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Sunrot
Origin	North Jersey, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Sludge metal, doom metal
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Prosthetic
Members	Lex Santiago Christopher Eustaquio Rob Gonzalez Alex Dobrowolski Ross Bradley
Website	sunrot.bandcamp.com

Sunrot is an American sludge metal band formed in 2013 in Northern New Jersey.

Sunrot was formed in 2013 in the North Jersey region of New Jersey. Vocalist Lex Santiago, having moved back to the state after undergoing drug rehabilitation in Florida, recruited drummer Rob Gonzalez and guitarist Christopher Eustaquio after seeing them in local bands Furnace Head and Thera Roya.^[1] Across 2015 and 2016, they played shows with U.S. Christmas,^[2] Cavity,^[3][4] Grief,^[5] and Full of Hell.^[6][7] Early in their career, they reportedly opened for Listener and Birds in Row.^[8]

They released their first full-length album, Sunnata, on August 3, 2017, premiered via Vice's Noisey website.^[9] The album's first-day sales were contributed to a Bandcamp donation drive for the Transgender Law Center.^[9] That same month, they embarked on a summer tour with Philadelphia band God Root.^[9] Following the release of Sunnata, the band added new drummer Alex Dobrowolski, while Gonzalez switched to guitar.^[1]

In 2018, the band played a Fourth of July date with Amenra at Saint Vitus on the latter's North American tour,^[10][8] and in September, they performed alongside Uniform and Thou at the Knitting Factory for the latter's Magus album release party.^[11]

Sunrot performed in February 2019 at Black Flags Over Brooklyn, an anti-fascist extreme metal festival organized by journalist Kim Kelly, alongside bands including Dawn Ray'd and Racetraitor.^{[12][13][14][15]} They also contributed to Kelly's Riffs for Reproductive Justice compilation album, released the following July, which featured many of the same acts as well as Emma Ruth Rundle, Svalbard, and Planning for Burial and benefited the National Network of Abortion Funds and the Yellowhammer Fund.^[16][17] That same month, they were included in Revolver's monthly "Artists You Need to Know" feature.^[18] Later in the year, they opened shows for City of Caterpillar^[19] and Pig Destroyer.^[20]

The band released a split album with the punk band Ides in May 2021, on which they covered Black Flag's "Fix Me".^[21] Around this time, the band added bassist Ross Bradley.^[1] In February 2022, it was announced that Sunrot had signed to Prosthetic Records, and they released the single "21%" concurrent with the announcement.^[22][23]

Thou tribute album, Heavier Than Thou, benefiting House of Tulip; appears alongside Cloud Rat, Aseethe, Cowardice^[24]

The following summer, the band toured with Vile Creature, beginning with a show at Saint Vitus.^[25]

In early 2023, the band performed with Imperial Triumphant^[26] and appeared on The HIRS Collective's album We're Still Here.^[27] Both acts also joined Sunrot at the inaugural Subterranean Dissonance Fest, which also included Liturgy, Horrendous, Thantifaxath, Pyrrhon, Umbra Vitae, and John Frum among others.^[28] On February 2, the band released the single "Gutter", featuring Thou members Bryan Funck and Emily McWilliams, and announced an upcoming second album titled The Unfailing Rope.^[29][30] The album also featured Pig Destroyer's Blake Harrison and was produced by Scot Moriarty and mastered by Cult of Luna's Magnus Lindberg.^[29] The album's recording saw a number of setbacks, including Santiago being hospitalized due to a psychotic episode.^{[31][1][32][33][34][35]} The following month, they released a second single, "Patricide",^[36] and the album itself was released on April 7 via Prosthetic.^[37] Tom Morgan of Invisible Oranges included The Unfailing Rope as an honorable mention on his list of the Top Albums of 2023.^[38]

Slower & Harder Fest 2023, with Weedeater, Bongripper, Portrayal of Guilt, Dorthia Cottrell^[39]

^[35]

In May and June 2024, Sunrot played the inaugural Toronto-based Prepare The Ground festival, alongside 40 Watt Sun, KEN Mode, Mares of Thrace, Marissa Nadler, Odonis Odonis, Body Void, Drowse, Maggot Heart, North of America, Orchid, and Tomb Mold.^[40][41][42] The following two months, they toured the East Coast and Midwest with Ragana.^[43][44]

Genres:

• sludge metal^{[1][6][9][18][45][46][47][21][22][48][49][37][43][50][33][31][34]}
• doom metal^{[1][9][45][49]}
• drone metal^[6][9][34]
• industrial^[9][34]
• noise^{[1][6][9][45][47][37][43][50][33][31][34]}
• post-metal^[6][18][49]
• black metal^[29][37][43]
• hardcore punk/punk rock^{[6][46][47][37]}
• grindcore^[5]

Compared to:

• Neurosis, Amenra, Swans^[18]
• "Along with bands like Cowardice, Thou, Primitive Man, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Sunrot, and Vile Creature, Body Void have been redefining doom for a new generation"^[51]
• Eyehategod^[21]
• Sunn O))), Electric Wizard, Primitive Man, The Body^[34]
• "those who have been paying attention have already included Sunrot in coversations about Primitive Man, Body Void, Thou, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, and Dragged Into Sunlight"^[35]
• Electric Wizard, High on Fire, Indian^[35]
• The modern generation seems to be rewriting that script, and along with bands like Thou, Body Void, Cowardice, Dawn Ray’d, Vile Creature, and Terminal Nation, Sunrot is a huge leader in that shift."^[35]

Influences:

• Neurosis^[9]

• ^[1]
  • "The sounds that come from vehicle collisions, house fires, and the like. Metal scraping, wood crackling, etc. Noises that come out of loss; the sounds of grief."
  • Want to collab with: Vile Creature, Kristin Hayter, Emma Ruth Rundle, Kris from King Woman, Qui from Witching, Kayla Phillips, Roger from No Mas, Jenna from HIRS, Dreamcrusher, King Vision Ultra [PTP], Ethan from Primitive Man, Soul Glo, Colin from Amenra, Moor Mother, Jake from Lunar Blood, Julia from Strega Nona, The Body, Pain Chain, Sammy from Gel
  • Thou fans
  • Mark Morrison, "Return of the Mack" (joke answer)
  • favorites from New Jersey: Danzig, Ill Niño, Discharge
• on The Unfailing Rope:^[50]
  • Indian, From All Purity
  • Sleep, The Sciences
  • Emma Ruth Rundle, Engine of Hell
  • Amenra, Mass VI
• Emma Ruth Rundle, Engine of Hell^[35]

Themes:

• ^[1]
  • "These songs are all over the place content-wise but I think broadly they’re all about hurt and healing in one way or another. Healing from childhood trauma, mental health crises, the trauma of colonialism and extractive capitalism. "
• ^[34]

^[35]

• Lex Santiago – vocals, noise (2013–present)
• Christopher Eustaquio – guitar (2013–present)
• Rob Gonzalez – drums (2013–2017), guitar (2017–present)
• Alex Dobrowolski – drums (2017–present)
• Ross Bradley – bass (2021–present)

• Sunnata (2017, independent)
• The Unfailing Rope (2023, Prosthetic)

• Inertia​.​ /​ Sunrot (2015, Ouro Preto)
• Sunrot // Ides Split (2021, independent)
• Heavier Than Thou (2022, Riff Merchant)

• Sunrot (2014, Ouro Preto)
• Dialectical (2020, independent)

• "SPF666" (2014)
• "21%" (2022)
• "Gutter" (2023)
• "Patricide" (2023)
• "Trepanation" (2023)

• Sunrot on Bandcamp

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