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|| Artist......: Yob ||
|| Album.......: The Illusion of Motion ||
|| Year........: 2004 ||
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|| Genre.......: Metal ||
|| Label.......: Metal Blade Records ||
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|| Source......: WEB (16bit) ||
|| Encoder.....: libFLAC ||
|| Bitrate.....: 893 kbps avg. ||
|| F.Rate......: 44.1kHz ||
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|| Playtime....: 00:56:27 / 375.27MB ||
|| R.Date......: 2024-09-07 ||
|| S.Date......: 2004-10-19 ||
|| Website.....: http://deezer.com/album/12861704 ||
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|| 01. Ball of Molten Lead 11:09 ||
|| 02. Exorcism of the Host 12:57 ||
|| 03. Doom #2 6:11 ||
|| 04. The Illusion of Motion 26:10 ||
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|| YOB's career was short, but amazing. Their impact, though now ||
|| not considerable, in a few years this band will be emulated and ||
|| adored by a plethora of bands to come. They're the Stoner ||
|| version of SunnO))), and "The Illusion of Motion" is their best ||
|| work of the entire catalogue. ||
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|| First of all, I'd just like to preface the actual review by ||
|| saying YOB, Hyatari and Boris are the bands that got me into ||
|| Doom and Stoner Metal. YOB, however, are the main reason, ||
|| solely because of their ethic. Whereas most bands resort to ||
|| droning out a section to ridiculous, and oftentimes ludicrously ||
|| boring lengths, YOB have put all that to rest. The songwriting ||
|| structure of this particular band isn't progressive at all, ||
|| it's just that the passages include so much that in order to ||
|| have a complete repetition, it takes more than ten or twenty ||
|| minutes. YOB's strength is that the songwriting is absolutely ||
|| phenominal, as are the elements that contribute to their ||
|| personality. ||
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|| Almost immediately, people will tell you that the easiest way ||
|| to distinguish YOB is by the sound of frontman Mike Sheidt's ||
|| voice, which although charastically completely non-Metal, is ||
|| perfect for this album. The nasal, often vo-coded shrill cry of ||
|| his standard clean vocals perfectly contrasts against his ||
|| hard-as-steel growl-scream halfbreed, giving YOB a conservative ||
|| appeal that recalls Black Sabbath in places, and Sleep in ||
|| others. ||
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|| Another thing setting YOB apart from their contemporaries-and ||
|| especially on this release-is their skill when it comes to ||
|| songwriting savvy. Although YOB's effect arsenal doesn't extend ||
|| beyond a flanger and a wah pedal, the feelings they manage to ||
|| evoke and the completely crushing sound produced creates a very ||
|| distinct and dense heaviness that's hard to come about ||
|| nowadays. Opener "Ball of Molten Lead" trudges along with a ||
|| devouring groove that manages to insert melody after off-kilter ||
|| and psychadelic melody, making it without a doubt the most ||
|| memorable song on the album. "Exorcism of the Host", however, ||
|| breaks the norm for a bit and relies upon a massively heavy and ||
|| destructive riff throughout the initial few minutes of the ||
|| song, along with some hellish growling. As the vocoded ||
|| water-effect vocals make a second appearance, the music begins ||
|| to layer and evolve into something more than just a ||
|| steam-rolling riff. ||
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|| "Doom #2," however, surprised me by adhering to a more liberal ||
|| Stoner ethic, rather than Doom. The tempo is mid-paced to fast, ||
|| though never breaking Thrash boundaries. The vocal work here is ||
|| again nearly perfect, and the riffs sound like a dense wall, ||
|| never breaking momentum or their key sound. "The Illusion of ||
|| Motion" is the beating heart of this album, though, and it's a ||
|| title-track for a good reason. Implicating elements from all ||
|| the earlier songs, it manages to create an incredibly dense and ||
|| psychadelic wall, utilizing some fairly intense sustain and ||
|| crunch, while managing to balance tempo and relate it directly ||
|| to whether or not it's heavy or just plain boring. The ||
|| vocalwork is at it's best on this track, showing Sheidt ||
|| replicating another famous Mike-Mike Patton. Things end on a ||
|| note similar to "Doom #2" with an almost up-beat freak-out of ||
|| effects that sound like a bad acid trip during a thunder storm. ||
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|| YOB secured their place in the history of Metal with this ||
|| release, and I'm sure when Age is upon us, our asses will be ||
|| kicked again. Amazing album. ||
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