Clearing the Path to Ascend

Two years after leveling the expectations of critics and listeners alike with 'Atma', doom trio powerhouse Yob unleashes 'Clearing The Path To Ascend', an aptly titled album for what will undoubtedly be the crowning achievement for a band whose journey now nears two decades of creating music as commanding as it is cathartic. As is the Yob way, the tracks here don't simply offer a vacuous glimpse into the already riff-soaked doom genre. While giving due sonic credit to cornerstone influences such as Cathedral, Sleep, Electric Wizard, and Black Sabbath - Yob immediately set out to define a sound wholly singular and utterly devastating in its cathartic enormity, incomparable to any other music being created at the time. These songs demand the tandem attention of mind, body, and soul - etching a mark across a sound that finds Yob as formidable and unequaled as they've ever been.