OM: Advaitic Songs

Part of my deep dive on metal has taken me into the stoner subgenre (think Kyuss, Red Fang, Sleep, The Sword, or Black Mountain). Though it's not stoner metal, OM surfaced in my poking around thanks to its connection to Sleep via Al Cisneros.  There's no real emphasis on riffs—it's built up from bass and drums—but it shares metal's often impressionistic approach to lyrics. Unlike metal's preoccupations with chaos, externalized forces, and evil, it's more of a hodge podge of Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu mysticism. A visit to Genius is often helpful when I feel like paying attention to the lyrics (which is only occasionally). 

The music itself is repetitive, droning, and minimalist. You can get a sense here:

It took me a day to decide I just wanted everything of theirs I could get from Bandcamp. Advaitic songs is my current favorite thanks to "State of Non-Return": 

Anyhow, it manages to be both esoteric and a little weird, but also pretty accessible.