Sunn O))) live @Dour Festival 2007 (Part 1)

[sprayarm]

Sounds like a C-130 taxiing on a tarmac.

[ancook58]

i love spinning sunn records, and live they are so epic simply because you feel the show more than you hear it. i will admit, seeing/hearing them from a video camera mic kind of sucks and this isnt really worth listening too. they are hard to record for sure.

[laland21185]

you can call it not music but this guys fucked my ears!!!

[MJMorrey]

If anyone is intersted they use RAT footpedals

[jumpkenny]

this song is catchy as fuck

[snorgisborg2]

I can't get this tune out of my head.

[damaged01]

I wonder what it would be like to see a SUNN O show and do some DMT.

[BlackSabbath86]

@damaged01 Exactly the same.

[dmangtr]

epic

[skateNappreciate]

i could see myself going to see this

[SynchroniZer7]

catchy! I think i heard this song before in a jetski X)

[Ekibiogami]

I'm happy to find this video. I was at this concert, they filled the tent with smoke for almost an hour before starting. Everybody was lying around and not moving a bit, stoned from the drones. I think I even slept a minute or 10 then :p

[Keithman121]

Not everyone can do this, they use obscure time signatures and I can guarantee that you wouldn't be able to keep like 3 or 4 guitars in time without any drums or metronomes, especially holding notes for as long as they do.

[indegruv]

@Keithman121 yeah ok

[steinber]

@Keithman121 Exactly! 

[winternightfallph]

Watching it here mesmerizes me =) I would really be a dream come true to watch 'em live!

[HammarHeart]

sunn O))) isnt really so much metal as it is eastern trance-inducing mantras introduced to a western through the rock medium. sunn O))) use their guitars and distortion to produce trance-inducing drones, not heavy metal riffs.

[Kaschelott]

@HammarHeart Who even said it was "Metal"? Really, who did? Who calls this metal? And who does even care what whosoever calls it? Get off with all your catchy words & categories. It's got nothing to do with the sound. And the sound is ALL this is about. So listen. And listen. And shut up.

[HammarHeart]

@Kaschelott u mad

[milkminotaur]

Watch it/listen or FOAD!

[Fireball69]

monolithic

[staticpeoplemusic]

worship the power of the drone!!

sooo many damn amps haha...awesome

[D3v1L5h4nD]

its weird music lol:D i heard a lot of it. i wont buy a cd of these guys but i think that if you see them live... would be nice... i think:P but anyway i get depressed of it xD but its good lol

[damaged01]

I bet it must really suck to be a roadie for sunn o))) with all those amps and cabs.

[Rumplestiltskin001]

Bad. Ass. Not everyone's taste but so what. If you don't like it, don't listen. There's plenty of other crap on youtube to occupy your feeble minds.

[MaitreGore]

i really don't like this but i can't stop listening cause i want to figure out what's going on. i'm trying to get what they do but i don't think i can... i would like to understand the feeling they're trying to achieve. The fact that ANYONE can do what these guys do doesn't help my motivation to learn...

[theartofnotbeingseen]

@MaitreGore you're right in the statement that ANYONE can do this, but  not everyone has a mountain of sunn0))) amps. these guys do, and they use them in a way no one else has. that's one of the many things that makes them so great.

[ThePunkbebe]

@MaitreGore thats what this music is all about. Its more of an inner emotional search, its about feeling yourself, not the music.

[OberstvonSturmgeist]

SOMA is actually a brilliant guitarist, and drone actually takes a lot of skill to put together.

Take that SunnO))) haters! My cat will eat your faces.

[OnlyByFishStandards]

there's a wall behind them......o wait......tthose are amps O.o

[66420192]

You can't judge Sunn O))) from a bad quality video on youtube...

[97036]

It's funny when people who have no idea at all about music calls this shit. Why do you guys think they got top reviews on all their albums by people who work with judging music? If you think this sucks, you're stupid.

