Kannon (album)

Kannon is the seventh studio album by American drone metal band Sunn O))).

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[2]
Pitchfork	6.5/10[3]
AllMusic	[4]
Consequence of Sound	B+[5]

Kannon
Studio album by Sunn O)))
Released	December 4, 2015
Recorded	2015
Genre	Drone metal, drone, noise
Length	33:26
Label	Southern Lord SUNN250
Producer	Stephen O'Malley, Greg Anderson, Randall Dunn
Sunn O))) chronology
Soused (2014) Kannon (2015) Life Metal (2019)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kannon 1"	12:50
2.	"Kannon 2"	9:10
3.	"Kannon 3"	11:26
Total length:		33:26

All tracks are written by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, lyrics by Attila Csihar^[6]

Production

• Produced by Sunn O))) (Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson) with Randall Dunn
• Engineers: Randall Dunn, Jason Ward
• Assistant Engineer: Mell Dettmer
• Art direction: Stephen O'Malley
• Cover art: Angela Bolliger, photographed by Robyn Vickers, text by Aliza Shvarts
• Band portraits: Estelle Hanania

Personnel

• Stephen O'Malley – guitars
• Greg Anderson – bass guitar, additional guitars on tracks 2 and 3
• Attila Csihar – voice
• Oren Ambarchi – additional guitars and oscillator on tracks 1 and 2
• Randall Dunn – Korg MS-20 on tracks 1 and 2
• Steve Moore – Juno 106 on track 2
• Brad Mowen – concert bass drum on track 2
• Rex Ritter – Moog on track 2
• Dempster, Priester, and Moore – conch trio

Credits adapted from official marketing text.^[6]

References

1. "Kannon by Sunn O)))". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
2. Bakare, Lanre. "Sunn O))): Kannon review - daunting but oddly relaxing drone metal". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
3. Currin, Grayson. "Sunn O))): Kannon". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
4. Jurek, Thom. "Kannon - Sunn O)))". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
5. Hadusek, Jon. "Sunn O))) - Kannon". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
6. "Kannon by Sunn O)))". sunn.bandcamp.com. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.