Yob - Elaborations of Carbon (2001)

   Compared to other stoner/doom bands, Yob had a genuine approach of the style. Their music was also like a reinterpretation of of the style of the '70s, but included plenty of modern musical features too.
   They focused on to create a strong psychedelic atmosphere and on a decent level of heaviness the same time. The first one referred back to the early period of progressive and psychedelic rock and able to spark very nostalgic feelings in the listener. The singing style also sounds like some awakened blurry voice that sings directly from the '70s. While the heaviness was mainly represented in simple and raw themes assisted by rude sludgy shouting. Both of the two styles could be fine enough only by themselves, but by mixing them a very interesting contrast was created. Still the psychedelic hovering  has main role, though the heaviness sets on aggressively to interrupt. They used up well the possibilities to pile up plenty of catchy themes for their extended song lenghts. Most of them are quite intense too for doom metal, so the balance is not shown only in the heaviness. The excellence of the album lies partly in it's diversity and partly in it's musical progression. It's able to show something new after every listening for long term.