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Tracklist
1. Quantum Mystic
2. Grasping Air
3. Kosmos
4. The Mental Tyrant
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On their previous album, 'The Illusion Of Motion', Yob took listeners on a lengthy, immense adventure deep into the farthest corners of the sonic universe, exploring previously uncharted astral seas of sound with a significant sum of hyper-cosmic creativity. Now, this titanic threesome has returned with an even more massive platter of metal density that far surpasses their suitably fantastic previous effort. 'The Unreal Never Lived' is nothing less than a foray into a monstrous musical black hole; the sheer gravity of the band's tonal wandering pulling the listener in with an overpowering gravity that is irresistible. On this album, the listening subject will discover a band which is re-writing the rules of the doom/stoner genre, incorporating familiar elements such as lengthy track times, seriously detuned guitars and mountainous tones, while expanding into a type of musical physics that furthers the equation of doom metal to a highly exaggerated power. Each of the album's four outstanding tracks are sufficiently textured to be considered amazing musical accomplishments in and of themselves, and when combined together on this captivating album, the listener faces a mass of unforgiving thunder like none other they have ever hoped to experience. The guitar work of primary Yobber Mike Scheidt on the intriguing 'Grasping Air' explores vast, uncharted musical territories, encompassing all that can be considered to be truly heavy with fluidity, grace and an overpowering, distorted omnipotence. 'Kosmos' furthers the band's astral ambitions with a lumbering tempo that resonates with cosmic amplitude. Opening piece 'Quantum Mystic' is a perfect reintroduction to the colossal strains the band works so hard to attain, while bassist Isamu pulls double duty on the record's closer, the distant, all-encompassing pounder 'The Mental Tyrant.' Forget about the doom tag, for the giant ball of aural energy that is known as Yob can only be considered heavy metal in the utmost sense. In essence, 'The Unreal Never Lived' is an utterly crushing, mandatory metal masterpiece that has been deeply touched by the dismal hand of doom.
Review by: Erin Fox
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