Heavy Song of the Week: Sunn O)))’s “Eternity’s Pillars”

Heavy Song of the Week is a function on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest metallic, punk, and arduous rock tracks it is advisable to hear each Friday. This week, we spotlight “Eternity’s Pillars” by Sunn O))).

It could possibly be argued that Sunn O))) achieved the top of drone — a minimum of from a recording standpoint — with 2019’s Life Metallic. Meticulously tracked and engineered by late studio legend Steve Albini, the album was basically an analog doc of the band’s torrential waves of suggestions, captured as near verbatim — as heard within the studio — as humanly doable.

Whereas Albini is unfortunately now not with us, Sunn and producer Brad Wooden — one other engineer with a longtime connection to Chicago — seem to have carried on with the detail-oriented strategies used to report Life Metallic.

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As Sunn acknowledged in a press launch, their new three-song Sub Pop single — their first launch as contemporary label signees — was crafted with “excessive focus and care to every step and facet of the recording, every tone and degree of saturation, every achieve stage and speaker, every association and harmonic.” These are the sorts of issues Albini labored over to attain sonic perfection. The consequence, as heard on the discharge’s 14-minute A-side and centerpiece, “Eternity’s Pillars,” is the lossless switch of sound instantly from the studio to your audio system and/or headphones. It brings the resonance and suggestions of Sunn O))) even nearer — intimacy achieved by means of uncompromisingly excessive constancy.

Honorable Mentions:

The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton – “Heaven’s Breath”

In the event you’ve been attempting to wrap your head round the Avett Brothers collaborating with Mike Patton, a take heed to “Heaven’s Breath” will make it make extra sense. It is a heavier observe constructed round fuzzed-out guitars and a post-punk groove — ripe for Patton — and the harmonized refrain emphasizes the sheer collective vocal expertise of this unlikely unit. On the finish of the day, these are individuals who like to sing, and so they’re all rattling good at it.

NOWHERE2RUN – “Motives”

The members of Code Orange have been busy whereas the band has been on hiatus. Guitarist Reba Meyers stepped out on her personal as a solo act, touring and releasing new music earlier this yr, and now Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose are lifting the veil on their beforehand mysterious techno-industrial mission NOWHERE2RUN with the one “Motives.” In a press launch, Morgan described the mission as “one thing very darkish and tech noir ish.” A five-song EP, What Did You Do?, is due out October thirty first.

Rancid – “Intercourse and Dying”

Motörhead’s 1995 album Sacrifice is an underrated and oft-forgotten entry of their discography, so it’s cool to see it get some illustration by way of Rancid’s cowl of “Intercourse and Dying” — a two-minute ripper that paradoxically appears like Motörhead’s try at writing a Rancid-style track. The duvet is included on the upcoming tribute LP, Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute to Motörhead.