Originally released in 2001, 'Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism' finds Old Man Gloom pushing sludge, post-metal, and noise into wildly experimental territory. Featuring members of Isis, Converge, Cave In, Zozobra, and SUMAC, the album reflects the collective’s drive to collide sheer heaviness with fractured ambience and primal chaos. Tracks lurch between devastating riff barrages and unsettling stretches of drone, tape manipulations, and sound experiments. The result is a fractured, confrontational statement—equal parts crushing metallic weight and harrowing psychedelic atmosphere.

Produced by Kurt Ballou, 'Seminar II' thrives in its unpredictability. Bursts of hardcore aggression dissolve into sludgy dirges, only to be interrupted by moments of ambient dread or surreal noise detours. The album captures Old Man Gloom’s fascination with both immediacy and extremity, where every jarring transition feels like an intentional act of sonic sabotage. This balance between apocalyptic heaviness and warped experimentation made the record a cornerstone in the band’s catalog, showing how far metal could stretch beyond its own boundaries. 'Seminar II' is less an album than an endurance ritual, one that revels in disorder yet forges something brutally cohesive from its chaos.

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