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20. September 2014

YOB (US) + PALLBEARER (US) + DeZAFRA RIDGE (GER) zerdoomen Leipzig!



Schwer, schwerer, am schwersten! - Der Superlativ reicht kaum aus, um das gestrige Konzert im ehrwürdigen UT Connewitz in Worte zu fassen, dessen Auftakt die Leipziger Band DeZAFRA RIDGE ablieferte. Jene heizten das Union Theater auf ordentliche Betriebstemperatur und stimmten das Publikum auf die hochkarätigen Genre-Kollegen ein.

Mit ihrer hochgelobten Demo überzeugten PALLBEARER vor gerade einmal vier Jahren nicht nur den Doom-Underground, sondern auch Profound Lore Records, auf welchem sie 2012 das Debüt "Sorrow And Extiction" veröffentlichten. Seit dem 25. August ist das zweite Album draußen, mit dem die Band einen gewaltigen Schritt nach vorne macht und die Doom-Oberliga von oben aufräumt.
Dass "Foundations Of Burden" auch live funktioniert, bewiesen PALLBEARER gestern eindrucksvoll mit ultraschweren Gitarrenriffs, die, bei langsamstem Tempo ausgerollt, mit Ohrwurmmelodien und dem Klagegesang von Brett Campbell überzeugten. Mit den neuen Songs tritt die Band selbstsicher aus dem Schatten von WARNING heraus, mit denen sie sich auf "Sorrow And Extinction" noch vergleichen lassen mussten. PALLBEARER klingen 2014 nicht nur doomiger, sondern auch wesentlich heavier. Das Publikum dankte es den Briten mit einem zufriedenen und äußerst entspannten Grinsen. In solcher Anmut, wie an diesem Abend präsentiert, macht Doom sehr glücklich.


YOB treiben bereits seit 1996 ihr Doom-Unwesen, auch wenn Bandgründer Mike Scheidt seiner Band diesen Stempel selbst nicht aufdrücken würde, wie er Doom Metal Front im Interview verriet. Nichtsdestotrotz waren viele Freunde der langsamen Musik gerade wegen der amerikanischen Band angereist, die ihr niegelnagelneues siebtes Album, "Clearing The Path To Ascend" im Gepäck hatte, auf dessen vier Tracks sich an diesem Abend beschränkt wurde, zum Leidwesen derer, die sich den einen oder anderen Klassiker aus der Bandgeschichte gewünscht hätten. Ich wurde vollends zufrieden gestellt, denn bei einer reichlichen Stunde Gesamtspielzeit boten die neuen Stücke eine äußerst gelungene Quersumme durch das YOB'sche Klanguniversum - angefangen mit dem urgewaltig rauhen Stück "Nothing To Win", danach das doomig schöne "In Our Blood", gefolgt von "Unmask The Spectre" - den Höhepunkt und überlangen Abschluss bot das 18-minütige "Marrow", welches Mike Scheidt und Co. von ihrer gefühlvollen und atmosphärisch-melodiösen Seite zeigte. Nicht zuletzt ist es Mikes Gesangsspektrum, welches von tiefen Grunts, über beängstigende Schreie bis in die hohen Tonlagen reicht, zu verdanken, dass auch dieser Auftritt zu einem emotionalen und intensiven Doom-Erlebnis wurde. Ob Mike das nun gefällt oder nicht!


Das mit Mike Scheidt (YOB) geführte Interview folgt
in der nächsten Doom Metal Front-Ausgabe!!!

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2. Juli 2014

YOB: Veröffentlichen zweiten Video-Trailer für das neue Album "Clearing The Path To Ascend" | Reveal Second Video Trailer For Their Upcoming Album, "Clearing The Path To Ascend"



Oregon doomsmiths, Yob, will release their long-awaited full-length, the aptly titled Clearing The Path To Ascend, via Neurot Recordings this Autumn. Recorded at Gung Ho Studio in Eugene, notorious for its reserve of vintage equipment, alongside longtime collaborator/iconic sound-sage Billy Barnett, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, Beastmilk, Nails) at Audiosiege Engineering, Clearing The Path To Ascend is undoubtedly 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. 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. The path to ascend is clearly an arduous one, fraught with the peril of mediocrity. Thankfully, Yob pummels that path, climbing upward into a realm that sets the band in a heavy metal place that has been and will always remain wholly their own.

 As a precursor to the release, Yob is offering up a second Clearing The Path To Ascend video teaser, produced by William F. Haldane of Solder House.

Lose yourself!



 In related news, Yob will bring their otherworldly riff rituals to stages across the UK and Europe this Autumn, commencing on September 3rd, 2014 in Utrecht, Netherlands, the band will play in twenty-eight cities, the tour coming to a close on October 11th, 2014 at Desertfest in Antwerp, Belgium. Yob will be joined by Pallbearer.

