Official press release:
2015 was a busy year for Sunn O))). Following the recent release of the triadic entity Kannon — their first full-length album since 2009’s Monoliths And Dimensions — a series of magnificent European appearances, culminating in their curation of four days at Utrecht’s Le Guess Who? festival, the band now presents the news that their live album, Dømkirke, will see dawn of day again this February.
Kannon, in its earliest incarnation, was spawned and inspired from live compositions of Sunn O))); elements of which were present at Dømkirke, Dømkirke itself was recorded at the Bergen Cathedral in Bergen, Norway during the Borealis Festival in 2007. The four-song double album was initially released in September 2008 and is available on vinyl only, with one track featuring on each side of the records. This performance features intrinsic members of Sunn O)))’s mythology, including Attila Csihar (vocals), Tos Nieuwenhuizen (Moog), Lasse Marhaug (noise), Steve Moore (organ, trombone) with Greg Anderson (guitar) and Stephen O’Malley (guitar) vitally remaining at the center of the constellation.
Dømkirke will be re-released on February 5th, 2016 on 2xLP only. Pre-orders are available now through the Sunn O))) store HERE, the Southern Lord store HERE, and the European Southern Lord store HERE.
Sunn O))) will embark on a series of tour dates in Australia this March. For these three special shows, the band will perform on March 12th at Adelaide Festival with Magma and many more, followed by two Life Is Noise shows on March 15th and 16th in Sydney and Melbourne respectively.
Australian Tour Dates:
3/12 – Adelaide, AU | Adelaide Festival *
3/15 – Sydney, AU | Manning Bar
3/16 – Melbourne, AU | Max Watts
* = w/ Magma
Dømkirke track listing:
1. “Why Dost Thou Hide Thyself in Clouds?”
2. “Cannon”
3. “Cymatics”
4. “Masks the Ætmospheres”
