"Earth 2: Special low frequency version? Has there ever been a standard version??" You're standing on it pal

fun fact: Duster’s “Stratosphere” cover is a direct homage to this album

about the "special low frequency version" part of the title, its an homage to the half speed cd reissue of the Syntonic Research album "Environments 2: Tintinnabulation (special low frequency version)" and Earth even used the same font for the cover as that on the Environments 2 cover

Perfect album cover. It conveys both massive scale and near complete emptiness. Whenever I look at it while listening to the album, I imagine that the camera is gradually zooming out to eventually reveal something incomprehensible and terrifying.

earth 2 is amazing, we need a earth 3

Finally. You left a comment on someone’s review of this album 14 years ago saying you should review it. I knew you’d come around! I don’t forget things Melon.

I can't believe Lil Dicky released this a few years ago and its already a classic. I wouldn't expect anything less. ☺️

Dopethrone turns 25 next year. Just putting it out there.

I actually found this album totally by accident a few years ago when Brad Taste reviewed the lil dicky song earth and im pretty sure he made a parody of it called earth 2. I went to search it up on Spotify and stumbled upon this album. Curiosity got the best of me and wouldn't you know, about 75 minutes later I was a fan Upon searching for the parody Brad made, in order to make sure I was remembering correctly, I have realized that Brad was deliberately and overtly referencing this album

this is wild to me because I was invited to see a documentary just 2 days ago about this band and I had no clue who they were but I went anyway. And then there was a surprise announcement that the band were going to do a Q&A right after (they're from my town, something I also didn't know). So I got to learn all about this band and then see them talk about their history, and now there's this video lol. They're p sick, guess it's time to actually check them out

Another Earth album I love is The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull. It’s a relaxing listen.

Earth, Boris and Sunn O))) are the three unfaltering pillars of this sound till date.

I highly recommend the book Monolithic Undertow to anyone interested in the history of drones in music up until experimental records like this and later. Its a fascinating yet surprisingly easy read!

found this album when i was 13 through a wikipedia rabbit hole, ended up introducing me to a lot of avant-garde music i would have never been exposed to otherwise. so glad you're highlighting it

This is my favorite Lil Dicky sequel album. Thank you Anthony for this (But actually this album is remarkable and you are 7 for 7 rn on classics week)

Well that was a good Classics Wee- BY GOD ITS EARTH 2 WITH A STEEL CHAIR

This is honestly one of my favourite drone/ambient and “metal” albums. Glad to see a review of it!

This album has gotten me through countless zoom classes and study sessions

Saw them perform this album opening for Sunn O)) in Seattle earlier this year. Total bucket list night.

Holy shit he actually reviewed it! This album has been genuinely helpful for me in my life. I actually use it for studying and reading, i have a hard time paying attention (ADHD) and this entire album is the exact balance of droning and engaging that helps me do anything i need to do. Also, it’s just fucking sick. I love this album.

Lysol by the melvins is such a sick album, love how the first two songs drone on just for every other song to be super short lmao

Did not expect this at all! One of my favorite albums that put me on to ambient music, along with Disintegration Loops and Music for Airports, wore all three of those out in high school.

I never comment, but... Holy fucking shit. I never thought I'd see a classic review of this album. I know you've gone on record saying you love it, but I just never thought it'd get that level of up-front appreciation. I remember finding this album on my first visit to [message board redacted] in 2011 and losing my mind. Obviously back then it was played/posted for laughs, but it legitimately left an impact on me. As someone with raging synesthesia, it made me realize you could find "music" (only in quotes to denote the massively multiplicative nature of such a term) comprised of literally anything: any color, any texture, any sound in the world. From there, I found Sunn O))), then harsh noise wall, and the rest has been an incredibly corrugated history. Seeing this album get a classic review is externalizing to no end -- as it not only cements this album as more than just the joke that people On Da Internet made it out to be (regardless of those who, like yourself and myself, seriously enjoyed it), but it adds this album, deservedly, to the canon of true game-changers. The fact that this review aired days after fucking Abbey Road? Tears in my eyes. So, so happy about this. Thanks, Fantano. This made my day.