[frostybob123]

while i agree that sunn o))) is great and often misunderstood, you're just as bad as the people who dislike them. "if you think this sucks, you're stupid". You've got to be kidding me right ? you see the hypocrisy don't you ?

[miisu]

I prefer Goatsnake...

[byyours]

sunn o))) is incredible. i love their split with boris, altar. so dark.

[ReadSchopenhauer]

Seem to be a lot of haters posting on here about Sunn O))).  If you don't have anything constructive to say, FUCK OFF. Morons just don't get it. Obviously way over their heads

[ClaudioSanchezCC]

@ReadSchopenhauer What is to get other than v.d from this skanky ass music

[ReadSchopenhauer]

@ClaudioSanchezCC You just proved my point, Einstein.

[ClaudioSanchezCC]

@ReadSchopenhauer Haha sorry about that, that was my brother who was on youtube, I told him to listen to how bad this music was.

[MrJew1234]

ahhh. perfect music for my rituals and sacrifices. it really does stimulate satanic desires.

[Diettrique]

YEah, seeing these guys live would be epic, but over the internet...it just doesn't touch me.

[TheBigMclargehuge]

I follow your meaning. It still looks epic-ish on youtube.. That wall of amps screams sheer evil fucking power.

[isador21]

The darkest, most soul-crushing atmospheric music of all.... :D

[james163163]

music is defined as, "sound organized by a human being".

[oldskool667]

Nice guitar soundcheck. So when does the song start?

[NightDreamer88]

This "band" is begging for euthanasia.

[randomcanadiandude]

You know, this strikes me as a band you really have to see live to appreciate. This is all atmospheric, so there doesn't seem to be too much point to listening to it recorded.

[james163163]

it kinda puts you into a trance if you really focus in on it.

and a lot of their songs are more melody based and some are a but faster.

but live its crazy, its just a sheer wall of sound. nothing like it.

[iamben69]

Midnight till sunrise, Pyramid stage at Glastonbury. One can only dream.

[GrimFloyo43]

This is the weirdest, most monotone, untechnical band I've ever heard in my life...So why the hell do I like them so much?

[tehstick]

Sigur Ros's ( ) album + distortion + 8 octave drop = Sunn O)))

[ThatsRightMusic]

Sunn confuses me. Im all for giving every musician a chance, but I cant quite get my head around them.

[daakins]

So wait, you can't hear that awesome dance beat?

[beanabus77]

This is off the fucking hook

[milkminotaur]

@beanabus77 Yes.. yes it is.

[00sven00sven00]

i feel a terrible sense of belonging!

[totallytaylor21]

fucking love Sunn. Most evil drone ever

[chompimastah]

greg rulez

[anchorman632]

A friend asked me to check this band out. I love metal of all kinds , but this is utter shite.

[shortpersonben]

mm same

my mate said they were amazing....

i have to disagree :/

[dorianleakey]

possibly because you like metal, i like sunn, but is this really metal, or a bizarre offshoot. also diffferent live.

[averyellis]

man, i just found out about these guys.

i dig it.

makes me sleepy.

[rrreinhard]

Damn. Is THAT yet music? Or what is it? But I like it. Good show.

Regards from Germany to UK.

[goreprosthetics]

it's not about who's the best guitarist in the world, or how almost anyone could play the same thing...it's just about a couple guys creating an atmosphere and making a sound that we enjoy.

[Murdertron]

anyone who says sunn o))) doesn't have talent is fucking moronic.

[tonyjohnbradley]

sunn o))) goes great with the lights off and a really good sound system. Very hard to understand sunn o))) without a good sound system.

[666DeathMagnetic]

I would like to see people moshing at a Sunn O))) concert, hahaha.

[mephistomarius]

that would be like a normal mosh pit is stuck in sub-speed perpetual slow motion

[bauernmaxi123]

me too, hehehehe. but unfortunately they wont play master of puppets, i guess.  never heard such shit like sunn ough

[rawker4christ]

ya, this may be appealing to some people but not to me. It really doesn't sound like they have any talent...

