SUNN O))) Life Metal Album Review | Overkill Reviews

[@bigpiper2103]

"In a double blind test, I don't know if any of us would be able to tell the difference between the album and an amp that somebody left on by accident". Gotta LOVE Blayne! :D

[@adamparr6464]

I was 10mins late to a SUNN 0))) concert. I only missed 2 notes. 😜 SUNN 0))) is awesome Drone/Doom.

[@rohitchaoji]

I guess what you might really miss by being 10 minutes late to a Sunn O))) concert is feeling the wall of sound first hit you. That is if they weren't messing around with ambient stuff for the first 15 minutes.

[@janpietraszewski759]

You were supposed to reflect on Satan while sipping your wine... A missed chance...

[@scorpiocurse7969]

Ahahahah gaahl

[@starvingbuddha7622]

You’ve got gaahl!

[@Witch-King4666]

Yeah dude, He did wrong what Gaahl did right.

[@chrishawkins2267]

Hah! Watch it go!

[@Weareconnected167]

I am already in love with Life Metal even from this quick sound bites. I need this album!!!! 😍

[@Algiuffr3]

Got it on RSD - you will love it!

[@dennfett]

Life Metal is a fantastic LP, I managed to get it on orange vinyl on record store day. I'm a big fan of sunn & this LP didn't disappoint. Got my tickets for the Manchester gig in October and taking my 17 year old nephew along as well (he has very little idea what he's in for).

[@DrawingABlanka]

How did you enjoy the gig I thought it was fantastic? :)

[@bm6244]

Intro to this album comes from Bathory's "Blood Fire Death". “The intro is actually stolen from Bathory, the [1988] Blood Fire Death record,” Anderson admits. “What happened was that Stephen and I are obsessed with Bathory, especially that record. That’s my personal favorite. In the past, on [2005’s] Black One, there is a riff from Blood Fire Death that we just slowed down. Same notes, but you can’t tell; it’s unrecognizable, because we play it so slow. I love that intro of the horses going into battle, and I just joked and said, ‘Why don’t we run that through some amps?’ It was funny, because I was thinking, ‘Albini is not going to be into this idea. He’s probably going to be like, “I don’t know, guys,”’ but right away, he was like, ‘Where can I find that?’ He looked it up on KZbin and then ran that through his board. The only computer in the room is the one that Steve uses on chat forums, but there is no recording going on there. So, there was a computer involved in that he transferred KZbin, ran it through his board, and then we ran it through some amplifiers and distortion pedals and added our own horse samples.”

[@TheRuVedicChannel]

This album is not on Spotify... Damn it!! Without a doubt I'll be buying the vinyl record. And that comment about not being able discern the difference between this and a Amp left on... Gold!!

[@VIGLounge]

Yay Wormwitch! My front runner for album of 2019 so far!

[@W00DSMAN]

My favourite Sun O))) thing is still Soused because I'm a massive Scott Walker fan and that album is effectively The Drift 2.0

[@louderthangod]

Malthusian Epoch I wish the mix was a bit better...the guitars are buried.

[@corpseweed]

Agree. Got a light?

[@W00DSMAN]

@@AnalEyesAnalyzeAnalLies-666 RIP indeed. We won't see talent like his again for a very long time.

[@therfm6003]

Why is it so appropriate that a Lynch fan is also a big Scott Walker fan is also a Sunn O))) fan? I could not say. But the sentiment is shared.

[@Mergician]

Would LOVE to see a Lock Horns episode on Drone Doom!

[@geoffreeves3062]

Blayne is the man! Always insightful, entertaining and funny. Come on, tell us the joke.

[@lorenfarque1571]

Blayne you're a gem, keep on being awesome

[@Jonnydc93]

Absolutely spellbinding album. Got it on record store day and lost myself to it. Incredible

[@ericseguin8941]

If you're not watching this review at .25 speed, you're not a real sunn 0))) fan

[@jpvvandermerwe87]

DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE . . . . . . trying to critique / summarize / explain a Sunn O))) album. Well done mate.

[@aprild9577]

Hey Banger I love your show. I have a suggestion. What about having a show where you talk about new bands you've discovered or that we have polled for you to check out?

[@rocioiribe5841]

They have a series called Metal Monthly, where Blayne recommends bands he discovered coming out that month. and On Patreon, you can vote on what albums you want them to review next. :) Welcome to the Banger family.

