YOB
Biography
With songs regularly averaging upward of ten minutes (and sometimes as much as 20 and beyond), Portland, OR's YOB are clearly not a commercial heavy metal band, but rather fuse elements of doom, sludge, space, and progressive rock into interesting combinations so as to belie their bloated girth. Founded in 2000 by vocalist/guitarist Mike Scheidt, with bassist Lowell Iles and drummer Gabe Morley, YOB issued 2002's Elaborations of Carbon before admitting a new rhythm section of Isamu Sato (bass) and Travis Foster (drums), and fast-delivering ensuing efforts Catharsis (2003), The Illusion of Motion (2004), and The Unreal Never Lived (2005). Each garnered more acclaim than the last, and the final pair reflected that growth by finding the band plucked from tiny local label exile by the historic Metal Blade Records. . With songs regularly averaging upward of ten minutes (and sometimes as much as 20 and beyond), Portland, OR's YOB are clearly not a commercial heavy metal band, but rather fuse elements of doom, sludge, space, and progressive rock into interesting combinations so as to belie their bloated girth. Founded in 2000 by vocalist/guitarist Mike Scheidt, with bassist Lowell Iles and drummer Gabe Morley, YOB issued 2002's Elaborations of Carbon before admitting a new rhythm section of Isamu Sato (bass) and Travis Foster (drums), and fast-delivering ensuing efforts Catharsis (2003), The Illusion of Motion (2004), and The Unreal Never Lived (2005). Each garnered more acclaim than the last, and the final pair reflected that growth by finding the band plucked from tiny local label exile by the historic Metal Blade Records.
Top Albums |
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2. Atma
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3. The Unreal N..
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4. The Illusion..
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5. Catharsis
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6. Live At Road..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
| 1. | Ether | Catharsis | 7:18 | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Happy Everywhere | Pinker Tones - Singles 2001.. | 2:51 | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Upon the Sight of the Other Shore | Atma | 7:33 | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Atma | Atma | 8:56 | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Prepare the Ground | Atma | 9:05 | $0.99 | |
| 6. | Grasping Air | Unreal Never Lived - Single | 9:02 | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Doom #2 | Illusion of Motion | 6:11 | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Ball of Molten Lead | Illusion of Motion | 11:09 | Album Only | |
| 9. | Exorcism of the Host | Illusion of Motion | 12:57 | Album Only | |
| 10. | Illusion of Motion | Illusion of Motion | 26:10 | Album Only | |
| 11. | Quantum Mystic | Unreal Never Lived - Single | 10:58 | Album Only | |
| 12. | Kosmos | Unreal Never Lived - Single | 10:25 | Album Only | |
| 13. | Mental Tyrant | Unreal Never Lived - Single | 21:23 | Album Only | |
| 14. | Before We Dreamed of Two | Atma | 15:59 | Album Only | |
| 15. | Adrift In the Ocean | Atma | 13:33 | Album Only | |
| 16. | Aeons | Catharsis | 17:59 | Album Only | |
| 17. | Catharsis | Catharsis | 23:49 | Album Only | |
| 18. | Quantum Mystic (Live) | Live At Roadburn 2010 | 13:15 | Album Only | |
| 19. | Burning the Altar (Live) | Live At Roadburn 2010 | 13:21 | Album Only | |
| 20. | Kosmos (Live) | Live At Roadburn 2010 | 11:07 | Album Only | |
| 21. | Great Cessation (Live) | Live At Roadburn 2010 | 22:21 | Album Only | |
| 22. | In Our Blood | Clearing the Path To Ascend | 16:56 | Album Only | |
| 23. | Nothing To Win | Clearing the Path To Ascend | 11:21 | Album Only | |
| 24. | Unmask the Spectre | Clearing the Path To Ascend | 15:25 | Album Only | |
