OLD MAN GLOOM - Seminar III: Zozobra LP Experimental this sound avoids the fingerprint

this sound avoids the fingerprint of any era

and the Ghanian palm wine guitar interpreted by a Caribbean millo flute

Listeners who followed the Northwest trio down the tangled briar of mathematical riffs and hypnotic battery on The Deal or through the unfettered eruptions and methodical dissonance of What One Becomes are aware that SUMAC eschews the conventional balladry typically associated with odes to our spiritual connectedness

Party is always anchored by Aldous’s intimidating command of her own songs

OLD MAN GLOOM - Seminar III: Zozobra LP Experimental this sound avoids the fingerprintThe second of two albums that extreme metal outfit Old Man Gloom released on the same day in 2001, Seminar III was a shorter but no less thrilling companion to its sister album, consisting of one lengthy composition Zozobra clocking in at nearly half an hour that mutates unsteadily between styles and emotions, ranging from tense, powerful chords to euphoric rage.