Yob - Clearing The Path To Ascend (2014)

Drifting slowly out of a three year slumber, doom/stoner metal gods YOB are back with their first full-length album since 2011’s astonishing Atma. Giant, monumental, and breath-taking, Clearing the Path to Ascend may be the greatest collection of down-tempo discord that YOB has ever created.Clearing the Path to Ascend feels like standing on the edge of huge chasm, looking into it and not being able to catch your breath. The sheer immensity, the 63 minutes of epic hammering coming out of your speakers is truly stunning. YOB truly ascends on this record. The clean vocals mixed in fit in exactly as they should. The production is cleaner, less hazy. The song writing and progressions are almost perfect.