Kannon (album)

2015 album by Sunn O)))

Kannon

Studio album by

Sunn O)))

Released| December 4, 2015
Recorded| 2015
Genre| Drone metal, drone, noise
Length| 33:26
Label| Southern Lord
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Producer| Stephen O'Malley, Greg Anderson, Randall Dunn
Sunn O))) chronology
| Soused
(2014)  | Kannon
(2015)  | Life Metal
(2019)

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Kannon is the seventh studio album by American drone metal band Sunn O))).

Professional ratingsAggregate scores

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

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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

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ Bakare, Lanre. "Sunn O))): Kannon review - daunting but oddly relaxing drone metal". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
2. ^ Currin, Grayson. "Sunn O))): Kannon". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Kannon - Sunn O)))". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
4. ^ Hadusek, Jon. "Sunn O))) - Kannon". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
5. ^ "Kannon by Sunn O)))". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
6. ^ a b "Kannon by Sunn O)))". sunn.bandcamp.com. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

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Sunn O)))

* Stephen O'Malley
* Greg Anderson

* Attila Csihar
* Tos Nieuwenhuizen
* Steve Moore
* Hildur Guðnadóttir
* Anthony Pateras

Studio albums|

* ØØ Void
* Flight of the Behemoth
* White1
* White2
* Black One
* Monoliths & Dimensions
* Kannon
* Life Metal
* Pyroclasts

Collaborative albums|

* Altar (with Boris)
* Terrestrials (with Ulver)
* Soused (with Scott Walker)

Other releases|

* The Grimmrobe Demos
* Oracle
* Dømkirke

Related articles|

* Sunn O))) discography
* List of songs recorded by Sunn O)))
* Earth
* Boris
* Burial Chamber Trio
* Burning Witch
* Khanate
* KTL
* Goatsnake
* Gravetemple
* Thorr's Hammer
* Sunn amps
* Southern Lord Records
* Scott Walker

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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