Oregon doomsmiths, YOB, have launched the vinyl pre-order for their long-awaited new full-length Clearing The Path To Ascend. Coming September 16th via Relapse Records on 2xLP, the album is available in a variety of colors and available for pre-ordereHERE. A trailer detailing the available versions can be viewedHERE.The album will be released on CD/Digital the same date via Neurot Recordings.

Recorded at Gung Ho Studio in Eugene, notorious for its reserve of vintage equipment, alongside longtime collaborator/iconic sound-sage Billy Barnett, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, Beastmilk, Nails) at Audiosiege Engineering, Clearing The Path To Ascend is undoubtedly the crowning achievement for a band whose journey now nears two decades of creating music as commanding as it is cathartic. As is the YOB way, the tracks here don't simply offer a vacuous glimpse into the already riff-soaked doom genre. These songs demand the tandem attention of mind, body, and soul ' etching a mark across a sound that finds YOB as formidable and unequaled as they've ever been. The path to ascend is clearly an arduous one, fraught with the peril of mediocrity. Thankfully, YOB pummels that path, climbing upward into a realm that sets the band in a heavy metal place that has been and will always remain wholly their own.

As a precursor to the release, YOB is offering up a second Clearing The Path To Ascend video teaser. Produced by William F. Haldane of Solder House, the three-and-a-half minute video details the writing process, concept and emotional journey that embodies the record as a whole.