-deep in 2015 albums, trying to finish our Top 10 lists, the last few albums of the year are making their way in. It’s a short release week, but we’re making the most of it. Enjoy the beginning of the end of the 2015 release calendar!   Ice […]

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SUNN O))) reveal artwork for Kannon

Posted by on November 6, 2015

We knew the newest SUNN O))) studio album Kannon would be coming out this December on Southern Lord, but the band has slowly been revealing details (like a 15 second clip) about their seventh full length, and now have recently revealed the amazing album art work. The sculpture on the cover of Kannon was done by Angela Lafont Bolliger, who gave some insight on the piece: […]

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