Altar (album)


Altar is a collaboration album between experimental music groups Boris and Sunn O))), released on October 31, 2006 through Southern Lord Records )), Boris, and Dylan Carlson, titled "Her Lips Were Wet with Venom". Inoxia Records released their own two-CD version in 2006 which features a bonus track on the first disc, "The Sinking Belle ", and also features "Her Lips Were Wet with Venom" on disc 2. The triple-vinyl edition by Southern Lord contains all of the songs from their two-CD edition, additional pictures, and liner notes by Kim Thayil. The Daymare 3LP version was released March 23, 2007 and features a bonus track not found on any other version of this release: "The Sinking Belle ".
In addition to major players Sunn O))) and Boris, Altar also boasts an extensive roster of guest musicians/collaborators such as Kim Thayil, Joe Preston, Phil Wandscher and Jesse Sykes )) collaborators TOS Niewenhuizen and Rex Ritter.
On December 10, 2007, the bands collaborated at the Forum in London
along with a number of the guests featured on Altar for a live performance. A 3LP picture disc version of the album, limited to 500
copies, was sold exclusively at this London show.

Track listing

Disc One

  1. "Etna" – 9:51
  2. *Greg Anderson: guitar
  3. *Atsuo: drums
  4. *Stephen O'Malley: guitar
  5. *Takeshi: guitar & bass
  6. *Wata: lead guitar
  7. "N.L.T." – 3:49
  8. *Atsuo: bowed cymbal & gong
  9. *Bill Herzog: upright bass
  10. "The Sinking Belle " – 7:37
  11. *Jesse Sykes: vocals
  12. *Takeshi: guitar
  13. *Wata: guitar, space echo
  14. *Stephen O'Malley: piano
  15. *Greg Anderson: bass guitar
  16. *Atsuo: traps
  17. *Bill Herzog & Phil Wandscher: vocals
  18. *Adrienne Davies: percussion
  19. "Akuma no Kuma" – 7:52
  20. *Atsuo: lead drums
  21. *Joe Preston: vocoder
  22. *Greg Anderson: Moog Rogue
  23. *Stephen O'Malley: Korg MS-20
  24. *Bill Herzog: snare
  25. *Steve Moore: trombone
  26. *TOS Nieuwenhuizen: oberheim
  27. *Troy Swanson: oberheim
  28. *Randall Dunn: Korg MS-20, sherman filter bank, echoplex
  29. *Mell Dettmer: Roland SH-101
  30. "Fried Eagle Mind" – 9:47
  31. *Wata: vocals & space guitar
  32. *Stephen O'Malley: clandestine guitar, califone
  33. *Takeshi: bottle lead guitar
  34. *Greg Anderson: bass guitar
  35. *TOS Nieuwenhuizen: Moog Taurus
  36. *Troy Swanson: oberheim 4 voice
  37. *Randall Dunn: Korg MS-20 & natural trouble
  38. "The Sinking Belle " - 5:05
  39. *Wata: space echo guitar
  40. *Eyvind Kang: viola, violin
  41. *TOS Nieuwenhuizen: Moog Taurus
  42. *Randall Dunn: Korg MS-20
  43. "The Sinking Belle " - 4:36
  44. *Takeshi: guitar
  45. *Wata: guitar, space echo
  46. *Stephen O'Malley: piano
  47. *Greg Anderson: bass
  48. *Atsuo: traps
  49. *Eyvind Kang: viola, violin
  50. *Tos Nieuwenhuizen: moog taurus
  51. *Randall Dunn: korg MS-20
  52. "Blood Swamp" – 14:46
  53. *Atsuo: gong
  54. *Greg Anderson: guitar
  55. *Stephen O'Malley: guitar
  56. *Wata: guitar
  57. *Takeshi: guitar & bass
  58. *Kim Thayil: guitar
  59. *Rex Ritter: Moog Taurus
  60. *TOS Nieuwenhuizen: Moog Rogue

    Disc Two

  61. "Her Lips Were Wet With Venom" – 28:14
  62. *Atsuo: drums
  63. *Greg Anderson: guitar
  64. *Stephen O'Malley: guitar
  65. *Wata: lead guitar
  66. *Takeshi: guitar & bass
  67. *Dylan Carlson: guitar
  68. *Tos Nieuwenhuizen: Korg MS-20
  69. *Rex Ritter: Moog Taurus

    Production