http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6984006&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rssOm is the post-Sleep project of bassist Al Cisneros and drummer Chris Haikus, the erstwhile rhythm section for that seminal band. Following the 1993 "Dopesmoker" debacle -- in which newly signed Sleep entered into a protracted battle of wills with London Records over the band's refusal to accept that their major-label debut would be anything less than a single 60-plus-minute track about weed -- Sleep fell apart and a disillusioned Cisneros retreated from the music scene for years. In 2004 he and Haikus started jamming again, with the results evolving into Om. San Francisco psych label Holy Mountain released their first collection of material, <i>Variations on a Theme</i>, in 2005. <I>Conference of Birds</i> followed in 2006, and in 2007 Om switched to Southern Lord for their next album, <i>Pilgrimage</i>. Hallmarks of Om's music are deliberately evolving doom metal bass and drum patterns stretched out over long periods, with the changes coming so gradually as to be almost imperceptible. Not surprisingly, the band plays at an absolutely unholy volume live. - Mike McGuirkDoom Metalen720Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:59:30 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6984006&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss Om is the post-Sleep project of bassist Al Cisneros and drummer Chris Haikus, the erstwhile rhythm section for that seminal band. Following the 1993 "Dopesmoker" debacle -- in which newly signed Sleep entered into a protracted battle of wills with London Records over the band's refusal to accept that their major-label debut would be anything less than a single 60-plus-minute track about weed -- Sleep fell apart and a disillusioned Cisneros retreated from the music scene for years. In 2004 he and Haikus started jamming again, with the results evolving into Om. San Francisco psych label Holy Mountain released their first collection of material, <i>Variations on a Theme</i>, in 2005. <I>Conference of Birds</i> followed in 2006, and in 2007 Om switched to Southern Lord for their next album, <i>Pilgrimage</i>. Hallmarks of Om's music are deliberately evolving doom metal bass and drum patterns stretched out over long periods, with the changes coming so gradually as to be almost imperceptible. Not surprisingly, the band plays at an absolutely unholy volume live. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16657737&variant=play&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss Doom Metal Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Om Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.16657737 alb.16657737 Om art.6984006 9.99 Pilgrimage alb.16657737 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/5/8/9/1119857_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16657737&variant=play&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16657737&variant=data&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.15670867&variant=play&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss Doom Metal Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Om Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.15670867 alb.15670867 Om art.6984006 1.99 Conference Of the Birds alb.15670867 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/7/2/6/1066278_170x170.jpg 2006-07-18 00:00:00.0 2006-02-24 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.15670867&variant=play&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.15670867&variant=data&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.15670785&variant=play&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss Doom Metal Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Om Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.15670785 alb.15670785 Om art.6984006 2.99 Variations on A Theme alb.15670785 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/9/1/6/1066196_170x170.jpg 2005-02-15 00:00:00.0 2005-02-15 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.15670785&variant=play&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.15670785&variant=data&rws=%2Fom-3%2Fdiscography.rss