Editing Southern Lord Records (section)

==History==
Before co-founding their own record label [[Greg Anderson (guitarist)|Greg Anderson]] and [[Stephen O'Malley]] were friends and bandmates in [[Thorr's Hammer]] and [[Burning Witch]]. The pair formed a new band named [[Sunn O)))]] in 1998 and moved to [[Los Angeles]]. They started Southern Lord as a way to have control over the releases of their own recordings.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://southernlord.com/about/ |website=Southern Lord Recordings |access-date=7 January 2021 |date=13 February 2018}}</ref>

Southern Lord's first release was the CD version (previously released as a cassette) of Thorr’s Hammer‘s ''Dommedagsnatt--'' a doom/death metal album with Norwegian lyrics. The second release was: Burning Witch‘s ''Crippled Lucifer--'' a compilation CD of the band's first two EPs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burning Witch |url=https://southernlord.com/band/burning-witch/ |website=Southern Lord Recordings |publisher=Southern Lord |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=10 January 2018}}</ref>

Southern Lord released material by Anderson and O'Malley's latest band, [[Sunn O)))]] in 2002. Sunn O))) was later reviewed several times by [[Ben Ratliff]] of [[The New York Times]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ratliff |first1=Ben |title=Two Bands, a Million Decibels (Published 2009) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/arts/music/24sunno.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=23 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ratliff |first1=Ben |title=Review: In 'Kannon,' From Sunn O))), Brevity and Austerity (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/arts/music/review-in-kannon-from-sunn-o-brevity-and-austerity.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=2 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ratliff |first1=Ben |title=Think You Know Loud? Try Throbbing Sound as the Body Vibrates (Published 2012) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/arts/music/power-of-the-riff-festival-with-sunn-o-in-brooklyn.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=3 September 2012}}</ref>

The label's roster continued to grow with notable doom releases such as Warhorse's ''As Heaven Turns to Ash,'' Place of Skulls ''Nailed and With Vision,'' as well as albums from Anderson's band Goatsnake. It also expanded its musical palate releasing music by: Darkest Hour, Orcustus, and Dave Grohl‘s side project [[Probot]].<ref name=BandcampDaily>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/20-years-of-southern-lords-dark-and-heavy-art|title = 20 Years of Southern Lord’s Dark and Heavy Art|last=Moores|first=JR|website=[[Bandcamp Daily]]|publisher=[[Bandcamp]]date=9 March 2018|accessdate=11 September 2022}}</ref>

The band Earth joined the Southern Lord family in 2005—continuing Southern Lord's involvement in drone and doom music.<ref name=BandcampDaily/>

Releases from Earth, Sunn O))) (including the heavily lauded ''[[Monoliths & Dimensions]]''), and a series of [[Boris (band)|Boris]] 7″s to go along with the album ''Smile'' took place at the end of the decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ilistensoyoudonthaveto.com/2011/03/21/doom-to-drone-to-diversity-a-profile-of-los-angeles-extreme-experimental-label-southern-lord-records/|title = 安全加密检测}}</ref>