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STARTED IN THE WINTER OF 2012 AS A THREE-PIECE PROJECT AMONG FRIENDS, GLOOM SOON BECAME A FULL-TIME FOUR-PIECE BAND; DEVELOPING THEIR SOUND FROM MULTIPLE INFLUENCES AND METAL SUBGENRES. GLOOM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY METALSUCKS AS BLACKENED DEATH GROOVE AND THEIR MUSICAL ROOTS ARE VARIED AND DIFFICULT TO COUNT. IN A WORLD OF PIGEON-HOLED SUBGENRES, GLOOM WANTED TO AVOID THAT TYPE OF CLASSIFICATION. AS VOCALIST BILL CALOMIRIS PUTS IT, “IT’S ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT FOR US TO BRING OUR INDIVIDUAL MUSICAL TASTES TO THE TABLE. EACH OF US HAVE A FEW BANDS AS COMMON DENOMINATORS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE ALL LISTEN TO DIFFERENT MUSIC. THERE’S NO REASON TO LIMIT OURSELVES TO ONE METAL SUBGENRE”. THE BAND RECORDED THEIR FIVE SONG SELF-TITLED EP IN MP PRODUCTION STUDIOS WITH THE HELP OF MARSHALL WIECZOREK (DRUMMER FOR VICTORY RECORDS’ WRETCHED). WITH A SOLID RECORDING UNDER THEIR COLLECTIVE BELT, GLOOM THEN EMPLOYED THE TALENTED SERVICES OF GOOD FRIEND AND WELL KNOWN ARTIST STEVEN MERCADO (OF DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, MESTIS, BORN OF OSIRIS AND THE FACELESS FAME). UPON ITS RELEASE IN JUNE OF 2014, GLOOM’S EP WAS PRAISED BY METALSUCKS, METAL INJECTION, LOUDWIRE, TERRORIZER MAGAZINE AND GUNSHY ASSASSIN, AMONG OTHERS. THE BAND’S WORK WAS INCLUDED IN LOUDWIRE’S BEST METAL SONGS OF 2014 BETWEEN METAL VETERANS MASTODON AND EYEHATEGOD UNTIL THEIR FINAL CUT- AS WELL AS WAMU 88.5’S TOP 25 DC SONGS OF 2014.

GLOOM HAS JUST FINISHED RECORDING THEIR FULL-LENGTH FOLLOW UP ENTITLED SOLARIS FOR RELEASE IN 2016, AND IS CURRENTLY TOURING IN THE US AND LOOKING TO EXPAND.