Clearing the Path to Ascend explained

Clearing the Path to Ascend
Type:	Studio
Artist:	YOB
Cover:	NR090 YOB-ClearingThePathtoAscend.jpg
Genre:	Doom metal, sludge metal
Length:	62:30
Label:	Neurot
Prev Title:	Atma
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	Our Raw Heart
Next Year:	2018

Clearing the Path to Ascend is the seventh studio album by American doom metal band YOB. It was released in September 2014 under Neurot Recordings. Rolling Stone named it the best metal album^[1] and the 50th best album overall^[2] of the year.

Personnel

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• Mike Scheidt – vocal, guitars
• Aaron Rieseberg – bass
• Travis Foster – drums

Additional musicians^[3]

• Billy Barnett – hammond organ

Production^[3]

• Billy Barnett – engineer
• Brad Boatright – mastering

Design^[3]

• Orion Landau – artwork

Notes and References

1. Web site: 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014 . 2014 . 12 December 2014.
2. Web site: 50 Best Albums of 2014. Rolling Stone. 8 February 2015.
3. Web site: YOB Clearing the Path to Ascent. AllMusic. AllMusic. 3 September 2015. All.
4. Web site: YOB Clearing the Path to Ascend. Metal-Archives.com. Metal Encyclopaedia. 3 September 2015. metal.