by Ian Chainey

YOB at the Bell House, 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)



Oregeon crushers YOB have unveiled a new track from the forthcoming Clearing the Path to Ascend. This one is called "Unmask the Spectre" and it clocks in at a massive 15-plus minutes of outstanding YOB-ness. It opens with reverbed, ringing guitars before blowing up your subwoofer with Mike Scheidt's growl and patented pendulum groove. From there, it explores the two sections by way of a multitude of variations, including soaring solos and Scheidt's eagle-screech and full-lung belting. YOB's seventh full-length will be out via Neurot Recordings on September 2 (Relapse will handle the vinyl on September 15) and it's available for preorder now.

YOB will be playing Portland, Oregon's Hoverfest on August 23 and then will set out to Europe with Pallbearer -- who also debuted some new music today -- in September and October.

All dates are listed, along with the "Unmask the Spectre" stream, below...



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YOB -- Additional 2014 Tour Dates

8/23/2014 Hoverfest - Portland, OR

YOB and Pallbearer -- 2014 European Tour

9/03/2014 Tivolide Helling - Utrecht, NL

9/04/2014 The Fleece - Bristol, UK

9/05/2014 Roadhouse - Manchester, UK

9/06/2014 Audio- Glasgow, UK

9/07/2014 Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, UK

9/08/2014 The Underworld - London, UK

9/10/2014 FZW - Dortmund, DE

9/11/2014 Vera - Groningen, NL

9/12/2014 Atlas -Aarhus, DK

9/13/2014 Truckstop Alaska - Gothenburg, SE

9/14/2014 Hostsabbat @ Betong - Oslo, NO

9/16/2014 Tavastia - Helsinki, FI

9/17/2014 Slakthuset - Stockholm, SE

9/18/2014 Loppen - Copenhagen, DK

9/19/2014 Connewitz - Leipzig, DE

9/20/2014 Firlej - Wroclaw, PL

9/21/2014 Bi Nuu - Berlin, DE

9/23/2014 Klub 007 - Prague, CZ

9/24/2014 Arena - Vienna, AT

9/25/2014 PMK - Innsbruck, AT

9/26/2014 Gaswerk - Winterthur, CH

9/27/2014 Lo-fi Club - Milan, IT

9/29/2014 Le Romandie - Lausanne, CH

9/30/2014 Jubez - Karlsruhe, DE

10/01/2014 Blackship - Montpellier, FR

10/02/2014 Razzmatazz3 - Barcelona, ES

10/03/2014 Villamanuela - Madrid, ES

10/04/2014 Amplifest - Porto, PT

10/05/2014 Sonora - Erandio, ES

10/06/2014 Le Dynamo - Toulouse, FR

10/07/2014 Le Ferrailleur - Nantes, FR

10/08/2014 Glazart - Paris, FR

10/10/2014 Kyttaro Club - Athens, GR

10/11/2014 Desertfest - Antwerp, BE