[@aprild9577]

@@rocioiribe5841 I didn't realize those were new bands to him. I thought they were just bands he likes. Ok thanks

[@danhughes6332]

Bought the vinyl and the cd on record store day, Album was recorded totally in analogue no digital here and damn it makes the music more heavier especially on vinyl. The first time ever my roommate told me to turn down my stereo lol

[@TheRuVedicChannel]

Nice!!

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Can't wait to check this out and review it as well!

[@emandude]

Tim Midyett from Silkworm and Bottomless Pit plays bass on this album, fun fact.

[@CameySaurusRex]

This is my first time hearing about the band (yes shocker) but I am MOST DEFINITELY checking out their catalog to see what I'm in for. ☺ I really dig the imagery on the cover art!

[@Sanitarium7]

Their on tour starting tomorrow. Get a ticket if you can!!!

[@Davidbrompton58]

Cool story bro.

[@badtexasbill5261]

You didn't like it, did you?

[@andrewbowen6476]

Also worked with Boris

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

An awesome album, one of my favorites called "Altar".

[@daveethridge7342]

Anyone ever heard of Solmania. They are a droning Japanese Noise Core duo. They use crazy mutant guitars with multiple necks, extra strings, and three outputs running through dozens of effects pedal and three amps.

[@Squattheplanet]

this is by far my favorite banger review

[@adamparr6464]

For SUNN 0))) newcomers recommend “Altar”, “Black One” & “Monoliths & Dimensions” albums.

[@VaughanRoderick]

For those who have gotten past these hit up the song My Wall off White1

[@heytonight1]

white one actually

[@VaughanRoderick]

@@heytonight1 dude, seriously, semantics.

[@hutch13pbbc]

INCULTER one the best albums i have heard in 6 months

[@odin2823]

Another good one from Blayne

[@evanobrien8662]

Best bangertv review I’ve seen.

[@basildog007]

Sweet berry wine! For your health.

[@coggearalex]

Eyyyy I listened to wormwitch a while back, fun shoutout

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Hearing about Steve Albinis work on a metal channel. Too great.

[@roy_for_real2674]

Has he ever listened to Earths '2'?

[@stevecox9580]

If Angel's weren't lies that's how they would speak hahaha. Brilliant.

[@mmoviefan7]

I listened to it yesterday and I loved it. It does sound like a more positive sunn but there was nothing wrong with it

[@MouthVisuals]

What was the joke that O'Malley didn't laugh about?

[@drpibisback7680]

@@elon_bust What's the punchline there?

[@grzegorzstyczynski9620]

What are the two bands he mentions at 6:24? (I wish I could give thumbs-up thrice for this review.)

[@TomZach]

This dude is just awesome

[@BordersoftheJosh]

when you say you're a fan, but still pronounce them Sun-Oh...

[@PULPDOOM]

Thank you sir for putting me on to Portal

[@danaouellette5537]

awesome review!

[@foofy14]

"If angels weren't lies, that's how they'd speak". Amazing

[@projectfear22]

Blayne whats up with the lock horns? New subscriber but it seems that part od the show isnt as often now? I like joint discussions like that, you need something similar thats more often.

[@princealigorna7468]

They're trying to get to $10,000 for their patreon donations before bringing it back because they want to do a 24 hour marathon stream

[@russell2890]

So it's the opposite of death metal?

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

It's the complete opposite of tech-death anyway.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

It's the opposite of speed metal, I guess

[@russell2890]

@@ThatOneGuy7550 I'm just referring about the album's name

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

@@russell2890 lol my bad Also... I agree, I guess?

[@improzigw]

there's actually a funny story behind the album title: "STEREOGUM: Tell me about the title Life Metal. ANDERSON: Well it’s a relative of death metal. I’ll just throw that out there. The story’s actually kind of humorous. We were at a party with Nicke Andersson from Hellacopters and Entombed. And he was talking about when Entombed had signed to Columbia Records in the mid-’90s. He started getting calls from his old friends in Norway in the black metal scene saying that he was a sellout and that he was no longer “death metal,” he was “life metal.” And [he was] actually getting death threats, I guess. So we thought that was the most insane thing we’d ever heard, and it kind of became an inside joke with the band. Like, when something, like, not gloom-and-doom was happening, it was “life metal.” A vocalist we work with, Attila [Csihar of Mayhem], was getting really into fitness on tour. O’MALLEY: Exercising in the morning and stuff instead of being dead in the back of the bus. ANDERSON: So, he would say, “Hey bros, I’m gonna go do some life metal.” It just became this inside joke among the band. I think the title was also a really accurate description or reflection of the music and also the mindset and the mood of the players on the record. Me and Stephen and Tos [Nieuwenhuizen], the keyboard player, [were] just at a point in our life where things were a different sort of tone and mood. And I think that’s reflected in the playing, which is really the important part. I think that the title reflects the atmosphere of the music. And really, the artwork for the record and the choices made there with the colors and stuff, it’s very different from our other records which are very … there are a lot of dark [tones] and a lot of blacks and whites and things like that. "

[@brandonleague3641]

Sunn O))) lives, and so my ears must BLEED!

