Catharsis

Back in my day as a teenager/college punk we expected our bands to put something new out at least once a year. Even at that rate because the market wasn't totally flooded like it is now, releases were events if the band was big enough. Now, bands with the exception of Motorhead can't seem to manage to release 45 or 50 minutes of new material in any more than four to five year increments, thereby guaranteeing that they'll have to work to redevelop their bases as fans lose interest. Yob however are suddenly giving us two albums this year - a totally new CD a bit later, and the release and remaster of their second album "Catharsis", long out of print and a complete surprise to me. I thought I had all their CD's and didn't know this one existed, thinking "Illusions of Motion" was the sophomore effort. So I was delighted to see this album available. And I was not disappointed. Yob are one of those doom outfits that is nominally doom, but deal with textures and slabs of unbelievably heavy music that make their sound unique among a flood of doom imitators. You either love Yob or hate them strictly on their own terms, as they are almost impossible to define by comparison. For me, perhaps only Sleep, the legendary band of Matt Pike's before High On Fire whom are touring again periodically, by the way, can be put somewhere near Yob's wall of sound. You won't have any videos or hit singles as the three songs all are over 20 minutes long. Far from dull, however, as each tune is an excursion, a world where time is suspended at least while the CD is playing. Seldom can a listener be lulled and brutally assaulted at the same time, but Mike Scheidt and company pull it off. This is a must for Yob completists while you can still get it, and a must for all fans of the doom genre who want the best doom can offer. Some critics list Electric Wizard as the world's heaviest band, but compared to Yob EW is light weight yogurt. I can't wait for the new followup to the great "Atma".

Delivered gatefold only. No record included.

Wow! I am so glad that this was released again...

Fantastic sound quality backing up some great music.

Badass as always.

If your into commercially accessible music, this is not for you. If your looking for something extremely heavy, meaningful, thought provoking with the ability to take you on a spiritual journey, this IS for you! Not too many bands can pull off what takes place on this 3 track masterpiece. With an open mind, put this record on and enjoy the trip it will take you on!

An amazing band to say the least. This gifted threesome (hehe!) has put out one of the most original sonic offerings in the expiri-metal world; their sound is like nothing you've ever heard. Drunk on "phaser" pedals (circa 1973) and playing knee-bendingly heavy riffs that build up to completely demolishing crecsendos, changing to BOSS heavy-metal pedals and INSANELY-LOW death growls. However, their use of death roars only once in a-long-while makes the music sound so powerful it could even make scrawny unpopular white people like us flex a muscle (what do you mean you're not scrawny? I can see your arms right there... oh my, their big... and smooth) . The best way to explain these guys accurately is, "Pink Floyd meets The Melvins at a Cannibal Corpse show". Incredible progressive heaviness that no self-respecting music listener should be without. Buy it!...Actually, buy two

It would just be insulting to describe this album as a "mixture of" (i.e. Black Sabbath, High on Fire, with a touch of Air Supply featuring the cast of "Friends") No! These guys are actually unique! I first them live just over a year ago and they completely blew me away. Mike's superbly versatile vocals and low-toned guitars + Isamu's bassey thumb-jumps and Travis'...well, he's a fine drummer, altogether they do a fantastic delivery of what is one of the latest additions to the underground stoner-metal circuit. Though their title track clocks in at a whopping 23:35, it is by no means boring or repetitious. I recommend this and their first album (check their website/sites)to anyone who enjoys medium to slower-paced hard-rock/metal with cryptic melodies and occasional thrashing.

Massive album and beautiful re-release with great artwork form the positive yoga-doomband Yob. Nice to hear a doom-band with 'different' lyrics.

One of my fave doom bands.nice to hear this remastered. The best song for me is ether, which has some outstanding musicianship from all three members.

Der musikalische Inhalt ist, für den Liebhaber solcher Musik, über jeden Zweifel erhaben und die Gesamtaufmachung ist einfach nur klasse.