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Monoliths & Dimensions

Sunn O)))

2009 · Rock

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Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O)))

Monoliths & Dimensions is a Metal album by Sunn O))), originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 12 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.

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<i>Monoliths & Dimensions</i> is an appropriate title for this 2009 release as it opens with the monolithic “Aghartha,” a 17-minute epic instrumental that starts off with gargantuan, bass-heavy distortion. The track features a guest vocal performance by Hungarian black-metal vocalist Attila Csihar, who is reciting a poem about the creation of a new earth. The painstakingly titled second track makes good use of a bewitching a cappella female choir before four electric guitars crash down — creating a powerful contrast. Mammoth-sized static ushers in slowed Sabbath-esque riffs on “Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia)” as a choir of male vocals provide the feeling that all those listening are being initiated into some kind of druid cult.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Aghartha17:34
  2. 2Big Church [Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért]9:43
  3. 3Hunting&Gathering (Cydonia)10:02
  4. 4Alice16:21

Sound DNA

  • Metal
  • Doom Metal
  • cavernous
  • meditative
  • cerebral

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Mastered at Sinister Kitchen. Cover is Serra's "out-of-round X" (1999), and was photographed by McKeever. Choir arrangement from Big Church inspired by Dylan Carlson.
All songs mixed at London Bridge, Shoreline Nov 08.
Aghartha recorded: Litho, Seattle Oct 08; London Bridge, Shoreline Jan 08; Aleph, Seattle Jan 08.
Big Church recorded: Litho, Seattle Oct 08; London Bridge, Shoreline Aug 08; Rochuspark, Vienna Aug 08; Aleph, Seattle, Jan 08; Forum Music Village Feb 06.
Hunting&Gathering (Cydonia) recorded: Litho, Seattle Oct 08; London Bridge, Shoreline Nov 08; Aleph, Seattle Jan 08.
Alice recorded: Litho, Seattle Oct 08; London Bridge, Shoreline Jan 08; Aleph, Seattle Jan 08.
Packaged in a jewel case with an extensive booklet and translucent slipcase cover.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Attila Csihar
  • Greg AndersonBASS GUITAR BASS GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Oren AmbarchiELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, CYMBAL , ELECTRONICS ELECTRIC GUITAR, CYMBAL , PERFORMER
  • Stephen O'MalleyELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Angela KiemayerCHOIR , ALTO VOCALS
  • Brad MowenBASS DRUM , PERCUSSION
  • Cuong VuTRUMPET
  • Dylan CarlsonARRANGED BY ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Eric WaltonPIANO
  • Eyvind KangARRANGED BY VIOLA
  • Hans TeuberCLARINET CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, ALTO FLUTE CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, FLUTE
  • Jessika KenneyARRANGED BY SOPRANO VOCALS , ALTO VOCALS VOCALS
  • Josiah BoothbyFRENCH HORN
  • Julian PriesterTROMBONE
  • Jutta SierlingerCHOIR , ALTO VOCALS
  • Katharina EinsiedlCHOIR , SOPRANO VOCALS, ALTO VOCALS
  • Keith LoweDOUBLE BASS
  • Loma DöringCHOIR , SOPRANO VOCALS, ALTO VOCALS

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