White1

Studio album by Sunn O)))

Released

April 22, 2003

Recorded

1996-Dec 2002

Genre

Drone doom

Length

58:40

Label

Southern Lord Records (SUNN25)

Producer

Sunn O))) & Rex Ritter

Sunn O))) chronology

Flight of the Behemoth
(2002)

White1
(2003)

Live Action Sampler
(2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)

White1 is the third album by Sunn O))). It was the most significant departure from their original style to date. Each track was experimental in its own way, with Julian Cope reciting occultic druidist poetry for half of "My Wall", Norwegian lyrics sung by Runhild Gammelsæter of Thorr's Hammer as an intro to a drum machine and stoner metal bass riff in "The Gates of Ballard," and the drone track "A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You."

The lyrics to "The Gates of Ballard" come from "Håvard Hedde", a Norwegian folk song. Another metal version of "Håvard Hedde" had been recorded in 1995 by Storm.

In Q magazine's August issue (named the loud issue), they named White1 as the 18th loudest album of all time, just above AC/DC's Back in Black and below Jimi Hendrix's album Are You Experienced?

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