From tragedy to triumph: This is how YOB's brand new 8th album was conceived under dark circumstances that almost killed frontman Mike Scheidt. After an extremely painful and almost fatal bowel disease, YOB frontman Scheidt miraculously recovered and revived the Oregon trio with a new sense for the common cause, with a new excellent studio album. Our Raw Heart' is a musical work characterized by the will to survive. More than ever, both physically and emotionally, YOB offer seven gripping tracks of enormous power and thoughtful, transcendental beauty over 75 minutes as the ultimate doom metal. A brilliant musical development in the YOB continuum,'Our Raw Heart' represents the band in its most aggressive, passionate and eclectic form. The riffs are massive, the vocals captivating and the songwriting sublime. Our Raw Heart', which exists in its own organic universe, is really the band's best work so far and the climax of what heavy metal can achieve these days. A recommendation for fans of Neurosis, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Windhand, Pallbearer, Khemmis, Mastodon