This classics pick is insane lmao

Drone Metal basic ass chronology: 1991: Earth - Extra-Capsular Extraction 1992 November 1: Naked City - Leng tch'e 1992 November (unknown): Melvins - Lysol 1993 : Earth - Earth 2 1996 : Boris - Absolutego 2000: Sunn O))) - ØØ Void

Dylan Carlson is such a fresh inspiration, I think their best album is Primitive and Deadly ❤

I had somebody recommend Earth 2 to me when trying to find an alternative to white noise. I've been playing it on loop while working and studying, which is why all 3 songs are in my top 10 on Spotify Wrapped, even though I wouldn't usually listen to music that is so slow. Over time, I can really appreciate the riffs and subtleties of the sound.

Ok now this is a classic. One of the most important metal albums of the 90s. Terrifyingly heavy particularly for its time.

Love it. Picked a copy up on vinyl back in May last year. It's been a deep dive since then into collecting the rest of the back catalogue. Still after a copy of Hex for sensible money.

Man I suggested this on the stream but I did not expect Melon to actually do it. Thanks Anthony!

I came across this album the other day thinking I should check it out. The next day Anthony does a classic review of it. I’ll definitely be checking it out tomorrow.

I've found that pretty much every release from Earth is just really good music. This album in particular holds a special place in my heart, though. It's so meditative. The last song, Like Gold And Faceted, which is practically the same chord for 30 minutes, somehow just works.

absolutely love this record and i’m ecstatic you’re bringing it to light in the form of a classic review, which it truly deserves.

I was thinking a review of a classic metal album, but a classic Drone Metal album is a great surprise!

I was just thinking of Boris' Pink might get a classic review but this one is a pretty close (and unexpected) choice!

Watching this as I am sewing, thank you, i haven’t heard of this artist/band so this will give me some new music to listen to as well, awesome review im sure as always :)

This isn’t Deathconsciousness

Wasn't expecting this one and I heard about Earth while reading Electric Wizards by JR Moores, awesome book and this is a great album.

Man I love Earth, my favs are The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull and Hex (sic). Never expected you to review them though. Nice.

Heard they were in Seattle which I coincidentally was about to drive into this morning for work. Decided to throw on the first track and its put me in a weird mood, thanks tony

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="269">4:29</a> I know some record trivia Fantano and Austen dont?! Cool. The cover and title is a reference to the album Tintinambulation 2: Special low frrqurncy version. Yes, it WAS part of a nature series. It's literally the only vinyl I still own🤣 by happenstance.

Honestly, one of the best written reviews you've done

Solid review Anthony! I watched in 24x speed.

listened to this for the first time a month or 2 ago just based on the album art, loved it

Brad taste in music is jumping for joy

What's the link between track 2 and the actual band called "teeth of lions rule the divine"? They had an awesome album called "Rampton" back then.

I remember finding it really relaxing, one of my favorite albums

Absolutely wild classics week picks this year lmao

Absolutely one of my favorite albums of all time

This album makes you stare into space, in the best way possible

Dylan Carlson, my favorite guitarist and the reason I learned to play guitar in the first place. To me, this does sound like what the Earth sounds like deep beneath the surface. And the cover exemplifies that notion.

The cover reminds me of stratosphere by duster which i love

HUGE FREAKIN SURPRISE. Love TEETH OF LIONS THAT RULE THE DIVINE. Favorite drone song ever.

Never thought the best album of all time would get a review, what a pleasant surprise!

I played this album to my sister and brother they thought it was the noise a tv makes when it needs repair how do i explain them that this is drone

"Earth 2 2.23 Special Lower Frequency Mix" is the new 2023 30th Anniversary Reissue. It's quite good.

I heard the coil album "time machines" had an influence on the group

OH HELL YEAH, there are still so many people who don't know this record exists, and it's a fucking masterpiece. Thanks for this Anthony!

This album came out the month I was born. Ever since I first heard it I've always felt this strong connection to it, because of that and because listening to it is so overwhelming, disorienting and most of all cool as hell

True story: used to listen to this record in high school, and it’s the only album my parents ever actually asked me to turn off. 😂😂😂 Fucking amazing record!

