Black One


Black One is the fifth album by Sunn O))). It is a combination of both experimental and traditional Sunn O))), utilizing many guest musicians, including black metal musicians Malefic and Wrest from Xasthur and Leviathan, respectively. The band supposedly also went so far as to lock the claustrophobic Malefic in a casket to record the vocals on "Báthory Erzsébet".
2,000 copies included a bonus disc titled Solstitium Fulminate, containing a mix of live performances recorded at Roskilde Festival in 2005 and the immediately preceding European tour.
"Orthodox Caveman", previously known as "Caveman Salad", is based on live material from the White tour. "Báthory Erzsébet" was recorded as a tribute to Quorthon and, according to an interview with Terrorizer magazine, is loosely built "around a really slowed down riff from 'A Fine Day to Die'".
The album is not a continuation of the White1 and White2 style. As the band has repeatedly stated, the title is written as the word "one", not the digit.

Track listing

Black One

  1. "Sin Nanna" – 2:19
  2. *Oren Ambarchi: vocals, bowed cymbals, flies, drums, el. guitars, atmos
  3. "It Took the Night to Believe" – 5:56
  4. *Mystik Fogg Invokator: axe, subs
  5. *Taoiseach: lead guitar, subs
  6. *Wrest: voices
  7. "Cursed Realms " – 10:10
  8. *Mystik Fogg Invokator: icy inverted crosswinds upon four string zamboni
  9. *MK Ultra Blizzard: grail, eclipse, lead guitar
  10. *M. Schneeberger: glacial winds
  11. *John Wiese: whiteout
  12. *Malefic: voice
  13. "Orthodox Caveman" – 10:02
  14. *Mystik Fogg Invokator: guitar, riffs
  15. *Caveman Skillz: guitar, bass, feedback
  16. *Oren Ambarchi: caveman drums
  17. "CandleGoat" – 8:04
  18. *Mystik Fogg Invokator: guitar, taurus
  19. *MK Ultra Blizzard: decimator bass, crypt calls
  20. *John Wiese: casket electronics
  21. *Malefic: tundra guitar
  22. "Cry for the Weeper" – 14:38
  23. *Mystik Fogg Invokator: guitar, keyboards
  24. *SOMA: guitar, virus
  25. *Malefic: guitar, keyboards
  26. *Oren Ambarchi: el. guitars, horns, wood
  27. "Báthory Erzsébet" – 16:00
  28. *Mystik Fogg Invokator: bass
  29. *Drone Slut: bass
  30. *Count Von Schneeberger: virus
  31. *Malefic: calls from beyond the grave
  32. *Oren Ambarchi: el. guitars, tubular bells, cymbals, gong

    Solstitium Fulminate (Limited Edition Bonus Disc)

  33. "Wine & Fog" – 21:29
  34. "Vlad Tepes" – 16:43
  35. *Guitar L: Greg Anderson
  36. *Guitar R: Stephen O'Malley
  37. *Vocals: Attila Csihar
  38. *Guitar/electronics: Oren Ambarchi
  39. *Analog synths: TOS Nieuwenhuizen

    Black One musicians