SUNN O))) & Ulver have teamed up on the forthcoming Terrestrials, which will be released by Southern Lord in February (pre-order vinyl here). Regarding the construction of the album…

Conceived in the interim 2008-2012 at Crystal Canyon Studios in Oslo, Norway, the aggregation of this recording are Greg Anderson, Stephen O’Malley, Daniel O’Sullivan, Kristoffer Rygg, Jørn H. Sværen & Tore Ylwizaker – with ghost appearances by Ole-Henrik Moe and Kari Rønnekleiv (viola & violin), Stig Espen Hundsnes (trumpet) and Tomas Pettersen (drums). Terrestrials was produced by Stephen O’Malley & Kristoffer Rygg, mixed by Anders Møller at Crystal Canyon during February and March 2013, and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone, London in April. Art direction was handled by Stephen O’Malley. The cover of Terrestrials bears a portrait of our sun, captured in the wavelength of hydrogen alpha light — 656.3 nanometers in the deep red — on June 10, 2012 by Alan Friedman.

And, of course, don’t forget to see Ulver on tour next month.

ULVER Tour Dates:
2/01/2014 Savoy Theature – Helsinki, Finland
2/05/2014 Feb B90 – Gdansk, Poland
2/06/2014 Lido – Berlin, Germany
2/07/2014 Akropolis – Praha, Czech Republic
2/09/2014 Dynamo Grosser Saal – Zurich, Switzerland
2/10/2014 Szene – Wien, Austria
2/11/2014 Backstage – Munich, Germany
2/12/2014 Werkstatt – Koln, Germany
2/13/2014 013 – Tilburg, Netherlands
2/15/2014 Bloom Mezzago – Milano, Italy
2/16/2014 Circolo Delgi Artisti – Roma, Italy
2/26/2014 Club Volta – Moscow, Russia
2/23/2014 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD