Lav's Music Corner

Sunn 0))) is an experimental drone metal band who has been releasing material for over twenty years and has been pioneering and innovating within the drone genre for most of their career. The group released their 8th proper studio album Life Metal  earlier this year to generally favorable reviews. Pyroclasts was recorded in the same sessions as Life Metal  and is made up of four long tracks just like Life . Review By Lavender: Life Metal  was the best of the last few Sunn 0)) releases but that didn't have me convinced they were onto some new career renaissance. I had a feeling much like many projects released so close to each other that Pyroclasts  would just be the session material that wasn't good enough for Life Metal , and most records like it can't be as good as Untitled Unmastered  or Amnesiac .  Thankfully the creative wave the band was on seems to run deeper than Life Metal  because Pyroclasts serves up some excellent moments of its own....

Earth is a legendary west coast drone metal band who helped pioneer the genre in the early 90's. They dropped the now legendary album Earth 2  in 1993 that is considered by many to be one of the best and earliest examples of drone music. Since then the band has dropped a myriad of different project dabbling in various experimental rock genres but have never found quite the same level of success or innovation. Despite this the band continues to be revered for their contributions to drone's evolution. Review By Lavender: I would be the first person to tell you that Earth 2  is absolutely essential Drone listening. Not only did it finally re-contextualize Lou Reed's pioneering Metal Machine Music but it also kick-started the entire drone and harsh ambient movement that is so prevalent in independent music to this day. Since then they have released a lot of material and while much of it has great highlights and is worth diving into they haven't really had another tr...