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Sunn O)))

Doom metal
Doom metal

Sunn O))) is a Doom metal act. Their sound grew out of Kristoffer Rygg, Burning Witch, Goatsnake, The Funeral of Being and Alan Vega. Those roots explain a lot about how Sunn O))) arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tim Hecker, Jesu, Natural Snow Buildings, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Abul Mogard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Probot, Goatsnake, Lankum, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Ulver, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Sunn O))), reaching back through Kristoffer Rygg and forward to Probot. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Sunn O)))Kristoffer RyggBurning WitchGoatsnakeThe Funeral of BeingAlan VegaLeviathanHildur GuðnadóttirScott WalkerProbotGoatsnakeLankumJóhann JóhannssonUlverHave a Nice LifeChelsea WolfeTim HeckerJesuNatural Snow BuildingsJefre Cantu-LedesmaAbul MogardPlanning for BurialOneohtrix Point Never

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Sunn O))) connections

Sunn O))) grew out of Kristoffer Rygg, Burning Witch, Goatsnake and The Funeral of Being, shares an orbit with Tim Hecker, Jesu, Natural Snow Buildings and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, went on to shape Probot, Goatsnake, Lankum and Jóhann Jóhannsson. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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