''Clearing the Path to Ascend'' is the seventh

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by American

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band YOB. It was released in September 2014 under

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. ''

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'' named it the best metal album and the 50th best album overall of the year.

Track list

Personnel

;YOB *

Mike Scheidt Michael Scheidt (born September 1, 1970, in Eugene, Oregon) is the guitarist and lead vocalist of doom metal band YOB. Biography Mike Scheidt helped create YOB in 2000, which disbanded in 2006 and then reformed in 2008. Before they disbanded, Y ...

– 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

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