Christmas (Old Man Gloom album)

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2004 studio album by Old Man Gloom

Christmas

Studio album by

Old Man Gloom

Released| August 24, 2004
Genre| Sludge metal, post-metal, progressive rock
Length| 61:10
Label| Tortuga Recordings
Old Man Gloom chronology
| Christmas Eve I and II + 6
(2003)  | Christmas
(2004)  | No
(2012)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Drowned in Sound| (9/10)[2]
Stylus Magazine| C+[3]

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]

## Critical reception

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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

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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

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* Nate Newton – guitar, vocals
* Santos "Hanno" Montano – drums, long hair, backup vocals
* Kurt Ballou – producer, drums on "Gift"
* Eugene Robinson – vocals
* Luke Scarola – electronics
* Caleb Scofield – bass, vocals
* Aaron Turner – guitar, vocals
* Nick Zampiello – mastering

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Album Review: Old Man Gloom - Christmas". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
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.

## External links

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* Turner presents the growth of the album artwork
* Turner presents the growth of the album artwork (continued)

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Old Man Gloom

* Santos Montano
* Aaron Turner
* Nate Newton
* Stephen Brodsky

* Caleb Scofield
* Luke Scarola

Studio albums|

* Meditations in B
* Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism
* Seminar III: Zozobra
* Christmas
* No
* The Ape of God
* The Ape of God

Related bands|

* Cave In
* Converge
* Doomriders
* Isis
* Zozobra

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* MusicBrainz release group

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