Clearing the Path to Ascend
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| Clearing the Path to Ascend | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 4, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Doom metal, sludge metal | |||
| Length | 62:30 | |||
| Label | Neurot | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[3] |
| Blabbermouth | 9/10[4] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[5] |
| Kerrang! | [6] |
| Metal Hammer |  [7] |
| MetalSucks | [8] |
| musicOMH | [9] |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10[10] |
| Sputnikmusic | 2.8/5[11] |
Clearing the Path to Ascend is the seventh studio album by American doom metal band YOB. It was released in September 2014 under Neurot Recordings. Rolling Stone named it the best metal album[12] and the 50th best album overall[13] of the year.
