Sunn O))) - Life Metal (2019)

Sunn O))) have announced a new album. Their follow-up to 2015’s Kannon is titled Life Metal, and it’s set to arrive in April via Southern Lord. The album was recorded at with Steve Albini at the producer’s Electrical Audio studios in Chicago. (According to a press release, Albini took the band’s call and said: “Sure, this will be fun. I have no idea what is going to happen.”)

In addition to band co-founders Stephen O'Malley & Greg Anderson, the new album features contributions by Hildur Guðnadóttir (who previously worked with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson), baritone guiarist Tim Midyett (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit), and composer Anthony Pateras.

Sunn O))) have also revealed Life Metal is not the only album that will be released this year; another LP, Pyroclasts, was also recorded with Albini and is slated for a fall 2019 release