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ALTAR acts as a Melvins family reunion of sorts as two of their most obvious sonic offspring--Sunn O))) and Boris--join together for a feast of slow-and-low heavy drone. Given both of their deconstructionist takes on the Melvins' stoner riffs and their abilities to find a strong meditative quality in feedback, the bands make a perfect match and their visions meld seamlessly. Guests include Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and the Sweet Hereafter's Jesse Sykes--the latter adding beautifully creepy female vocals.
Initial pressing included bonus disc with bonus track.
Personnel: Bill Herzong (vocals, upright bass, snare drum); Jesse Sukes, Phil Wandscher (vocals); Stephen O'Malley (guitar, piano); Greg Anderson (guitar, Moog synthesizer, bass guitar); Kim Thayil (guitar); Steve Moore (trombone); Tos Nieuwenhuizen (Moog synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer); Rex Ritter (Moog synthesizer); Troy Swanson (Oberheim synthesizer); Joe Preston (vocoder); Atsuo (drums, gong); Adrienne Davies (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Mell Dettmer; Randall Dunn.
Recording information: Aleph (12/2005-10/2005); Litho (12/2005-10/2005).
Additional personnel: Jesse Sykes, Joe Preston (vocals); Kim Thayil.Alternative Press (p.137) - "[S]ure to stimulate the endorphins of drone addicts worldwide....The thing's a veritable all-star disc."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.48) - "[T]his meeting of warped minds is frequently mesmerising." Altar Music | List Price | $13.98 (You save $1.99) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, World CDs, Heavy Metal, Experimental Rock, Rock | | Label | Southern Lord | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  13549  | | CD Universe Part number | 7285357 | | Catalog number | 62 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 31, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Sunn O))) | | Engineer | Randall Dunn | | Personnel | steve Moore - trombone
Rex Ritter - Moog synthesizer
Phil Wandscher - vocals
Greg Anderson - guitar, Moog synthesizer, bass guitar
Greg Anderson - guitar, Moog synthesizer, bass guitar
Adrienne Davies - percussion
Atsuo - drums, gong
Stephen O'Malley - guitar, piano
Bill Herzong - vocals, upright bass, snare drum
Jesse Sukes
Troy Swanson - Oberheim synthesizer
Also: Kim Thayil, Joe Preston |
Altar Music Review Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars)   Yeah, but...
Experimental noise with mild artistic influence.
Submitted by MudWitch (Coastal, TX) 
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 It could've been bad...
... but it ain't!!! A meeting of two big ones in the business. I totally adore Sunn 0))) for quite a while now, and was very keen on hearing the new one. Didn't really know much about Boris before though, so as soon as the CD was announced I first got me Boris' "Pink", which is a fantastic record as well! Buy it! Anyways, back to Altar. Personally i feel that Boris must've had a pretty huge impact on this record, but in a totally other way that I imagined. This record, compared to Sunn 0))) "Black One", is, ah, calmer? I know this word doens't quiet fit, but it's the best I can think of...
So you have a much more varied cd, including piano, almost balladesk tunes, but of course still enough heaviness to satisfy any fan of either band. Buy it!
Submitted by tgod (switzerland)
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