Finally in stock, the cd version of one of the most influential drone-metal records ever, Earth's drone metal magnum opus Earth 2, a sprawling, hour-plus long amplifier ritual of the Special Low Frequency Version. This is the album that influenced the genesis of Sunn O))), not to mention the flood of newer heavy ur-metal outfits that have shambled over extended downtuned guitar chords throughout the past decade. This is still the definitive meditation on extended ambient riffage though, with Earth visionary Dylan Carlson combining his winding, downtuned and complex ultra-slow-motion Sabbath riffing with hypnotic cyclical drone cribbed from Terry Riley, Tony Conrad, and other 60's drone minimalists, mighty menacing riffs pulled taffy-like over a swirling, rumbling sea of humming amplifier feedback and distortion. A total classic, essential for fans of heavy dronedom like Phil Niblock, Sunn O))) (who went so far as to refer to themselves as an Earth tribute band back when they were first starting out), Old Man Gloom, Black Boned Angel and Birchville Cat Motel, Fall Of The Grey Winged One, Growing, Maeror Tri and Troum, as well as everyone into the megasludge of Corrupted, older Boris, Thrones, Melvins, Harvey Milk, and Orthodox ! Essential.