[@spellman007]

They don't wear cloaks nomore... Now they wear radical board shorts, brohem!

[@merginator]

You're fun to listen to dude. Great reviews!

[@Drforrester31]

I don't know if Blayne still gets down in the comments section or not, but I'm curious what he thinks of the April 5th release from Blind Monarch, What Is Imposed Must Be Endured. Has anyone else had a chance to listen to it?

[@zackbrumis7831]

Funny guy. Love the wine tasting analogy. 😃

[@sonictemple2925]

Honestly this might be my favorite Sunn O))) record. Picked it up on Record Store Day and have already listened to it multiple times. For those who want to try getting into them. Sunn on vinyl is way better. You hear it the way you should. Life Metal I feel is probably their most accessible material to date.

[@Assimilator702]

Sonic Temple What’s your gear list that you listen to your albums on?

[@roy_for_real2674]

Reel to reel is the way it should!

[@BigDawg8907]

Someone on this channel needs to review Of Rot And Ruin by Hath! Great melodic blackened death metal

[@waynehasch5978]

They either have a full review or maybe it was a shout out a week or two ago.

[@sarapieion]

Would be welcome at the Roadburn Festival (Tilburg, the Netherlands). Would be a good festival for a Bangertv-special. Come to Tilburg next year ;)

[@newybold2in1]

more like TITburg

[@sarapieion]

@@newybold2in1 Dude! Seriously?

[@newybold2in1]

@@sarapieion HUH??!!?

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

How'd you already get it?! :O

[@shrinewitch]

This wine tasting comparison is so fucking accurate.

[@JuanRodriguez-tg7cu]

Drone music will never be mainstream....

[@jordanaut]

I wouldn’t call Life Metal a “happy” album. It’s more uplifting and spiritual, but not necessarily happy. But definitely less dark and more positive than any of their other albums. It’s significantly less dark and muddy, it has so much clarity and the guitars are much brighter than any of their other albums

[@Jayrock-ky2ky]

This dude cracks me up,if things dont work out there’s always comedy😂

[@silentqueue2344]

Sunn paired with the noble rot- delicious.

[@ch3nz3n]

1:51 - "There's a lot of squiggles on that name..." Have a like sir.

[@IanJTaylor]

What was the joke you told Stephen?

[@joshalan5125]

I wish Blayne had reviewed the new Bring Me The Horizon album. I would have cracked up at his half-skull review. 😂

[@DEATHWATCH2033]

5:21 "if angles weren't lies" stealing that for my next band name

[@CallingDoctorUnk]

I almost like that better than "If angels weren't lies."

[@tykekai3555]

That classy ass thumbnail.

[@lactatethrashold4704]

"Where the drums..." check out Offenders - Endless Struggle.

[@joshalan5125]

So, I gotta ask: Who is more bizarre, Sunn O))) or Portal?

[@lpbotta900]

they are equally bizarre, but for opposed reasons

[@danaouellette5537]

Just my opinion disclaimer: but I can listen to Sunn O))) and it mostly sounds like music to my ears, Portal on the other hand is just way too bizarre for my tastes.

[@Davidbrompton58]

What a dumb question.

[@jacktowers7533]

@metalcomedy finally got my letter and Riddick T-shirt in the mail, thanks for the letter Blayne, I'm gonna start demanding everyone calls me Sir from now on not just my girlfriend XD \M/.

[@donniekellerman5833]

HEY! AHH! UHH...from now on can you just get on with the review?! YOURE KILLING ME HERE! I can't even get to the end, sorry...

[@Oldmanskateboarder]

Sun O))) are one of the best and most creative bands around.

[@billyalarie929]

this guy is great

[@dickphallus7826]

You know when you see absolute shart on a wall in a high end gallery?

[@Ms666slayer]

Inkestienwd to this album, and it doesn't do it for me, I think that it's more of my general Dislike for thing like Sludge and Drone, that the songwriting or the quality itself.

