Om - Pilgrimage

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A new dawn awaits!! Southern Lord Recordings and Om have set October 2nd as the official release date for their 3rd (first on Southern Lord) full-length album!! This beast is entitled: “Pilgrimage†and was recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago, IL. by Steve Albini. The album is currently being mastered by Bob Weston (also in Shellac) at Chicago Mastering Services. “Pilgrimage†expands on their unique use of riff,,, cadence…chant..as heard on previous recordings yet finds the band expanding their vision into new territories. Of particular note is how much the song-writing has developed and in turn makes the dynamics of the songs much more intensely powerful.

The track-listing for “Pilgrimage†is as follows:

 

1. Pilgrimage

2. Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead

3. Bhimas Theme

4. Pilgrimage (reprise)

more fantastic buddhist mantra-ish stoner metal. they seem to have learnt the value of laying back on the distortion even more than on 'conference of the birds', parts of this are almost spirit-of-eden-era talk talk and shit. although some of it is heavy as fuck. cos they're a duo they can fuck around with dynamics and tempo and lay in and out of the groove in a lovely intuitive way.

i love it. err and it's leaked obv

OM will rule your mind brain!

oops, made a post about this as well man, great fucking album!

and everything else they have done as well......

I am seeing them very soon...

WOOHOO!

what makes it metal?

distorted basslines.......

and they sing about Egypt mythos and dungeons and dragons and wizards.......

and they wail!

check it out pod!

oh i know em.. but to my ears it doesnt really sound metal..

it just cool to say it is.. in music magazines and wepbages

haven't heard OM, but this is great news as i rally want to.

Saw them last night at the "Wall of Sound" festival in Ft. Worth. One of the stand-out bands for sure.. had never heard them before, but bought their back catalogue at Good Records today to give it a go.

But goddamn their songs are long.

yes, saw them here in Austin talked to Al Cisneros, he's a wizard, one of the best experiences of my life thus far, seeing them play that is.....we didn't talk about much, just told him thanks and some other things, and he told me some things and now I almost feel complete...........

of sleep, one became a monk and the other two formed om

that's some good-ass weed

the other one started High On Fire, so if monks were rock gods who would make the devil blush then yes.........

ah ok there was a chap with em for the first album who became a monk

not bad but more of the same