YOB UK/EU Tour 2014 w/ Pallbearer
9/03/2014 Tivoli de helling – Utrecht, NL
9/04/2014 The Fleece – Bristol, UK
9/05/2014 Roadhouse – Manchester, UK
9/06/2014 Audio- Glasgow, UK
9/07/2014 Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, UK
9/08/2014 The Underworld – London, UK
9/10/2014 FZW – Dortmund, DE
9/11/2014 Vera  - Groningen, NL
9/12/2014 Atlas – Aarhus, DK
9/13/2014 Truckstop Alaska – Gothenburg, SE
9/14/2014 Hostsabbat @ Betong – Oslo, NO
9/16/2014 Tavastia – Helsinki, FI
9/17/2014 Slakthuset – Stockholm, SE
9/18/2014 Loppen – Copenhagen, DK
9/19/2014 Connewitz – Leipzig, DE
9/20/2014 Firlej – Wroclaw, PL
9/21/2014 Bi Nuu – Berlin, DE
9/23/2014 Klub 007 – Prague, CZ
9/24/2014 Arena – Vienna, AT
9/25/2014 PMK – Unnsbruck, AT
9/26/2014 Gaswerk – Winterthur, CH
9/29/2014 Le Romandie – Lausanne, CH
10/02/2014 Razzmatazz3 – Barcelona, ES
10/03/2014 Villamanuela – Madrid, ES
10/04/2014 Amplifest – Porto, PT
10/05/2014 ES ESonora – Erandio, ES
10/10/2014 Kyttaro Club – Athens, GR
10/11/2014 Desertfest – Antwerp, BE

Clearing The Path To Ascend will be released on September 1st, 2014 in the UK and Europe and in the US on September 2nd, 2014 via Neurot Recordings.

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13. Februar 2014

YOB: Neu bei Neurot Recordings! / Oregonian Doom Metal Trio Join The Neurot Recordings Family!




“YOB might be one of the best bands in North America,” (Ben Ratliff; New York Times)
 
Neurot Recordings haben eine neue Band auf ihr Roster geholt. Mit YOB ist es ihnen gelungen, eine der aktuell spannendsten Bands ihres Genres in die Neurot Familie zu holen.

Das aus Eugene, Oregon stammende Doom Metal Trio bestehend aus Gründungsmitglied, Sänger und Gitarrist Mike Scheidt, Drummer Travis Foster und Bassist Aaron Rieseberg, wird sein siebtes Studio-Album diesen Herbst veröffentlichen. Vorher gibt es YOB bereits im April beim diesjährigen Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland zu sehen.


YOB: Oregonian Doom Metal Trio Join The Neurot Recordings Family

Neurot Recordings is pleased to welcome long-running Eugene, Oregon-based doom metal trio, YOB, to their expanding household of eclectic, thought-provoking music. The band -- founding vocalist/guitarist Mike Scheidt, drummer Travis Foster and bassist Aaron Rieseberg -- will release their seventh studio offering this Fall preceded by an appearance at the illustrious Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands in April.

Comments Scheidt of the recent union, "YOB is very happy to have signed to Neurot for our new album. Travis, Aaron and I agree that Neurosis is the epitome of forward-thinking heavy music, made with zero compromise. Our love for their music is total. Neurot's dedication to putting out uncompromising music is no different. To have this opportunity to put an album out on their label is an honor that runs deep. We cannot wait to share our new music with Neurot and our friends worldwide."

Neurosis’ Steve Von Till notes, “This was meant to be. Neurot has always sought out to work with those who share in the purification of spirit through sound and who harvest their sound from originality and intensity. When I listen to YOB, see them leave it all on the stage, or share a  conversation with them about life,  I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that they embody what Neurot stands for completely and we are so very honored that we get the opportunity to work together with them on their next album.”

Adds Scott Kelly, “YOB, as with all things that actually matter, there is only one. They have built their temple with a foundation concreted in absolute truth. The truth is the riffs, the truth is in the delivery, it’s in the unwavering commitment, and in the handshake and the look in their eyes. If you don't know them, then you are fucking up your own lifes' truth. There's is nothing heavier on the face of this earth than this band. The Neurot Family is honored to be a part of legacy of this, the monolithic treasure of sonic achievement that is YOB.”

Further details on YOB’s forthcoming new release to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

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23. Januar 2014

YOB: Doom metal classic "Catharsis" to see deluxe vinyl reissue



Relapse Records is proud to announce the re-release of YOB's psyche-doom metal classic Catharsis on vinyl. After being out of print on vinyl for over six years, Catharsis has been given the deluxe re-issue treatment and will be released the way it was meant to be presented. Re-mastered from the original tapes by Tad Doyle, the reissue features stunning new artwork by Aaron Edge, and brand new liner notes from Guitarist / Vocalist Mike Scheidt.

