Clearing the Path to Ascend

Clearing the Path to Ascend
Studio album by Yob
Released September 4, 2014
Genre Doom metal
Length 1:02:30
Label Neurot
Yob chronology

Atma
(2011)		 Clearing the Path to Ascend
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 85/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Pitchfork (8.2/10)[2]
Exclaim! (8/10)[3]
MusicOMH [4]

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 Magazine named it the best metal album of 2014,[5] and the 50th best album of 2014 overall.[6]

Tracklist

No. Title Length
1. "In Our Blood"   16:56
2. "Nothing to Win"   11:21
3. "Unmask the Spectre"   15:25
4. "Marrow"   18:48

References

  1. ↑ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  2. ↑ Camp, Zoe (2014-09-04). "Album Review 1". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  3. ↑ Walschots, Natalie (2014-08-29). "Album Reviews 2". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  4. ↑ Shepherd, Sam (2014-09-01). "Album Review 3". Musicomh.com. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  5. ↑ "20 Best Metal Albums of 2014". 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "50 Best Albums of 2014". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 February 2015.