Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (2009)

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I have something to confess. I'm not familiar with these guys' (only two of them) back catalogue. This is my first album from them but it sure blows smoke up my ass.

Rather than attempting to recapture the same sludgy stoner metal riffs that Black Sabbath are known for, as like a dozen other stoner metal bands, they up the ante with the sludgy riffs slowed and expanded to brontosaurus levels, eschewing any percussion whatsoever, and adding choral vocals and layering the riffs.

But it's not all noise, harmonically, the stoner riffs are pleasant to the ears, and they throw in bits of melody that may seem incongruent to them being the heaviest and loudest band at the moment.

My favourite album of the past year, not the 00s. But you needn't apply if you are not into deciphering metal harmonics and frequencies. - Il Duce

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