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Greg Anderson | |
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))_%40_Roskilde_%252705_(327955596).jpg) Anderson performing with Sunn O))) in 2005 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
| Origin | Seattle,Washington, U.S. |
| Genres | Doom metal,avant-garde metal,hardcore punk |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar,bass |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Labels | Southern Lord Records |
| Website | www |
Greg Anderson (born 1970) is an American musician, a co-founder ofSouthern Lord Records.
Anderson is theguitarist ofstoner doom bandGoatsnake,[1] but is also well known for his collaborations withStephen O'Malley. Together, the duo participated in projects such as the short-liveddeath/doom metal bandThorr's Hammer, the extreme doom metal bandBurning Witch (although Anderson left before the band could record an album), as well as thedrone metal bandsSunn O))) andTeeth of Lions Rule the Divine.
Earlier in his career, Anderson was involved with thestraight edgehardcore punk bands False Liberty, Brotherhood, Amenity, Statement, Galleon's Lap, and theRevelation Records andindie rock/hardcore punk band Engine Kid.
Around 1994 and 1995 while still playing with Engine Kid, he metStephen O'Malley, and they joined the Seattle death-doom bandThorr's Hammer. Their singerRunhild Gammelsæter was a Norwegian exchange student studying at the University of Washington. The band split after she went back to Norway, but Anderson and O'Malley still played with drummer Jamie Sykes to formBurning Witch.[2]
Wino had left The Obsessed and the rhythm section were still looking for someone to play with. They saw Engine Kid in Los Angeles and decided they wanted to jam with me. My taste in music was getting heavier over time. We did a ton of experimenting with different dynamics, hardcore, and just wanting to play in a metallic direction.[3]
Both Brotherhood and Galleon's Lap featured futureFoo Fighters andSunny Day Real Estatebass playerNate Mendel. In 2007, Greg joinedAttila Csihar andOren Ambarchi in a new drone-doom project calledBurial Chamber Trio, as well as Ascend, a current project/record with Gentry Densley, the former singer-guitarist ofRevelation Records bandIceburn.
In April 1998, Anderson and O'Malley founded theindependent,undergroundlabelSouthern Lord Records, based inLos Angeles,California. The company has been specializing indoom,sludge,drone,experimentalmetal, left-fieldblack metal, andcrust punk.[4] Anderson has been serving as the label's music curator.[1]
While working with Sunn O))), Anderson sometimes credited himself as "The Lord", and under the same pseudonym recorded two benefit tracks; "We Who Walk In Light" (2021) withAlice in Chains' vocalistWilliam Duvall raising funds for "Jail Guitar Doors", and "Needle Cast" withBig Brave's Robin Wattie benefiting "The Native Women Shelter of Montreal". Around the same time, he was involved in a production of a score for an anthology of found-footage horror stories called "V/H/S 94".[1][5][6]
In 2022, Anderson released his solo debutForrest Nocturne under the name "The Lord", drawing inspiration from "hikes in the woodlands of the Pacific Northwest" and the notion about trees as "perhaps the last known connection that we have to an ancient world". Attila Csihar provided guest vocals on the album. "Triumph of the Oak" was released as the first single.[1][7]
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