The 100 Best Metal Albums of the Decade: #91
91. Sunn O))) – Monoliths and Dimensions (2009)
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Deep inside, you know that this is a picture of Goatse.
A very different album from what Sunn O))) frequently bombards us with. Choirs, unusual instruments and strange sound effects are all present in addition to Sunn O)))’s traditional slow bludgeoning. It’s like a completely new world has been created on disc, a world fresh out of a Dali painting.
While this may not be the most conventional atmosphere, it allows for Monoliths and Dimensions to sound like no other album that I’ve ever heard. And that’s when it hits you, Sun O))) have finally become the second coming of the avant-garde noise band Swans. It’s all there, the “anything goes” experimentation, the sheer heaviness, the way that most people will never get this band, and well, its general Swansness.
Granted that Swans are responsible for half the music you listen to today, this is a very bold claim but its true. This is Sunn O))) shedding their drone skin and taking a heavy influence from jazz and classical. Sunn O))) have finally become the strangest big name band in the world. I have no idea what the future holds for this band but its clear that they have no artistic limitations and will continue to create unique and original pieces of music in the future.
You want a Sunn O))) music video? Are you nuts?!?!?!??! Watch this instead.
The List so far
100. Astarte – Demonized
99. Rotting Christ – Theogonia
98. Enslaved – Vertebrae
97. Arch Enemy – Wages of Sin
96. The Red Chord – Fused Together in Revolving Doors
95. Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Agorapocalypse
94. Cavalera Conspiracy – Inflikted
93. Susperia – Unlimited
92. Metallica – Death Magnetic
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