OMO
Formed in Glasgow in 2020, OMO is a doom cabaret collective featuring members of Mogwai, The Twilight Sad, Desalvo, Aereogramme, and Stretchheads – a convergence of long-standing friendships, shared stages, and an instinct for the unruly edges of heavy music. What began as a loose idea between musicians quickly crystallised into something darker and more forceful. Their Bandcamp demos The Book of Five Rings and Kensei revealed a sound built on sludgy doom weight, Sabbath-style grooves, and bleak, crushing power, capturing a project equally attuned to emotional landscape and sonic aggression. In their short existence, OMO have already earned a reputation for uncompromising intensity, appearing alongside genre heavyweights and securing invitations to respected stages across the heavy-music landscape – a momentum that places them among Scotland’s most exciting rising acts with more to come.
Musically, OMO inhabit a shifting terrain where ferocity and nuance collide. Thick, doom-saturated riffs strain against volatile surges and cathartic outbursts, while electronics flicker at the edges and guitars churn like gathering weather. Their approach treats heaviness as atmosphere rather than confinement, moving fluidly between oppressive density and moments of unsettling clarity. Vocals swing from theatrical command to raw, unrestrained release, adding a ritualistic tension that colours everything they do. The result is music that feels elastic and confrontational, driven by a willingness to push intensity into jagged, expressive shapes.
WHAT TO EXPECT
There is a sense of theatre in the way OMO occupy a stage; a slow ignition that builds into something volatile, immersive, and overwhelming. Sound gathers in dense, suffocating waves, low-end rumble presses forward like shifting ground, and sudden flashes of noise tear through the atmosphere with jagged intent. Vocals move between commanding presence and unrestrained release, giving the performance a feeling of ritual tension and emotional risk. Early appearances have already been described as volcanic and hypnotically unhinged, leaving the impression of a band that treats heaviness as both spectacle and exorcism – an invitation into the unknown rather than a straightforward set.
