Customer Reviews

Illusion of Motion

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A friend of mine told me to check this album out and may I say he was correct in doing so. This album is awesome. Some of the best doom metal I have heard in a long time. IT has a mix of Sabbath to a little Floyd to Sleep. They are on metalblade now so maybe will be getting a little more respect in the metal circle and perhaps play some of the festivals. These songs are of epic proportion. Please check this album out, you won't regret it.

There are not enough words to describe this disc. Mammoth, gargantuan riffs & thunderous drumming are merely backdrops to Mike S. vokills. Very emotive... the title track will give you the chills when the vocals come in. Get this & every YOB c.d.. & pick up the "middian" disc b4 it disappears!

I heard the song "Illusion of Motion" on a local metal radio station and couldn't believe what I was hearing!! I picked up this album and the newest release THE UNREAL NEVER LIVED. I gotta tell you, this is THE SLOWEST doom metal I have ever heard, save for Electric Wizard. Picture Sabbath being slowed WAY DOWN to 16rpm and have Geddy Lee sing over it, and that's a basic over-view of what YOB is. Man, I totally recommend this album!!

This is Doom that will take you on a most awesome journey through your mind... and no i don't do drugs! I'm a huge Doom fan, the likes of Electric Wizard, SOundgarden, High On Fire, The Hidden Hand and of course YOB. These guys are pure Heavy SPACETRIP DOOM!!! BUY THIS ALBUM!

An amazing band to say the least. This gifted threesome has put out one of the most original sonic offerings in the expiri-metal world. Their sound is like nothing ever produced before: drunk on "phaser" pedals (circa 1973) and playing knee-bendingly heavy un-distorted riffs that slowly build to demolishing crecsendos, which --in the blink of an eye-- switch to nuclear-level distortion and sub-bass death roars. However, the use of death roars only once in a-long-while makes the music sound so powerful it retains the ability to make even scrawny unpopular white people like us flex a muscle (do you mean to say you're not scrawny? Why, I can see your arms right there... oh my, their big... and smooth). Described accurately by my local independant record store clerk as "Pink Floyd meets The Melvins at a Cannibal Corpse show". Incredible progressive heaviness that no self-respecting music listener should be without.

Purchase; place in car cd player; turn to 120 decibels; drive around and watch windows break...

This band is amazing. If your into slow grinding epic music, this is for you. There are only 4 songs on this album but trust me it will be worth your 20 bucks.

When I heard about Yob being signed to metal blade I thought great! a doom metal act that'll get exposure. Before Yob I don't think Metal Blade had a doom metal band since Trouble. But I did wonder, what kind of doom metal band would Metal Blade sign? Whoa! Musically I would say they have a stoner/doom feel to them, but they don't have a huge drug user image about them. The music is true doom, slow and heavy, with very long songs and very few songs. If you like doom metal, you will like it. If you are just a true metalhead, you should still give them a listen.

This is more for the doom, and not as much on the stoner as the previous album and their demo. But still worth adding to the collection. For me it is a no brainer b/c I like the doom even though this is on relapse, it is still good.