Catharsis

by YOB

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The Mad Professor Get that spliff, sit back and transcend time and space Favorite track: Catharsis.

Lisa Awk this album is just pure bliss.

Alex Decknadel One of the best albums from one of my favorite bands, now remastered. It's taken to a whole 'nother level with this release. Favorite track: Catharsis.

pwangler0521 Straight from the heart. Raw, therapeutic music at it's finest. YOB is music you need, not just music you want. Favorite track: Catharsis.

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After being out of print and hard to obtain for many years, Profound Lore is proud to finally re-issue YOB’s cult doom metal classic "Catharsis", the way it was meant to be presented, on the tenth anniversary of its initial release.

“Catharsis” was the album that would define and shape YOB’s signature style of colossal cosmic monolithic doom. It was the album that became the harbinger of what YOB would deliver with their succeeding full-length albums, and it is even the album in which some of the die-hard, old-school YOB fans would even claim is the doom metal trio’s best release.

But it was with “Catharsis” in which YOB would create a new sound of their own, a sound of doom which would inevitably develop itself over the years and finally be recognized as one of the most powerful sounds emanating from the doom metal scene as proven by YOB’s succeeding albums.

“Catharsis” laid down the groundwork for YOB which allowed Mike Scheidt and co. to be recognized as visionaries in heavy music; three massive tracks of monolithic spaced-out heaviness to characterize such an album that climaxes in the 20-plus minute epic title track that many recognize as one of the greatest YOB songs ever written.

Re-mastered from the original tapes by Tad Doyle, giving “Catharsis” a more complete and warmer sound than the original, along with featuring a fabulous new design by Aaron Edge that spans an 8-panel digipack, and liner notes by Mike Schedit, this re-issue of “Catharsis” is the definite presentation of this album with its original tracklisting in place.

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released November 12, 2013

Remastered from the original tapes by Tad Doyle. Artwork courtesy of Aaron Edge.

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shows

Jun 19

Doornroosje

Nijmegen, Netherlands
Jun 20

Freak Valley Festival (fvf)

Netphen, Germany
Jun 20

Kulturzentrum Schlachthof

Wiesbaden, Germany
Jun 21

Hellfest

Clisson, France
Jul 10

Dour Festival

Dour, Belgium
Jul 11

Ostia Antica

Rome, Italy
Jul 11

Stoned from the Underground Festival

Erfurt, Germany
Jul 12

Carroponte

Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
Jul 12

Alte Feuerwache

Mannheim, Germany
Jul 14

Dachstock

Bern, Switzerland
Jul 16

Sala Apolo

Barcelona, Spain
Jul 17

Atabal

Biarritz, France
Jul 18

LE BATACLAN

Paris, France
Jul 19

Forum Theatre

Birmingham, UK
Jul 20

O2 Forum Kentish Town

London, UK
Jul 22

MetalDays

Tolmin, Slovenia
Jul 23

Vienna Arena (Arena Wien)

Vienna, Austria
Jul 24

Akvárium Klub

Budapest, Hungary
Jul 25

Festsaal Kreuzberg

Berlin, Germany
Jul 27

Darling's Waterfront Pavilion

Bangor, ME
Jul 27

Darling's Waterfront Pavilion

Bangor, ME
Jul 27

Darling's Waterfront Pavilion

Bangor, ME
Aug 02

Pendarvis Farm

Happy Valley, OR
Aug 16

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

Las Vegas, NV
Aug 17

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

Las Vegas, NV

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