Christmas Eve Part I - Musique

Originally Formed In New Mexico By Guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner Isis And Drummer Santos Montano The Massachusetts-Based Group Old Man Gloom Has Since Expanded Into A Sort Of Supergroup Among The Boston Hardcore/metalcore Scene. By The Time Of Their First Album Meditations In B The Lineup Had Expanded To Include Converge Bassist Nate Newton Guitar Vocals And Cave-In's Caleb Scofield Bass Vocals . More Of A Recording Project Than An Actual Band -- They Rarely Play Live Partly Due To Scheduling Conflicts -- Old Man Gloom Plays A Mix Of Heavy Hardcore/metalcore Songs And Quieter Electronic/ambient Drones At Times Juxtaposing These Two Elements While At Others Blending Them Together In The Same Space. Their Lyrics And Packaging Make Repeated References To Primates -- Apes Chimpanzees Etc. -- And Also To Science Research And De- Evolution Among Their Song Titles Are "An Evening At The Gentleman's Club For Apes" And "Test Result Alien Ape Distress Signal" The Band Also Sometimes Refers To Itself As "the OMG Institute." These References Tend To Be Pretty Cryptic And If Anything Seem To Reveal That There Is A Sense Of Humor Behind The Group's Intense Doom-Laden Sound Exterior. Meditations In B Came Out In 2000 On Turner's Tortuga Records Imprint A Subsidiary Of The Larger Hydrahead Label Which He Also Runs. It Was Followed A Year Later By Two Simultaneously Released CDs Seminar II And Seminar III. A Fifth Member Luke Scarola Electronics Came On Board For The Latter Two Records And Seminar II Also Featured Contributions From Fellow Boston Locals Steve Brodsky Of Cave-In Who Wrote Lyrics For One Song And Agnostronic Blunt Aka Jay Randall Of The Grindcore Band Agoraphobic Nosebleed On Electronics Further Expanding The All-Star Cast. read less