Metal Anarchy

Sunn O))) have announced that they will be releasing two new albums. They include “Life Metal,” which will be released in April and “Pyroclasts,“ which will be released in the fall.

“Life Metal” was recorded with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, IL and it will feature a number of guests including: Hildur Guðnadóttir, who contributed vocals, cello, and haldorophone to “Novæ,“ Anthony Pateras, who contibuted pipe organ to “Troubled Air,” and Tim Midyett (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit), who contributed aluminum neck bass and baritone guitars to the effort.

“Pyroclasts,“ which is said to be a “more meditative” album, was also recorded with Albini, and it will feature guest contributions from Midyett and Guðnadóttir as well.

In other news, Sunn O))) have also announced some U.S. and European dates:

02/28 Frankfurt, GER – Mousonturm
03/01 Graz, AUT – Orpheum
03/02 Prague, CZE – Divadlo Archa
03/03 Hamburg, GER – Kampnagel
03/04 Amsterdam, NET – Paradiso
03/06 Lyon, GRA – L’Epicerie Moderne
03/07 Nancy, FRA – L’Autre Canal
03/08 Dijon, FRA – La Vapeur
03/09 Rouen, FRA – QuasaRits Day
03/11 Tours, FRA – Le Temps Machine
03/12 Nantes, FRA – Stereolux
03/13 La Rochelle, FRA – La Sierene
03/14 Bordeaux, FRA – Le Rocher de Palmer
04/17 Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
04/18 Detroit, MI – Masonic
04/19 Chicago, IL – Rockefeller Chapel
04/20 Pelham, TN – The Caverns
04/24 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
04/25 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
04/26 New Haven, CT – College Street
04/28 Washington, DC – The Howard