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Om: Spiritual Work and Colossal Vibrations Alarm 36

Om, the intense, hypnotic bass-and-drum duo that bassist Al Cisneros founded with drummer Chris Haikus in 2003, has been reinventing the way that many people perceive heavy music. Its songs are cerebral but accessible, spiritual but unreligious. Its new album, entitled God is Good, is out now on Drag City.
50 Unheralded Albums from 2009 Online Exclusive

ALARM leaves no genre unloved in our round-up of 50 albums that didn't receive enough attention in 2009.
This Week’s Best Albums: October 20, 2009 Online Exclusive

Converge: Axe to Fall
Russian Circles: Geneva
Shrinebuilder: s/t
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Om: God is Good
Ben Perowsky: Moodswing Orchestra, Vol. 2
Ahleuchatistas: Of The Body Prone
Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown: Varmint
Saviours: Heavy Metal’s Salvation Alarm 30

While metal has finally reached the mainstream, Oakland's Saviours do their best to drive it back underground. Recorded entirely on tape, its second record Into Abbadon recalls a time when metal was genuinely feared.

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