One of the finer songs in Om's relatively short catalog is �At Giza,� the lead track from their 2005 album Conference of the Birds. �At Giza� built upon the band's doom-drone by scaling back on the distortion and emphasizing their spiritual, chant-like nature. They made more with less. Pilgrimage, their third album, as a whole is very much the successor to that song. One of Om's strengths is the way they can lock into grooves that can stretch out ad infinitum. Another is knowing when to say when. The production by Steve Albini, the current go-to guy (see Weedeater, High on Fire), is as it should be. Crisp and clear and never resorting to studio trickery to get the point across. It's a very live and warm sounding album. There's a deeply spiritual aspect to the band, and Pilgrimage is a reflection of that. Consider it the soundtrack as you explore the metaphysical unknown.

This record is INSANITY on mushrooms.

To me what makes Om so great is the mantra-like repetetiveness of their music and vocal delivery. What they do, as in Sleep (esp. Dopesmoker), comes close to 'holy' music. What the lyrics are about to me is not important at all, they could be singing about chocolate puffcakes for chrissakes! What IS important is the way of delivery. Their rhythm section is totally brutal.

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