See core members Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson on the road soon, with a bonus show added in Los Angeles.

In the coming weeks, core Sunn O))) members Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley will return to the live aspect as Shoshin (初心) Duo in its original, raw form. They’ll perform as a pair, immersed in profound valve amplification, spectral harmonics, distortion, and volume. Pure and primeval riffs of temporality, massively heavy structures of sound pressure. Witness a live experience of physical sound, and glacial maximalism like no other. 

Supporting acts for select dates on tour have been announced and include High Command, Kali Malone, Tzompantli, David Pajo and more. See the full list of support acts as well as ticket links for the shows listed below.

Having most recently released Metta, Benevolence BBC 6 Music : Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbes (2021), Pyroclasts (2019) and Life Metal (2019), Sunn O))) continue their monumental momentum with the Shoshin (初心) Duo tour.

See Sunn O))) Shoshin (初心) Duo on the road:

December 9 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade [tickets] w/ The Accidents

December 10 Pelham, TN @ The Caverns [tickets]

December 12 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall [tickets] w/ The Crosses

December 13 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall [tickets] w/ Ready for Death & Deep Tunnel Project

December 14 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre [tickets]

December 16 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer [tickets] w/ High Command

December 17 Brooklyn, NY @ Pioneer Works [tickets] w/ Leila Bordreuil & High Command

January 24 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall [tickets]

January 26 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall [tickets] w/ Joe Preston & Daniel Menche duo

January 28 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre [tickets] w/ Kali Malone

January 30 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall [tickets]

January 31 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre [tickets] w/ Kali Malone

February 2 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre [tickets]

February 4 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room [tickets] w/ Tzompantli – SOLD OUT –

February 5 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room [tickets] w/ David Pajo

SUNN O))) TOUR MERCH

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“fantastical big-room thrash like 1986 never ended” – Stereogum

High Command share the final single from their forthcoming full length album Eclipse of the Dual Moons, out November 25th on Southern Lord. The single, “Fortified by Bloodshed,” arrives today alongside a new interview with the band via Invisible Oranges. Additionally, Eclipse of the Dual Moons is available for pre-order on all formats here.

Listen to “Fortified by Bloodshed” on Bandcamp.

Stream on Spotify + other DSP’s here.

Swords and metal go hand in hand. That’s what crossover thrash band High Command say, having turned heads with their debut album Beyond The Wall of Desolation (2019).

“Our love for the bay area in the 80’s is certainly no secret. Besides some of the more obvious influences we have I think we were much more comfortable exploring some of the less obvious stuff we hinted at with the first record. Particularly traditional heavy metal (Dio, Mercyful Fate) the south’s interpretation of the bay area (Exhorder, Obituary, Nasty Savage, Devastation, Rigor Mortis) first wave black metal (Bathory, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost). Of course all of this executed with the discharge, Cro mags, Sacrilege DNA that runs through our veins,” High Command comments.

But it’s not solely metal music which influences the band, who cite the lustful violence of Robert E. Howard, Michel Moorcock, Jack Vance and many other legendary pulp writers of the 20th century as an impetus for their expansive storytelling. “People would also be surprised to hear we drew quite a bit of inspiration from the music of Ennio Morricone, especially in regards to writing some more of the epic, grandiose passages and chord progressions.” says the band.

With their second album, Eclipse of the Dual Moons, the band take their love of storytelling a step further, deepening and widening the world of Secartha, the realm of High Command’s songs. The band place themselves as omniscient narrators of the world they have created, and say that they are inseparable from Secartha and its people.

“It’s one thing to make a good metal record, but it’s another to put on top of it a sort of overarching story that makes sense to listeners. The whole High Command project is enriched by lyrics articulating characters, a world, and trials faced within it. We want our records to be immersive and leave listeners with a feeling they’ve experienced something bigger than the music.”

It’s not just a question of widening the world, which the band first started exploring on The Secartha Demos (2016); Eclipse of the Dual Moons sees High Command honing their process to a fine art “it’s like we started with chiseling a rock… this record is the moment the rock in question begins to look like an actual sculpture.”

Revisit High Command’s “Siege Warfare,” on Bandcamp and on other DSP’s here.

Revisit “Imposing Hammers of Cold Sorcery” on YouTube:

Eclipse of the Dual Moons, track listing:

1. Eclipse Of The Dual Moons
2. Immortal Savagery
3. Imposing Hammers Of Cold Sorcery
4. Omniscient Flail Of Infamy
5. Fortified By Bloodshed
6. Chamber Of Agony
7. Siege Warfare
8. Spires Of Secartha

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