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There seems to be a lot more information about this band on The German Article, it would be useful if someone could translate.

Actually, it doesn't seem to say much more than the English article does. - Dysfunktion 22:17, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 16:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] pic

Why the band's picture has Oren Ambarchi (who's not in the band!) in close up? I think its pretty stupid.

Pretty fair question I guess. Does anyone have a better pic?--P4k 23:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Image:Sunno)))cloaks.jpg might be a suitable replacement for now (it's already used in the article, under "History"). ~Inkington 16:52, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

I replaced it with another image which hopefully actually depicts the band.--P4k 02:28, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] discog

It's actually Black One -- not Black1 or Black 1 or something.

[edit] Informative?

In the May 28th, 2006, edition of The New York Times Magazine, Sunn O))) is featured in the "Heady Metal" Article, with both members in their signature cloaks.

Does anyone think this line is worthy of note? I'm not sure whether to leave it in or remove it. ~Mr Inky · (T @ C) 19:23, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

While the mention of the cloaks doesn't really sit well, I think the article is worthy of mention, as it's both a good article and a sort of milestone of recognition of Sunn o))). --Nosmo 15:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Black One picture?

Was that picture of SOMA and Greg standing from the 1cd edition or something? Mine had a wall of skulls. Dysfunktion 05:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FOTB

I have a CD version that explicit says "3: Flight of the Behemoth" on the CD itself as well as on the side, with the 3: as a reference to Earth of course, but shouldn't that be the full/correct title of the album? PhilippN 12:17, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I was under the impression that it's always been "3: Flight Of The Behemoth".Demonofthefall 13:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] zzz

Um, Anderson is the owner of Southern Lord, not O'Malley. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.50.187.46 (talk)

[edit] O))) or 0)))?

Is it a numerical 0 or the letter O? I have always assumed it's the number, but this article seems to disagree with me... Demonofthefall 02:03, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Third of a year too late, but think of it as an ASCII pic, with the O representing the sun; a numerical 0 would be a bit too elongated. --Dane ~nya 13:53, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to bring this topic up again, but if the band themselves use it (http://www.southernlord.com/index2.php & http://blog.southernlord.com) then why isn't everyone else using the "0"? -82.18.49.148 14:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm guessing that the spellings are interchangeable. On Southern Lord's website, both "sunn 0)))" and "SUNN O)))" are used on the same page. Stephen O'Malley consistently uses the "O)))" spelling on his website.
Since O))) is generally used more often than "0)))", and since it more closely resembles the logo (as Dane said above), I think we should leave it as "Sunn O)))". ~Inkington 13:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Post-metal? What?

As a fan of post-metal like I am I'm puzzled by the idea that a band that is extremely drone doom would be classified as post-metal as it doesn't really include the post-rock elements that are so needed. dethtoll 17:53, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

be quiet genreboy

[edit] drone metal/drone doom?

i would like to know what the author of this page considers to be the difference between drone metal and drone doom (listed as separate genres herein).

it lacks the doom elements needed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 16:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

What are the Doom elements? Which ones are lacking? Shouldn't we try to as clear as possible? If we can't cite specifics, doesn't a particular label become meaningless? --- It doesn't stick. (talk) 19:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sunn O))) Logo.png

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[edit] Naming

The Wikipedia manual of style does not allow stylistic representations of logos and non-grammatical design features (such as spelling "adidas" with a lower case "a"). It would appear this article falls foul of this, and should be moved to Sunn (band) with references to Sunn O))) changed to Sunn. Deiz talk 14:06, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Their name is Sunn O))). I don't know what the manual of style says but sometimes you need to make exceptions to policy. It wouldn't improve Wikipedia or this article for us to be the only people in the world to call them "sunn."--P4k 14:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
I think Deiz' comments are wrong. It reminds me of Stephen Colbert, change the name of the band by changing it on wikipedia. Linkboyz 02:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
the manual of style is not set in stone, or policy, but merely a guideline. i think this is one of the cases where adhering to it would be to the detriment of the article. the name of the band is sunn o))), unusual typography or no. --Kaini 02:29, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
All of the sources call them "sunn 0)))" or some variation. I do not agree with removing it from the name as it seems this is what they are referred to as in print. The "0)))" is not just a ascii art, it's part of the official trademark as far as I can tell. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 18:40, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Nope. The bands name is Sunn O))), not Sunn. So the move should be a no go. Prepare to be Mezmerized! 01:05, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] really metal?

does o'malley really think the sun revolves around the earth?

[edit] Should Oracle be considered an album or EP?

Opinions? Granted, it only has three songs, but so do White1 and White2. And indeed, "Helio)))sophist" goes for over forty minutes. I would think this qualifies "Oracle" as being an album, not an EP. Demonofthefall (talk) 13:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

The length of the album doesn't change whether or not it's considered a full-length album or an EP - Metal-Archives for example, lists it as an EP; and I believe it's sold as such. I think I've encountered CD's where an EP's length is longer than that of a full-length album. ≈ The Haunted Angel 13:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)