Stronger than Love: A Primer on Latvian Extreme Metal

Welcome to the third installment of the Baltic Metal Primers. Earlier this year, I discussed Lithuanian black metal and Estonian death metal, which included brief overviews of metal in context of Baltic history and culture. These primers primarily focused on Baltic metal in the 1990s shortly after the countries’ independence following the collapse of the USSR (and subsequently ending several […]

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AOTW | 1 April: SUNN O))) – Black One

The flagship album that inspired the new moniker for SUNNbleach, Black One represents the coalescence of everything that SUNN O))) sought to accomplish in the the noughties. Merging drone metal and black metal into something undefinably monstrous, Black One broke from the power ambient of White1 and White2 (no relation) with shorter songs, more prominent vocals, and – frankly – […]

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Announcement: Welcome to SUNNbleach

Upon much consideration, the editors of the on-line music publication known as Sunbleach have decided that it is time for a change. Sunbleach has been a part of the vaporwave community for ten months now, amassing over one thousand articles including over two hundred reviews. However, vaporwave is dead. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that we sing a […]

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