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Clearing the Path to Ascend
Studio album by YOB
Released	September 4, 2014 (2014-09-04)
Genre	Doom metal, sludge metal
Length	62:30
Label	Neurot
YOB chronology
Atma (2011) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) Our Raw Heart (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	85/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Exclaim!	(8/10)
MusicOMH
Pitchfork	(8.2/10)

Clearing the Path to Ascend is the seventh studio album by American doom metal band YOB. It was released in September 2014 under Neurot Recordings. Rolling Stone named it the best metal album and the 50th best album overall of the year.

Track listing

Personnel

YOB

• Mike Scheidt – vocal, guitars
• Aaron Rieseberg – bass
• Travis Foster – drums

Additional musicians

• Billy Barnett – hammond organ

Production

• Billy Barnett – engineer
• Brad Boatright – mastering

Design

• Orion Landau – artwork

References

1. "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
2. Jurek, Thom (2014-09-01). "Album Review 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
3. Walschots, Natalie (2014-08-29). "Album Review 2". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
4. Shepherd, Sam (2014-09-01). "Album Review 3". Musicomh.com. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
5. Camp, Zoe (2014-09-04). "Album Review 4". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
6. "20 Best Metal Albums of 2014". 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
7. "50 Best Albums of 2014". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
8. ^ "YOB Clearing the Path to Ascent". AllMusic. AllMusic. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
9. "YOB Clearing the Path to Ascend". Metal-Archives.com. Metal Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

• 2014 albums
• Yob (band) albums
• Neurot Recordings albums