__ __ _()__::_ _::_ ___:::___ ___:::____ _::_ _()_ ||_> <__::__> <_,_) _ (_ __) _ (_ _> <________:|| || \/ _/ | \_/ | \| \|| || | | | | | || || | | | | | || || | | | | | || || __ _ | | | | | __ || || ||\/| | | | | | |\ || || || | | | | | || || || _:_ixxu | _:_:\____:::_____/\____:::____//_:____||_____|| ||_> <_____!__> '|_> _ <_ _) _ (_ <__! || || \! | | \/ | \! /______ || || \ | | | | | //|| || __ / | | | | | \\| || |> \ | | | | | | || || |------ \ | | | | | | || == |> / | ____:____ | | | |> == || | / |\ \ | | | | || || / ------ \ | | || ||\__ _____/| _ _______:_____/ \_____ _____// ___________|| `/ | _> | _> | > | _> | _> \' / |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ \ / ! ! ! ! ! \ / \ / \ / \ || Artist......: Yob || || Album.......: Our Raw Heart || || Year........: 2018 || || || || Genre.......: Metal || || Label.......: Relapse Records || || || || Source......: WEB (16bit) || || Encoder.....: libFLAC || || Bitrate.....: 914 kbps avg. || || F.Rate......: 44.1kHz || || || || Playtime....: 01:13:16 / 502.42MB || || R.Date......: 2024-09-07 || || S.Date......: 2018-06-08 || || Website.....: http://deezer.com/album/59915842 || || || || || || 01. Ablaze 10:13 || || 02. The Screen 9:49 || || 03. In Reverie 9:43 || || 04. Lungs Reach 5:39 || || 05. Beauty in Falling Leaves 16:27 || || 06. Original Face 7:03 || || 07. Our Raw Heart 14:22 || || || || || || Nobody in metal right now is as qualified as Yob frontman Mike || || Scheidt to write an album this hypnotically beautiful and || || deeply peaceful, or this existentially violent with such a || || breathtaking resolution to serenity. Mainly because Scheidt || || nearly didn't live to write the album. || || || || Scheidt was diagnosed with acute diverticulitis in November || || 2016 and dealt with the diagnosis appropriately. In January || || 2017, he tells Noisey he began feeling ill one day but opted || || not to go to a medical clinic. Instead, he went grocery || || shopping. Scheidt recalls standing in the deli meat aisle and || || experiencing world-distorting pain and cold sweats, which || || resulted in a trip to the ER. After "the next wave of pain hit || || me harder than anything that has ever has hit me in my lifetime || || up to that point," Scheidt was immediately admitted and pumped || || full of ineffective Dilaudid. Then the diagnosis came – a || || diverticula had burst. Had the Yob frontman waited another day || || to go to the doctor, he would've died. || || || || Scheidt began to heal in the hospital without surgery, but upon || || transitioning back to consuming liquids for the first time || || since his admittance, the pain returned in droves. Now surgery || || was imminent. The procedure took seven hours and Scheidt came || || out on the other side alive with a long road to recovery ahead || || of him. Not long into his healing process shortly after the || || surgery, Scheidt suffered from a serious MRSA infection from || || which he would also recover. Once back on his feet, literally || || and musically, Scheidt began the process of forming Our Raw || || Heart. || || || || Scheidt likens his near-death experience to a hard drive crash. || || "Some things just didn't come back. Others came back in || || completely different ways. Others are still there but my || || perspective is completely different. I live in a different || || world now, and all of that went into this album—new insight, a || || new sense of self." He tells Matt Bacon of Metal Injection that || || he'd been messing with DADGAD tuning on guitar post-surgeries, || || learned bouzouki, and took the time to expand upon his clean || || singing voice. In essence, Mike Scheidt is a different man now, || || and only from that renewed sense of self can come such an album || || as Our Raw Heart. || || || || Scheidt won't reveal the lyrical meanings of Our Raw Heart, but || || the album seems to musically mimic his experience in the past || || year and a half. The 10-minute opening salvo of "Ablaze" slowly || || unfurls its blistering pain in a haze of swirling, distorted || || reverberations. "Ablaze" keeps a steady 6/8 time and evokes || || feelings of spiraling downward as if it were the closing track || || to Our Raw Heart, summarizing all the grief and woe into one || || final tolling of the funeral bell before only silence remains. || || The following song "The Screen" is more immediate in its || || delivery. Scheidt and company have stepped out from the veils || || of sustain found on "Ablaze" and revealed chugging || || Gojira-styled riffs accompanied by bouts of lumbering || || dissonance. || || || || Then there's "In Reverie" and "Lungs Reach." Both start off || || quietly tip-toeing in the background of soft ambiance and || || gentle waves of distortion, but neither stay in such a state || || for very long. "In Reverie" brings even more of the discordant || || guitar work "The Screen" originally displayed, but Scheidt || || relies on Warrel Dane-esque cleans in slow motion throughout || || the track rather than raspy screams. "Lungs Reach" is even || || slower, even more droning, and by far the most pissed off Our || || Raw Heart gets. Scheidt is bellowing growls into the abyss at || || full force and despite the lack of speed, the trio is following || || up those guttural displays of anguish with just as much fury || || and uncompromising force as they possibly can. || || || || From the dark reaches of the void the first four tracks of Our || || Raw Heart spiral into comes an expanding pinpoint of light. || || "Beauty In Falling Leaves" marches through the nothingness || || bearing hope and lanterns burning rich with purpose. Close your || || eyes while listening to "Beauty In Falling Leaves." In its || || aural tapestry, morning slowly unfurls from a rising sun and || || burns away the darkness and dew. It's the dawning of a new day, || || a new life. Maybe that's not what Scheidt intended, but "Beauty || || In Falling Leaves" is just too powerful a song not to make you || || feel something. || || || || On "Original Face," Yob seems to reverse what was happening on || || "Ablaze." The latter felt like the closing moments of a life || || while the former takes that same sound, strips away the || || fogginess of its distant production style, and incorporates || || more positive-sounding melodies in the vein of "Beauty In || || Falling Leaves." Finally, there's the title track of the album || || to close things out."Our Raw Heart" employs the hazy || || brushstrokes of "Ablaze," but brings forth more meditative || || melodies with heavily delayed acoustic guitars and towering || || vocals. From death to rebirth to life, Our Raw Heart comes full || || circle in a breathtaking climax. || || || || Yob's approach to all the aforementioned moods throughout Our || || Raw Heart is very much rooted in their usual heaviness. Our Raw || || Heart is a unique record in Yob's catalog, but it's not going || || to isolate fans or make you double check who you're listening || || to. Moreso than anything else, Our Raw Heart will completely || || floor you. It's a masterwork that couldn't have come from || || anywhere else but the torment, the fear, and the rebirth and || || swelling heart of one Mike Scheidt. || || || || || || || (= =) (= =) || || `' `'