Artist Lounge: Old Man Gloom
Moggers' favorites by Old Man Gloom
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With the success of both Cave In and Isis nowadays, it's surprising that more people aren't talking about Old Man Gloom. Maybe it's because this band does not sound like neither of the two main bands and it is most certainly because most people can only jump on one trend at a time and the time has not come for metallic hardcore with doom and ambiant influences. A band that plays both ambiant songs and very energetic and sometimes very heavy metal songs (with shouted vocals... MORE
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I'm listening to this on my brand new turntable, and despite the fact that it's on warped transluscent vinyl it still sounds GLORGEOUS.Old Man Gloom were one of the earlier bands working in the neo-prog/mood-metal that is practiced by the likes of ISIS, Rosetta, The Ocean, Neurosis, Cave-In, et al. Yet they also mine similar droney territory as Troum, Jonathan Coleclough, and Peter Wright. Whoa!This track in particular melds the viking chants of the albums' first track (Gi... MORE