Catharsis will see it's official vinyl re-release on March 4th in North America, March 3rd in the UK/World and February 28th in Germany/Benelux/Finland. The vinyl includes a digital download of the full album and is being pressed on four limited colour variations including gold, gold with black splatter (available exclusively at Roadburn), clear with black, bone white & gold splatter, and a special swamp green with purple & yellow splatter version that includes a blacklight poster available exclusively at Relapse.com. Pre-orders are currently available via this location while a trailer with detailed pictures of vinyl colors is available via this location. The full album can be streamed here

Additionally, YOB will be headlining Roadburn Festival's official Afterburner party on April 13th in Tilburg, NL alongside Triptykon, Avatarium, Morne, Bolzer and many others. Details are available here.

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5. November 2013

Both the debut of LUMBAR (US) feat. Mike Scheidt & the NOOTHGRUSH/COFFINS split album out via Southern Lord on the 11th of November



LUMBAR
"The First and Last Days of Unwelcome"
Label: Southern Lord
Release: 11 November 2013

One of the year's most unexpected Doom Metal albums is also now one of 2013's most anticipated, as the debut LP from Pacific Northwestern trio LUMBAR is being prepared for arrival.

  While this brutalising slow-motion trio boasts what some are referring to as “supergroup” status — containing members Aaron Edge (Himsa, Iamthethorn, Roareth, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth), Mike Scheidt (YOB) and Tad Doyle (Tad, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth) — LUMBAR was formed by these longtime friends for much more than simply creating riffs. The brainchild of Aaron Edge, LUMBAR came together earlier this year when the well-known guitarist/drummer/graphic designer was unexpectedly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. What would be his final musical endeavor before waves of rapidly-spreading pain engulfed him and extended hospital stays became more than frequent, is now his most imperative.


  On LUMBAR's debut album, The First And Last Days Of Unwelcome, Edge is joined by Mike Scheidt and Tad Doyle, the latter of whom also shares rank in Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth with Aaron, who helped bring this intense and important project to fruition. The musical result is as diverse and destructive as one may expect from such a lineup, with the varied influence from this trio of musicians coalescing into seven organic and tonally oppressive movements. Ethereal ghostly passages and spacious expanses of minimalistic disharmony come to an end in sonic obliteration through mesmerising and pulverizing, as an array of distinct vocal mantras echo from the heart of it all.



  Southern Lord will release The First And Last Days Of Unwelcome on LP and digital formats in the UK/EU on November 11th, followed by a CD version direct from the band and a cassette version via Holy Mountain, with all of the band’s proceeds going to aid Edge’s medical expenses and treatments.



NOOTHGRUSH/COFFINS
Split-Album
Label: Southern Lord
Release: 11 November 2013

Southern Lord bring us a split album from two of the heaviest sludge bands that ever existed! Coffins from Tokyo, Japan churn out the filthiest, nastiest noise heard in a long long time, whilst Oakland, California's sludge pioneers Noothgrush return from the grave to teach us a lesson in joylessness. Featuring artwork by Josh Graham, this utterly oppressive slab of crushing doom shall be officially released on 12" via Southern Lord in the UK/EU on 11 November. This is a split of frankly extraordinary calibre and superlative weight, two heavyweights of the doom world colliding with enormous results.

  Noothgrush return with their first studio recording since 1998, and the disdain, the disgust… It hasn’t faded one bit. Their gruesome sludge is rooted in the real life, in the misery, hatred and despair of humanity – there are no traces of fantasy or psychedelic moments of horror movie nostalgia in this amoral cut of agonising doom. With Dino Somesse, the man who personified anguish in 90’s crust sludge golden calves Dystopia, joining the band on vocals, this is a rare ignition of the scum-ridden sludge sound which America haemorrhaged during the last decade of the millennium. Noothgrush's side of the split opens with crawling, pained riffs punctuated with sparse percussion, and then the weight of the world comes down. Rasping vocals, disturbing samples, and songs which grab you by the throat and open your eyes to mad-made hell.

  Coffins, the Japanese masters of rockin’ death doom, have (once again) succeeded in making exactly the kind of music you would feel comfortable having as your soundtrack whilst riding a Harley Davidson into hell like you own the place. Their hammer comes down heavier than ever on these two tracks, wielding monstrous groove with downright foul tactics. Guttural is an understatement – what comes out of the mouth of vocalist Uchino is a tar-thick gargle with the stench of death, laying to waste whatever living creatures inhale it. Plants will wither, animals scurry, and metal fans… will bang their heads! Channelling the old school death metal filth of Autopsy with an altogether more rollicking lurch, this is horrific doom metal to rage to.
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