Christmas (Old Man Gloom album)

Christmas is the fourth studio album by Old Man Gloom, released in August 2004 by Tortuga Recordings.[4] Aaron Turner, owner of Hydra Head Records and former Isis guitarist and vocalist, described this album in September 2010 as “one of the most engaging projects I have been involved with both musically and visually.”[5]

Christmas
Studio album by
Old Man Gloom
ReleasedAugust 24, 2004
GenreSludge metal, post-metal, progressive rock
Length61:10
LabelTortuga Recordings
Old Man Gloom chronology
Christmas Eve I and II + 6
(2003)		 Christmas
(2004)		 No
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound(9/10)[2]
Stylus MagazineC+[3]

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Report wrote that the "carols ... alternate between propulsive, pummeling epic shit-kickers (opener 'Gift') and experimental noise tracks ('Accord-O-Matic')."[6]

Track listing
  1. "Gift" – 5:47
  2. "Skullstorm" – 0:51
  3. "Something for the Mrs." – 5:44
  4. "Sleeping With Snakes" – 2:33
  5. "Lukeness Monster" – 2:54
  6. "'Tis Better to Receive" – 1:25
  7. "Accord-O-Matic" – 7:50
  8. "The Volcano" – 7:32
  9. "Close Your Eyes, Roll Back into Your Head" – 3:30
  10. "Girth and Greed" – 1:33
  11. "Sonic Dust" – 3:06
  12. "Valhalla" – 2:08
  13. "Christmas Eve parts I, II & III (alt. version)" – 16:17

Personnel

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Album Review: Old Man Gloom - Christmas". DrownedInSound.
  3. "Old Man Gloom - Christmas - Review - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
  4. "Old Man Gloom | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. Turner, Aaron (25 September 2010). "OLD MAN GLOOM: CHRISTMAS". Feral Pig. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  6. "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. August 30, 2004 – via Google Books.


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