I haven't found a video of them yet that shows they actually know how to use an instrument...

[HVF12]

The thing is, they're actually doing things that you probably wouldn't be able to do (at least, on their studio albums. I haven't actually seen them live).

[rawker4christ]

No, sorry, If I was given the equipment that they are using, I could make the same sound they make...

[66420192]

You have to be there to actually understand Sunn O))). The noise they make is only half of the experience, the rest is the massive vibrations they emit (@ 125dB), they make you almost crap yourself.

[rawker4christ]

So, it's more along the lines of the weird feeling that the music puts through your body because of how deep it is?

I could understand how 125dB could make you crap lol

[66420192]

Well, sure, if you're into black metal in general you can sort of understand the dark undertones. Also, each member of the band have bands of their own where they play their own style, eg: Goatsnake, check them out. So that kind of defeats the whole "they don't have talent" argument.

[Organell]

bloody hell

hear and enjoy just the sound small minded bastards

[idrivefast2]

wow that was different....

[Locust1313]

this is a remake of Miley Cyrus's til I see you again, slowed down a little. She invented Doom Drone, so it's not gonna be easy to top the master. I like this, they are on to something here. Kind of like going back in time to a Babylonian cult sacrifice or something more prehistoric. Not for everyone, but I likee. Go))) Sunn O)))!

[Gatekeepah]

This really does not take that much talent to play, or to even make. Just have your guitar so loud and so distorted that it makes that constant feedback and hit one note every 10 seconds it seems like.

You have a Sunn song!

[hikupoopoo]

its the subtlties in the music its way more dark and atmospheric than speed metal its like throbbing gristle met kevin shields and they had a bastard son

[azdoferus]

you dont need talent to make good music... the secense of the music is make something that make you feel in other world, and Sunn O))) do that... sorry for my horrible english.

[realbifter]

Thinking of uploading the sound of my microwave and fridge combined and then post under the tag Sunn, people would still say they like it, anything to be different.

[BlackSabbath86]

So everyone who listens to Sunn O))) are just trying to be different? That makes no sense.

[realbifter]

The sun never sweats...

[goreprosthetics]

@real

i doubt your kitchen appliances would sound all that interesting.

[realbifter]

You're confirming my point, i thank you.

[goreprosthetics]

ah, but you see, you're just being an ignorant prick. there are people that love drone and you can't understand that. we find this to be very interesting.

[mephistomarius]

a band called maytag/// already does that...

[trainteeth]

i could go down to the local construction site and listen to this shit

[pierceuh]

LÖL what a piece of shit

[Labyrinthman]

Drone comes in many levels, each drone band has it's unique form of performing: Nadja,The Angelic Process, Khanate, Loud Youth Engine...

I think that Sunn O))) is the pure drone, they are the band for the real drone lovers.

[wintermutation]

is this really that hard to understand?

fucking idiots.

[usefulidiot227]

God Damn Attila is big!

Crazy stuff. I'm trying to get into it. It's just so different. I think the only way I could really dig this stuff is if I was at a show getting punished by their wall of amps.

[watchmeshit]

I looked at about 5 or 6 clips. They all sound the same even though they're from different shows and dates. Is this the only "song" they have?

[lesetina]

nice

[kingofkashiwa]

all the 'metallers' calling this noise and pure crap are no different from the arseholes I had to listen to calling 'Reign in Blood' a worthless racket 20 years ago. people have different ears, you dont like it leave it and don't rag on others for it.

[gammon1222]

stop it the are fuck brilliant

[Horticulturist]

sunn is awesome. low frequency worship baby

[megabite2]

This has to be a fucking joke

[happyfunnyfoo]

COCOASHUNTER IS POOP!!!!

[CocoaShunter]

yep yep yep show me your mallcore boner

[megabite2]

SUNN O))) IS FOR FAGGOTS.

[CocoaShunter]

get the fuck outta here retard, we know your metalcore boner is gettin flaccid, theirs always headbangers ball and Scott Ians goatee to get it right back up.

