One of the heaviest and most respected bands in metal, Yob are renowned for their unique brand of epic, crushing sludge doom. Founded in 1996 in Eugene, Oregon, the band developed a reputation as the heaviest doom metal three-piece ever alongside the legendary Sleep. In 2006, however, vocalist / guitarist Mike Schedit announced the group's split after three albums on labels such as Abstract Sounds and Metal Blade Records. 
After a two-year period during which a lawsuit forced his subsequent band, Middian, to fold, Schedit resurrected Yob with a vengeance. Along with longtime Yob drummer Travis Foster, he recruited new bassist Aaron Reiseberg to join the fold, and the three began work on their comeback album for Profound Lore Records. 
The Great Cessation is a time-stretching, timeless, and unearthly slab of monolithic doom metal art. Produced by renowned knob-twister Sanford Parker (Pelican, Minsk, Nachtmystium, The Gates of Slumber, etc.) in the band's hometown of Eugene, this gargantuan masterpiece finds Yob heavier, darker, and louder than ever.