Clearing the Path to Ascend
by YOB
  • Record Label: Neurot
  • Release Date: Sep 2, 2014
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. alecvl08
    Oct 24, 2014
    4
    This album is mostly uneventful, the sound is cluttered, and the lyrics don't connect with the listener in any way. Most of the grooves are way too repetitive to create any emotion. It's like the band was too concerned with keeping the traditional, repetitive nature of their metal songs than actually writing good, creative music. Sometimes the music develops and creates one of the few goodThis album is mostly uneventful, the sound is cluttered, and the lyrics don't connect with the listener in any way. Most of the grooves are way too repetitive to create any emotion. It's like the band was too concerned with keeping the traditional, repetitive nature of their metal songs than actually writing good, creative music. Sometimes the music develops and creates one of the few good or interesting sections of the hour-long drag of an album. It's mostly just meh. Favorite track: Unmask the Spectre… Expand

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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. The Wire
    Dec 2, 2014
    80
    The intense volume and solemn pace of the music is given extra weight and dimension by Scheidt's extraordinary vocal. [Oct 2014, p.61]
  2. Kerrang!
    Oct 3, 2014
    80
    This seventh record still offers plenty for those who want an aural assault. [30 Aug 2014, p.51]
  3. Pitchfork
    Sep 4, 2014
    82
    YOB’s latest record stands as one of their densest, so it's good that the band's greatest asset, their impeccable pacing, remains intact.
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