[banovicb]

hahahah this is funny,they are fucking around and some people here call it art!!!! this is terrible

[ConiferTreez]

This kind of music is about visuals, nothing else.

[kinskiYT]

I have to say, it cracks me me up just how much sunn 0))) vids seem to really upset the guitar wankery fraternity, some folks are into atmospherics, tone and amps, and some folks just cant get enough of Steve Via hopping around in multi-colored spandex pants noodling..each to their own :P

[GuitarFreakNation]

wow this looks easy. im gonna start my own band and make cash . all i need is a guiar amp , some robes , makeup , and no talent at all. SWEET!

[doganddice]

No makeup required.

Three amps, not just one, are also an essential element.

Enjoy your guitar solos, I think I'll be happy with this though.

[Doom5656]

you will fail!

[MetalheadCowboy]

i couldnt agree with you more. this is pure shit

[YourRockin]

when you'll be able to have this creativity, i wanna see. Moreover you don't need just one guitar amp but more. just be tolerant and accept different kind of music

[newtoomanga]

Amazing

[XTSY]

This is just noise (hard to believe it uh)

[maailmanisoinmies2]

all music is "just noise"

[dbmayne]

Evidently you don't like this. That's fine, but your uninformed opinion adds nothing to the dialog. 

In the interest of not bothering you anymore, I'll let you return to listening to your Culture Club albums.

[MrNoFairy]

They are butchering the music.Bunch of posers if you ask me.I dare them to actually PLAY something.

[hrothgar64]

If you want to hear them "play something", check out their other bands. Stephen O'Malley is also with Khanate and Burning Witch while Greg Anderson is a member of Goatsnake.

[OnlYYlnO]

So why watch it then? Each to their own eh.

[mercifulhawk2]

Check out Tecumseh- Crossing Divides.

Google Tecumseh Drone

Record on anarchymoon black horizons

New record in July on Important records

[piekarekm]

Their music is senseless

[6carpathian6forest6]

it took me a long time to get into Sunn O))) but im now very glad i did,since i started playing them every night i can sleep properly!

[Cyrus9488]

Anyone can get feedback...

[FlowerElectronics]

Anyone can play [any] instrument. That doesn't mean anyone can make music out of it. If Sunn didn't have a musical quality, don't you think we - those who buy it and visit the performances - would have noticed it by now? How many [years] have you spent listening to Sunn? How many hours a day? Chances are you've seen a couple of grainy low quality cellphone live clips here, and think you've got it all figured out. Anyone can throw paint on a canvas... etc.

[anusvuist]

I was there too

Fuckin' Hell

That band opened a totally new world for me

[Sealiconspirit]

is that Atilla ??

[brandonr85]

Yes indeed it is! Easily one of my favourite black metal vocalists.

[borntokillyou]

there the best band on this planet

But it really takes time to get into their music..but the reward is huge

All their cd's are brilliant!

amazing!!!

[julianhogendobler]

I couldn't take all those decibels in without my skull imploding.

[stinkfluid]

this is so cool, theyre making soundscapes,so stunningly well....

[craigk87]

if you like soundscapes, I hope you've checked out Godspeed You! Black Emperor

[DaDazey]

Konomama iko! Ayshuruhito yo!

[RealCatharsis]

this concert left me breath- and souless...

[Hanepoot]

I was there...

Brilliant performance.

[JamieBarnes11]

I was there too and yes it really was. My mates brother slept through most of it though because he was hungover or something. Apparantley it was really nice to sleep to.

[statarius]

Une véritable expérience!

Il m'a fallut un ptit temps pour m'en remettre de ce concert...

[BastoOblivium]

OMFG trop mortel ce concert. Le plus mortel de ma vie à vrai dire.

[buttsurfer]

mann das dour war einfach geil, trotz organisation. nichts konnte mir den spaß an diesem Festival rauben!

[Bapesta1887]

geilomat, martin!!!