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About|the metal band|the marionette effigy|ZozobraInfobox musical artist | name = Old Man Gloom | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = Santa Fe, New Mexico , United States Boston, Massachusetts|Boston , Massachusetts , United States | genre = Sludge metal Doom metal Post-hardcore Post-metal | years_active = 1999& ndash;present | label = Tortuga Recordings|Tortuga Hydra Head Records|Hydra Head | associated_acts = Isis (band)|Isis , Zozobra (band)|Zozobra , Cave In , Converge (band)|Converge | website = | current_members = Aaron Turner Santos Montano Nate Newton (musician)|Nate Newton Caleb Scofield | past_members =
Old Man Gloom is a Sludge metal|sludge / doom metal / post-metal band originally formed in Santa Fe, New Mexico , United States , but now based in Massachusetts . The group, formed by Aaron Turner of Isis (band)|Isis and Santos Montano, has now expanded to become a sort of supergroup in the Boston hardcore and metalcore scene. The group is less a band than it is a recording project for a variety of talent. By the release of their first album ( Meditations in B ), Old Man Gloom expanded to include two new members.
Biography
In 2001, a year after the release of Meditations in B , the band released two albums simultaneously: Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism|Seminar II and Seminar III: Zozobra|Seminar III . For these records, Luke Scarola joined to use electronics. On Seminar II , Stephen Brodsky of Cave In wrote the lyrics for one song, and Jay Randall of Agoraphobic Nosebleed contributed on electronics. On August 24, 2004, the band's most recent album Christmas (Old Man Gloom album)|Christmas was released. In 2011, Old Man Gloom recorded NO with Kurt Ballou. In 2012, Old Man Gloom played their first shows in many, many years.
Discography
Meditations in B (1999, Tortuga Recordings )
Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism (2001, Tortuga Recordings)
Seminar III: Zozobra (2001, Tortuga Recordings)
Christmas Eve I and II + 6 (2003, Tortuga Recordings)
Christmas (Old Man Gloom album)|Christmas (2004, Tortuga Recordings)
No (album)|No (2012, Hydra Head Records)cite web| last = Turney| first = Danielle| title = Old Man Gloom ends eight-year hiatus with an emphatic NO| work = Alarm (magazine)|Alarm | date = May 1, 2012| url = http://alarm-magazine.com/2012/old-man-gloom-ends-eight-year-hiatus-with-an-emphatic-no/| accessdate = May 1, 2012cite web| last = Adams| first = Gregory| title = Old Man Gloom Return with 'NO'| work = Exclaim! | date = May 1, 2012| url = http://exclaim.ca/News/old_man_gloom_return_with_no| accessdate = May 1, 2012
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