Atma

The Oregon doom metal trio's newest, an expansive album that never takes the space it's been given for granted, is a reminder that, in this crowded field, there are simply those who do it better.

Oregon's trance-doom astronauts YOB approached their fifth studio album, 2011's Atma, with something of a back to basics attitude, intentionally wrapping their trademark, slowly developing epic grinds -- inspired by everyone from Sabbath to Vitus to Sleep to Dark Castle -- inside a hazy production fog.

What the fuck is going on in Oregon?  Some of the most forward thinking yet hazy, cerebral and generally unhappy music of recent years - Agalloch, Wolves in the Throne Room, Yob - has emerged, drunk on small batch craft brew, out of those fog shrouded hills to lay a vicious beating on our collective

YOB - Atma review: Due to non-linear, complex song structure and captivating dynamics, “Atma” feels like a concept progressive rock album being filtered through doom and sludge metal standards.