“And they called it the ‘special low frequency version’ like was there ever another version??” Yes I have the high frequency version, the album is all I’ve been able to hear since I first put it on.

Hell yeah melon reviewing one of my favorite albums of all time!

I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER SEE THE DAY. THANK YOU FANTANO.

Being a Melvins/Nirvana first wave grunge enthusiast, I got both Extra Capsular Extraction and Earth 2 when they originally came out. Earth 2... It's impossible for a metal/sludge listener today to really get the mind blowing *otherness* that came with this record; nothing was really quite like it. Sure, Melvins we're doing some very slow and very, very heavy stuff, but nothing like this. And the engineering was *so* pristine and articulated it was truly like nothing before. Today in a world where drone metal is an entire genre, this simply won't hit the same. I've always respected the fact that they never repeated this trick and went on to do other, equally innovative, moves with "Hex" and their more lo-fi garage doom rock material of recent years.

An album that I can't listen just any time, but when I'm in the correct mind state to listen to it, it's reality-shaking

if you’re gonna do all blue album covers this week w/ the blue flannel please do illinois by sufjan

was really hoping todays review would be bowies station to station since it’s his bday

Damn surprised to see you review this. Adore this album

The bees made honey in the lions skull is amazing

Gotta love the reference to the fake rave review liner notes in the description.

Still praying for velocity design comfort

so glad earth got an update

Loved listening to this album on my friends first record player. So heavy

Probably the albums I’ve listened to the most in my life, along with SAW 85-92 (and maybe Remain in Light)

There actually is a super rare non low frequency Tape. Super cool blue vinyl is the most desirable version

Great album but it kinda sucks that so many people sleep on Earth's other albums. The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull is amazing

How do you bang your head to this album🤘Do you just slowly nod it?

One of my favourites. The subtle drums on the last track make it one of the heaviest doom metal songs of all time

Another year has passed without a Deathconscioussness classic review

Earth 2 is about the only album that made me "wake up" dazed. I didn't sleep, but a strong "my brain turned off". and its achieved this multiple times too. Sunn; despite being skilled sound craftsmen, have not been able to achieve the same feeling. Theyve worked wonders in creating other environments and feelings, but hardly the likes of earth 2. I knew who sunn was long before earth, too

@ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="95">1:35</a>, you mention Extra Capsular Extraction by the band Earth??? ...I couldn't locate that specific album.. are you referring to "Earth=A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra Capsular Extraction" the cover art is different (happens, whatever..?) BUT what track has Kurt Cobain on Vocals?!??! (If NOT the same album, can you help me find the song/songs that had Kurt on Vocals with the band Earth..? Maybe, KZfaq links, or Spotify, or Apple Music.. by any chance? ... thank you my friend!

Good Classic picks this year Anthony 👌🏻

I do believe that we've gotten some better drone-metal records in the years since, but this still stands as a fantastic and surprisingly engaging album (although I think many would agree that track 3 goes on a bit too long).

Classic weeks is extended this year. Yay

I thought he was going to review the recent remix album version

Moon pix when

Doesn’t he usually do 5 classic reviews per year? Are we getting 7 this year?

"Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine" the track naming convention Earth has is fucking god-tier.

Are we gonna ignore that you were ranking poop bars an hour ago ?

saw Earth in a park in Antwerp in 2022 and was insane!

Sunn O))) and Earth got me into meditation and mindfulness, wouldn’t be where I am without them

thank you for the recommendation anthony this album cured my headaches :)

alright this is cool and all and ill certainly listen to this. but you really should try some chevelle.

This album completely changed my understanding of art. It’s somehow high-concept and filthy at the same time. I did a project for a college philosophy class about drone metal as an extension of Om in Hinduism which was fun

Do you reckon he has two blue flannels or that he didn't wash it from yesterday's review?

If you like this, listen to: The Immortal Samsara Travelers - Hanging Gardens in Glacial Apocha

This album is amazing. It's a heavy album, but the repetitive drones put you in a mood that most drone and Doom metal albums can't reach

extended classics week?

Oh this is amazing. Fantano is on fire

Absolute classic right here. Mind-bending album