OM - Gebel Barkal

First OM material since Amos' arrival. Starting with Gebel Barkal, with another simple theme (much closer to Pilgrimage one), and the minimal yet rich drumming of Emil Amos (which stands out to be as good as Hakius). Vocals are getting more and more softer and short.
The second part of the single is a much psychedelic song, because it is a continuum of the Gebel Barkal theme with the addition of some delay effects and the final explosion with the use of a keyboard (some sort of overdriven Rhodes piano), which sounds cool, works pretty damn well. OM haven't lost me so far, and they wont, at least I believe so..

They'll be releasing a new album, this here, stay tooned..



Tracklist:
1. Gebel Barkal
2. (Version)

Link: Gebel Barkal

OM - Live at Jerusalem

If you were right there, you could feel, the sound, the really low and slow sound hitting your stomach on a way that would make you physically feel the music change your body. As everybody knows the sound quality is not the best, but it gives you a pretty good idea of what is OM live, dont miss this one if you like OM.



Tracklist:
1. Flight of the Eagle
2. Bhima's Theme

Link: Live at Jerusalem

OM - Inerrant Rays of Infallible Sun (Blackship Shrinebuilder)

Given that OM has only laid down five songs in the course of two full-lengths, any new non-album material is a godsend. Fortunately their side of this split is one of their best tracks, starting as perhaps the most uptempo OM song yet before shifting back to their familiar lurching tempo about halfway through. It's only about 8 minutes long but it holds its ground against the best of their extended takes like "At Giza".
Unfortunately your enjoyment of the Current 93 side will probably depend on how much of a David Tibet devotee you are, because there isn't much going on here besides his lyrics. An incredibly repetitive (and increasingly annoying) fuzzy organ(?) line soldiers on practically unchanged for the entire 7:50 duration; any other instrumentation I lost in the morass. It seems as if Tibet was trying to match styles with OM, but his track feels paper-thin compared to OM's ribcage-rattling intensity.

This is still essential of OM fans, but Current 93 fares better on his own records.



Tracklist:
1. Rays of the Sun/To the Shrinebuilder (OM)
2. Inerrant Infallible (Black Ships at Nineveh or Edom) (Current 93)

Link: Inerrant Rays of Infallible Sun (Blackship Shrinebuilder)

OM - Split w/ Six Organs of Admittance

Somehow, this two bands, just thought of joining forces, and joining two "simple" songs, by each one of them.. and the result? This beautiful album, two well known songs from them, just joined together in one split. Nice piece of collection, there's not that much copies around the world, so ate least if you can't buy it, 'purchase' it right here, sit back in your couch, and listen to it loud.. because you will enjoy, the echo notes, entering in your brain.



Tracklist:
1. Bedouin's Vigil (OM)
2. Assyrian Blood (Six Organs of Admittance)

Link: Split w/ Six Organs of Admittance

OM - Conference of the Birds

Conference of The Birds makes for an apropos soundtrack of apogee and reverence. A clarion call sounding for rebirth ...seductive, liberating, a prayer framed within apocalyptic atmosphere. A brooding lullaby for the sun underscored with allusions to solar-object omens and seraphim arrivals. Respective to our time, the birds are - as is Om's sound - metaphors for the soul seeking transcendental freedom and ethereal resonance.



Tracklist:
1. At Giza
2. Flight of the Eagle

Link: Conference of the Birds

OM - Variations on a Theme

OM is a bass-and-drums duo from San Fransisco, CA, that makes some of the coolest music you will ever hear. After 7 years of not playing in a band, bassist Al Cisneros of Sleep joins his former music buddy, drummer Chris Haikus, to make a new band that focuses more on groove than assualt. For those of you unfamilar with Sleep, they were a stoner/doom metal band in the vein of Black Sabbath. Now, OM is born from the ashes of the previous band. Granted, this will bring back memories of Sleep's last album, Dopesmoker, but this is a definete improvement over that album. For starters, when OM jams, it's a lot more focused and interesting, and not as montonous. Al's monk-on-acid singing also helps the atmosphere of the record, and Chris's jazz drumming also helps too. For fans of Sleep, Neruosis, and Black Sabbath, this is for you.



Tracklist:
1. On the Mountain at Dawn
2. Kapila's Theme
3. Annapurna

Link: Variations on a Theme

Russian Circles - Station

Metal trimmings, minimal jazz primers, and cryptic riffs that hit out of nowhere with the pummeling impact of a comet. Their music weaves up an intense and cinematic albeit soothing clobbering that cannot be pigeonholed. Their lumbering layers of chiseled post rock and feathery psychedelic infusions have both revved and enticed listeners into mental orgasms the world over. They've shared stages with Tool, Dalek, Daughters, and Pelican. Catch them on tour beginning in late May.



Tracklist:
1. Campaign
2. Harper Lewis
3. Station
4. Verses
5. Youngblood
6. Xavii

Link: Station