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O ano de 2009 assistiu ao regresso dos Yob após um período bastante atribulado que passou pela extinção do projecto e levou à criação dos Middian - do qual resultou no lançamento do álbum "Age Eternal", em 2007 - e colocação de um ponto final na sua actividade, também, pouco depois, terminando com a reactivação dos primeiros, corria já o ano de 2008. Perante este frenesim num tão curto espaço de tempo, não foi de espantar que as expectativas fossem bem altas, por parte de todos aqueles que tomaram conhecimento do trabalho da banda de Mike Scheidt, por alturas do lançamento de "The Great Cessation", em 2009. A juntar a todas as razões atrás mencionadas, acrescentava-se uma sólida e progressiva ascensão da banda alicerçada em sucessivos longa-duração de reconhecida qualidade, desde os tempos de "Elaborations Of Carbon", de 2002.
Apesar disso, "The Great Cessation" revelou ser uma das melhores propostas do colectivo de Portland, cristalizando ao longo de cinco temas magistrais toda a sua fórmula, tornando-se num caso muito sério no domínio do Stoner/Doom Metal, sendo prova disso mesmo o duplo concerto na edição do ano passado do Roadburn Festival.
É desta forma, envoltos neste hype, que dois anos depois, chega aos escaparates o seu sexto longa-duração, "Atma" de sua graça.
Pois bem, a mão cheia de temas aqui presentes não traz muitas diferenças relativas ao passado; no entanto, as composições afiguram-se-nos mais directas, despindo-se de algum experimentalismo e sentido de jam session que anteriormente exalavam e conferiam, digamos, uma aura de transcendência às músicas. As malhas fortes, vibrantes na nossa cabeça, os ritmos lentos e demolidores continuam lá, suportando o timbre único de Scheidt, o que só por si, é a garantia de mais um trabalho avassalador, mas ao fim de algumas audições permanece a sensação que algo falta ali, de modo a ser equiparado ao seu antecessor ou a "Catharsis", por exemplo. Tudo está muito bom e muito certinho, mas isso é que é estranho e no meio desta estranheza ressalta a voz de Scott Kelly, na segunda metade de "Before We Dreamed Of Two", no meio da tormenta sonora, qual mão ou voz que acalma as grossas vagas, encaminhando-nos subtilmente para o centro do vórtice de onde somos cuspidos somente no final de "Adrift In The Ocean". Avassalador, sim, mas sem surpreender. (14.9/20)
English:
The year of 2009 saw the return of Yob, after a very busy process that conducted to the extinction of this project and led to the creation of Middian - resulting in the release of 'Age Eternal', in 2007 - and putting an end, too little then ending with the reactivation of the first band, during 2008. Along this frenzy in such a short time, it was not surprising that expectations were quite high, by all those who took contact with the work of Mike Scheidt's band, around the time of the release of 'The Great Cessation' in 2009. In addition to all the reasons mentioned above, added to a robust and progressive rise of the band supported in successive albuns with quality recognized since the days of 'Elaborations Of Carbon' in 2002.
Nevertheless, 'The Great Cessation' turned out to be one of the best proposals of the collective from Portland, crystallizing over five themes throughout his masterful formula, making it a very serious case in the field of the Stoner/Doom Metal, being proof of that the double concert at last year's edition of the Roadburn Festival.
In this way, wrapped in hype, which comes two years after the racking his sixth full-length, 'Atma' of his grace.
Well, the handful of songs do not present here many differences with the past, however, the compositions seem to us more direct, undressing a sense of experimentalism and jam session that previously exuded, like an aura of transcendence to the music. Strong riffs, vibrant in our heads, the slow and crushing rhythms are still there, standing the unique timbre of Scheidt, which alone would guarantee a record more overwhelming, but after a few auditions remains the feeling that something's missing there, so as to be compared to its predecessor or 'Catharsis', for example. Everything is very good and pretty straight forward, but that is what is foreign and strange in the middle of this strangeness the voice of Scott Kelly, appearing in the second half of 'Before We Dreamed Of Two', in the middle of this storm of sound, like a hand or voice that calms the enormous waves, subtly directing us to the center of the vortex where we are spit out only at the end of 'Adrift In The Ocean'. Overpowering, yes, but not surprising. (14.9/20)
Nevertheless, 'The Great Cessation' turned out to be one of the best proposals of the collective from Portland, crystallizing over five themes throughout his masterful formula, making it a very serious case in the field of the Stoner/Doom Metal, being proof of that the double concert at last year's edition of the Roadburn Festival.
In this way, wrapped in hype, which comes two years after the racking his sixth full-length, 'Atma' of his grace.
Well, the handful of songs do not present here many differences with the past, however, the compositions seem to us more direct, undressing a sense of experimentalism and jam session that previously exuded, like an aura of transcendence to the music. Strong riffs, vibrant in our heads, the slow and crushing rhythms are still there, standing the unique timbre of Scheidt, which alone would guarantee a record more overwhelming, but after a few auditions remains the feeling that something's missing there, so as to be compared to its predecessor or 'Catharsis', for example. Everything is very good and pretty straight forward, but that is what is foreign and strange in the middle of this strangeness the voice of Scott Kelly, appearing in the second half of 'Before We Dreamed Of Two', in the middle of this storm of sound, like a hand or voice that calms the enormous waves, subtly directing us to the center of the vortex where we are spit out only at the end of 'Adrift In The Ocean'. Overpowering, yes, but not surprising. (14.9/20)
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