''The Grimmrobe Demos'' is the first demo album by American drone metal band

Sunn O))) Sunn O))) (pronounced "sun") is an American drone metal band formed in 1998 in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. The band is known for its distinctive visual style and slow, heavy sound, which blends diverse genres including doom metal, ...

. It is the most direct representation of its self-proclaimed

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-worship. It was originally limited to 500 copies by

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but, in 2005,

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reissued it on CD and vinyl with a bonus live track. An early rehearsal track titled "Bremerton" was included on the vinyl release. The album's third track was named after frontman Dylan Carlson of the band

and is a loose interpretation of the track "Ouroboros is Broken" from Earth's first release, ''

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''. The booklet of the second version of the album contains a long passage of apocalyptic writing by

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, written in Melbourne, Australia, during October 2004. On August 8, 2008, Sunn O))) announced that it would do a mini-tour consisting of four concerts to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the album's release.Sunn O))) Announces US Tour Dates: News @ metal-underground.com
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Track listing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grimmrobe Demos, The 1999 debut albums Sunn O))) albums Hydra Head Records albums Southern Lord Records albums 1990s demo albums