This March, Portland’s doom craftsmen YOB will be touring in support of their latest album, “Clearing the Path to Ascend”, which was released in the fall of 2014 via Neurot Recordings.
“Clearing the Path to Ascend” was recorded at Gung Ho Studio in Eugene, Oregon. During the recording process, the band worked alongside longtime sound wizard, Billy Barnett, and the album was mastered by Audiosiege’s Brad Boatright, who is best known for his work with Sleep, Beastmilk, and Nails.
Upon release, the album caught the attention of major music and media outlets. RollingStone even included “Clearing The Path To Ascend” in their 20 Best Metal Albums Of 2014, where it held the coveted No. 1 spot. In the piece, the magazine noted that “[t]he seventh album from Oregon doom metal sky-gazers, YOB, … makes perfect bedfellows of volume and beauty, pain and transcendence.”
RollingStone went on to commend the recording’s musiciality with the following comment: “Opener ‘In Our Blood’ extends a simple riff into complex arches, tracing [vocalist Mike] Scheidt’s voice as it moves from an exquisite falsetto to a death-metal bellow in the course of sixteen-minutes. And during the colossal closer ‘Marrow’ – possibly the best metal song of the year, one that uses low notes to play uplifting melodies – Scheidt sings ‘Time will fall inside the dream.’ His voice suddenly reaches out like a clarion’s call, clear and telling and beautiful. It’s a pronouncement from the living, a semaphore pointing into the future.”
YOB’s recently announced North American tour will take the band to a number of cities across the United States, and they also have a handful of dates scattered throughout several Canadian provinces. The tour follows two sold-out nights at Brooklyn, New York’s renown rock bar, Saint Vitus, as well as their last European tour, which was a massive success, according to a press release.
On their North American tour, YOB will be supporting the progressive black metal band, Enslaved. And, there will also be additional support on the tour from Ecstatic Vision, a Philadelphia-based quartet that is signed to Relapse Records. Then, YOB has announced a series of April dates with Witch Mountain, another Portland-based doom metal band. All of the details and a link to purchase tickets are listed below.
YOB North American Tour Spring 2015
[Updated 01/13/2015]
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[Dates with Enslaved & Ecstatic Vision *
Dates with Witch Mountain #
All others noted accordingly in parentheses]
March 04: Sacramento, CA – Press Club (Will Haven)
March 05: San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick *
March 06: Los Angeles, CA – Rey Theatre *
March 07: San Francisco, CA – Slim’s *
March 09: Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater *
March 10: Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre *
March 11: Seattle, WA – Corazon *
March 12: Boise, ID – Crazy Horse (Ecstatic Vision)
March 13: Salt Lake City, UT – Bar Deluxe *
March 14: Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall *
March 16: Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights *
March 17: Chicago, IL – Thaila Hall *
March 18: Columbus, OH – Ace Of Cups (Ecstatic Vision)
March 19: Opera House – Toronto, ON *
March 20: Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Electriques *
March 21: New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre *
March 22: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
March 23: Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage *
March 24: Boston, MA – Sinclair *
March 26: Raleigh, NC – King’s Barcade #
March 27: Johnson City, TN – The Hideaway #
March 28: Atlanta, GA – The Earl #
March 29: Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone #
March 30: New Orleans, LA – Siberia #
March 31: Houston, TX – Walter’s #
April 01: Austin, TX – Red 7 #
April 03: Albuquerque, NM – Launch Pad #
April 04: Tucson, AZ – The Flycatcher #
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