Stephen O'Malley
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Stephen O'Malley with Richard Serra's "Out-Of-Round X" in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 15, 1974 |
| Origin | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Genres | Drone metal, experimental metal, doom metal, dark ambient |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, art director, graphic designer |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Southern Lord, Aurora Borealis, Editions Mego, Hydra Head, VHF |
| Associated acts | Æthenor, Burning Witch, Fungal Hex, Ginnungagap, Grave Temple, Khanate, KTL, Lotus Eaters, Nazoranai, Pentemple, Sarin, Sunn O))), Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Thorr's Hammer |
| Website | ideologic.org |
| Notable instruments | |
| Travis Bean guitars, Sunn amplifiers | |
Stephen O'Malley (sometimes referred to as SOMA) is a guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist from Seattle, Washington who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone doom, death/doom, and experimental music groups (the most notable of which is Sunn O)))).
O'Malley is a founding member of several groups including Sunn O))) (1998–present), Burning Witch (1995–1998), KTL (2005–present), and Khanate (2000–2006). Within these groups and alone, he has collaborated with a variety of artists including Greg Anderson, Merzbow, Eyvind Kang, Alan Moore, Iancu Dumitrescu, Ana-Maria Avram, F.M. Einheit, Randall Dunn, James Plotkin, Julian Cope, Joe Preston, Attila Csihar, Stuart Dempster, Peter Rehberg aka PITA, Lee Dorrian, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nurse With Wound, the Japanese metal band Boris & Michio Kurihara, Jim O'Rourke, Keiji Haino, Daniel O'Sullivan & Kristoffer Rygg (in the free improvisation act Æthenor together with Steve Noble), Aaron Turner, Oren Ambarchi, Alexander Tucker, and percussionist Z'EV.
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