[@newybold2in1]

HUH???!!

[@Ms666slayer]

The first word was really big misspell And I don't even remember what I tried to say, so you can send it to R/ihadastroke if you want.

[@joshimawashi]

"If angels weren't lies"... CLASSIC!!!

[@Witch-King4666]

I took way tooo much cough syrup one time, now SUNN 0))) scares the shit out of me lol

[@patient666zero]

next album called death metal.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

FUCKKKK YEAAAAAAH SUNN0))))

[@elektrozil9728]

This is a good record to play when you dont have a sustain/compression pedal

[@yvesisevil]

Lol @ "if angels weren't a lie". 🤘 Blayne 🤘

[@Thevitamindealer]

Om? Uuuuuufff om brings me fucking sustenance 😩😩

[@MetalTrenches]

lol even at 1.5x speed that clip...

[@montyblume]

Saw Wormwitch with Uada last week and they stole the show, killer stuff.

[@massimotria3279]

"Next track"?

[@d_walsh]

Happy Sunn 💥))))

[@GreyEyedAthena]

Nice

[@craigroaring]

What was the joke O'Malley didn't laugh at?

[@dennissmirnoff5288]

What is the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish funeral?

[@jean-sebastienlatouche3678]

Any reason why on reviews you don't play any music? That short blip does not really count... I like discovering bands I did not know from other sub-genres and this is not giving me anything. Like the review type but hearing excerpts from the album would be helpful.

[@ragnarokgamer6817]

SUNN O))) is hard to play a entire. Song dont quote me but their songs are like half a hour long.

[@jean-sebastienlatouche3678]

@@ragnarokgamer6817 :) More snippets of songs for any review would be nice. Talk about a song and play 30 secs of it. Move on to the next song, etc.

[@jean-sebastienlatouche3678]

The latest posted video answered that question: Copyrights and permissions. I understand. I will use the links provided and get the sound from there now! :)

[@manuelhernandez87]

Blayne reminds me of a baby, can't control his arms HAHA!

[@chrismares1851]

I'm a very open minded person with metal, I'm sorry I just don't "get" this band haha

[@roosolini7105]

See them live and you will get it

[@chrismares1851]

@@roosolini7105 I checked they are actually in my town tomorrow! I might have to check it out

[@Bowzilla666]

Listen to the track Hunting and Gathering. If you don't like that song you'll never like SunnO)))

[@Dave_Frain]

Chris Mares did you get to see them?

[@chrismares1851]

@@Dave_Frain sadly I wasn't able to

[@MyBichSustained]

BONG and Black Yoga are way better!Sunn and Boris-Altar is killer though!

[@JohnnySnipshow]

This album sounds like my dad smoked weed for the first time and played my guitars all night because he's never played guitar ever....if u like this album u are literally not a fun person. I fuckin hate this shit. Literally this is my dad open strumming a guitar, high as fuck for the first time putting his ear to the amp every time he strums .

[@bcg6760]

Really fucked up that wine pour eh? Could hear it on the mic too

[@grapefruitsimmons]

I dont get what people enjoy about Sunn O)))

[@ethermod307]

If you close your eyes and imagine your body living inside that sound, then you'll get it.

[@heytonight1]

have you ever relaxed before troll?

[@ohmaurrfish]

what was the joke though?

[@theeholygoalie]

Can't get into this stuff. It's too out there for me

[@biblicaladrian6007]

The Holy Goalie this is planet earth nothing is "too out there for me" anymore

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Can't blame you, but I'm a huge fan of them, their sound is really different and out there, that's good for some, not for others.

[@brewtalityk]

you mean it's too boring.

[@EenMagnetron]

​@@brewtalityk I assume you think almost all ambient music is too boring?

[@kbkman7742]

Try seeing them live. That did it for me. Fan ever since. I don't think the records make sense until you experience the live thing

[@Maduc]

I'll watch a review of any album if it's Blayne doing it.

[@erichobbs4042]

Why does he only pretend to drink the wine?

[@GaryGrim666]

Surely you must be used to people not laughing at your jokes, Blayne.

[@biblicaladrian6007]

YogaaO))))

[@maxheilman5314]

Leave overkill alone 😭

[@waynehasch5978]

Seems like that whatever is reviewed, a the fanboys always want something else

[@BoyAditya]

Sunn ,,, as guitar amplifier brand? ...

[@Davidbrompton58]

Edgelord here.

[@kurtisbuckle3831]

💀💀💀

[@Purpleskyshorizon]

Are you a robot?