Kannon (album)
Appearance
Kannon | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 4, 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2015 | |||
Genre | Drone metal, drone, noise | |||
Length | 33:26 | |||
Label | Southern Lord SUNN250 | |||
Producer | Stephen O'Malley, Greg Anderson, Randall Dunn | |||
Sunn O))) chronology | ||||
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Kannon is the seventh studio album by American drone metal band Sunn O))).
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 81/100[5] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
The Guardian | [1] |
Pitchfork | 6.5/10[2] |
AllMusic | [3] |
Consequence of Sound | B+[4] |
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, lyrics by Attila Csihar[6]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Kannon 1" | 12:50 |
2. | "Kannon 2" | 9:10 |
3. | "Kannon 3" | 11:26 |
Total length: | 33:26 |
Production
[edit]- Produced by Sunn O))) (Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson) with Randall Dunn
- Engineers: Randall Dunn, Jason Ward
- Assistant Engineer: Mell Dettmer
- Art direction: Stephen O'Malley
- Cover art: Angela Bolliger, photographed by Robyn Vickers, text by Aliza Shvarts
- Band portraits: Estelle Hanania
Personnel
[edit]- Stephen O'Malley – guitars
- Greg Anderson – bass guitar, additional guitars on tracks 2 and 3
- Attila Csihar – voice
- Oren Ambarchi – additional guitars and oscillator on tracks 1 and 2
- Randall Dunn – Korg MS-20 on tracks 1 and 2
- Steve Moore – Juno 106 on track 2
- Brad Mowen – concert bass drum on track 2
- Rex Ritter – Moog on track 2
- Dempster, Priester, and Moore – conch trio
Credits adapted from official marketing text.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Bakare, Lanre. "Sunn O))): Kannon review - daunting but oddly relaxing drone metal". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ Currin, Grayson. "Sunn O))): Kannon". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Kannon - Sunn O)))". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ Hadusek, Jon. "Sunn O))) - Kannon". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Kannon by Sunn O)))". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ a b "Kannon by Sunn O)))". sunn.bandcamp.com. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.