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Terrestrials

Sunn O))) & Ulver

Terrestrials

Experimental rock collaboration between American avant-garde sludge specialists and Norwegian progressive black metal band, recorded in one evening and worked on for four years

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Southern Lord
UK Release date
03/02/2014
US Release date
04/02/2014
  1. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    Those Sunn O))) long-hairs are finally following their bliss out the other side of the abyss they entered via that gaping tunnel on Monoliths & Dimensions' cover, and the able hands and sly smiles of Ulver, Rygg and O'Sullivan greet them with signature erudite adaptability across Terrestrials' note-perfect 35-minute brevity
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    Hypnotically cinematic. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   NME

    Extremity for extremity's sake is conspicuous by its absence
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  4. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Terrestrials sounds surprisingly cohesive considering the project’s improvised roots and slow development
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    Perfectly reflects both Sunn 0)))'s impenetrably emotional dark heart and Ulver's expertly crafted senses of drama and dynamic
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  6. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    It is a magnificent noise that dares you to turn your stereo up to eleven, turn out all the lights and see if your sanity is still intact at the end
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  7. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    It's long, languorous and wonderful in its invention, with Ulver lending emotional heft to Sunn O)))'s wall of tone
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  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Avant-metal titans join forces to terraform a whole new planet of sound. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Infinite loops and surging crescendos constitute a psychedelic session more about melancholic beauty than foreboding. Print edition only

  10. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    This might be the closest you can get to ‘new age’ while remaining a heavily-tattooed riff-worshipper
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  11. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Terrestrials bolsters both bands' oeuvres
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  12. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    What Terrestrials does reveal about Sunn O))) is their amiability, their unique potential to bring the concept of Sunn O))), if not its distinct sound, to an album that really isn’t quite their own
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  13. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Altogether different from normality, and further down the path towards minimalist orchestral experimentation than expected
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  14. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    Ultimately, Terrestrials works as a likable listen, a liminal play concerning the push and pull between dusk and dawn
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  15. 6.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    A welcome merger between two insuppressable forces
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  16. 6.0 |   The Independent

    A trio of absorbing driftworks
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