Veils It White

AMG Review of Veils It White

James Mason
All Music Guide

On Veils It White, James Plotkin (who plays with Sunn 0)))'s Stephen O'Malley in Khanate) remixes various track elements from the Flight of the Behemoth album, and in the process, creates a fantastic introduction for newcomers. Using the familiar low-end guitar rumblings as a canvas, Plotkin paints an elaborate soundscape, using a haunting piano and some digital glitches. Rooted deep in the isolationist-ambient genre, the controlled feedback and glistening drones from O'Malley and Greg Anderson would be trance-inducing, if not for Plotkin, ever the prankster, who inserts tiny details of sound, needles that prick at the inner ear, and makes it certain that wherever this long track is going, it isn't where it's expected to go. Its 17 minutes contain sections that trace Sunn 0)))'s progression from an Earth tribute band, to the avant-metallers that they would become on White2. Anyone interested in Sunn 0)))'s music is encouraged to start here, if a copy can be located. This release was limited to 700 copies.