Old Man Gloom: “The Forking Path” from NO (Hydra Head, 6/26/12)
Old Man Gloom: “The Forking Path”
Old Man Gloom’s NO wasn’t just our favorite reunion album of 2012; it was a gut-busting riff assault from members of Isis, Converge, Cave In, and Zozobra. With harmonized leads bleeding through the sludge-metal mix, “The Forking Path” isn’t entirely despairing. When it devolves into industrial hell, with a slithering guitar effect, the hardcore heavyweights show the thought and range that make their albums epic.
Pretty cool list of songs for 2012.