Drone metal act Sunn O))) will take their tour in support of their 2019 album Life Metal across the Southwest and West Coast this fall, announcing a string of U.S. dates this September. Fellow Southern Lord band Big Brave and Papa M, the project of David Pajo of Slint, will provide support.
We caught a show on Sunn’s East Coast tour earlier this year and suffice to say, it was a sonic experience. The band’s fog-filled sets are more akin to drone meditation than heavy metal shows, reaching dangerous levels of amplification and frequency.
The Steve Albini-engineered Life Metal has introduced the band to a wider audience, reaching No. 25 on the Billboard Hard Rock Album chart.
Prior to the U.S. shows, Sunn O))) head to Europe for a few dates in the summer before embarking on a longer European trek in October. See their full itinerary below.
Sunn O))) 2019 Tour Dates:
07/30 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg w/ Caspar Brötzmann
07/31 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg w/ Caspar Brötzmann
08/01 – Amsterdam, NL @ Dekmantel festival
09/01 – Dallas, TX @ Granada *
09/02 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
09/04 – Denver, CO @ The Gothic *
09/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Mayan *
09/09 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
09/11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox ^
09/12 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^
10/07 – Munich, DE @ Backstage Werk %
10/08 – Karlsruhe, DE @ HfG / ZKM %
10/09 – Basel, CH @ Kaserne Basel – Rosstall %
10/10 – Leipzig, DE @ Felsenkeller %
10/11 – Krakow, PL @ Unsound Festival
10/13 – Vilnius, LT @ Kablys %
10/14 – Tallinn, EE @ Vene Theatre %
10/15 – Helsinki, FI @ Kulttuuritalo %
10/17 – Stockholm, SE @ Kraken
10/18 – Oslo, NO @ Kulturkirchen Jakob
10/19 – Oslo, NO @ Blä #
10/21 – Copenhagen, DK @ Koncerthuset
10/22 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
10/24 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
10/25 – Glasgow, UK @ QMU
10/26 – Birmingham, UK @ The Crossing
10/27 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
10/28 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
* = with Papa M, Big|Brave
^ = with Papa M
% = with Caspar Brötzmann Bass Totem
# = duo show (Greg and Stephen only)