Posts Tagged ‘yob’

Doom metal giants YOB confirmed for Roadburn 2010; making their European debut appearance

Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009

Reunited doom metal giants YOB will be making their European live debut with two different shows at next year’s Roadburn Festival.

Even during their hiatus, YOB have maintained their position in the vanguard of contemporary doom because of the quality and originality of their mind bending doom-metal. Now they have returned and are prepared to reach even greater heights (and doom depths).
The band’s latest album, “The Great Cessation” is definitely YOB’s finest hour. Led by Mike Scheidt’s crushing doom riffage and relentless stomp, YOB have easily reclaimed their rightful cosmic doom throne while generating new fans and momentum.

Roadburn will celebrate YOB’s return to the fold by offering the band the opportunity to play different shows at both the 013 venue, and the Midi Theatre during the festival.

Mike Scheidt comments: “YOB is quite thrilled to announce our first European trip to play the most excellent Roadburn festival in 2010. We have wanted to come over to Europe to play for many years and to have our first show be at Roadburn is beyond incredible for us. We are looking forward to sharing in the atmosphere of the fest with all of the excellent bands and fans that will be in attendance. April will not get here soon enough! DOOM!!!”

Tags: Roadburn, roadburn 2010, Roadburn Festival, yob
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Playlist: September (Walter)

Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Obviously, we need good music on the stereo while we are busy putting together the 2010 edition of the festival. Be on the lookout for updates from time to time on what’s spinning on the Roadburn turntable, CD player and Winamp player (And if you are on Last.fm, come join ...read more

Pitchfork rates Yob – The Great Cessation: 7.0

Posted on Monday, July 20th, 2009

Oregon’s YOB have carved out a niche of “cosmic doom,” which is a descriptor, not a subgenre. Few bands do what YOB do– marry Black Sabbath’s heavy and psychedelic sides. Sabbath did both equally well. But when they wheeled out acoustic guitars and bongo drums, they were just taking a ...read more

YOB: Zen and the Art of Crushing Skulls

Posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Adrien Begrand of Hellbound recently conducted an interview with Yob  guitarist / frontman Mike Scheidt. An excerpt from the article follows below.
“It was an education, to say the least. Legally we can’t even say the band name.”
No matter how lousy your 2008 might have been, chances are it wasn’t anywhere ...read more

Album of the day: YOB – The Great Cessation

Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Lovingly pinched from one of our favorite websites: Playing in a band isn’t supposed to be pretty or fair, but what happened to Middian was about as dogshit awful as it gets. Mike Scheidt’s post-YOB project had every indication of surpassing YOB’s already awe-inspiring output (and this, mind you, ...read more

Album of the Day: Yob – The Unreal Never Lived (Metal Blade 2005)

Posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009

(From our archives):  The cataclysmic supremacy of doom alchemists, Yob seems to rise exponentially with each album, and  The Unreal Never Lived soars above the paltry offerings of the metal mainstream like a doomy avatar.
Mike Scheidt is a pan-dimensional, guitar shaman who wields his lead-footed axe with the searing accuracy ...read more

Yob: The Great Cessation Details Revealed

Posted on Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Reunited “cosmic doom metal” band Yob has completed work on its new full-length album, The Great Cessation, for a July 14 release via Profound Lore Records  (The album’s lead track, ‘Burning the Altar’, has been posted online at this location).
Long respected as one of doom metal’s finest and most potent ...read more

Album of the day: Yob – Catharsis (Abstract Sounds 2003)

Posted on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Us doomsters Yob, who recently reunited finished recording their new album, entitled The Great Cessation due out this summer via Profound Lore Records (Yob has posted  ‘Burning the Altar’ on their MySpace page, it’s the lead track on The Great Cessation).
As for the new material, mastermind Mike Scheidt had this ...read more