The Illusion of Motion

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The Illusion of Motion
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Studio album by
Yob
ReleasedOctober 19, 2004 [1]
RecordedApril 2004
Venue Eugene, Oregon
StudioDogwood Studios
Genre Doom metal, stoner metal
Length56:28
Label Metal Blade [2]
Yob chronology
Catharsis
(2003)
The Illusion of Motion
(2004)
The Unreal Never Lived
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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Rock Hard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Metal.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

The Illusion of Motion is the third full-length album by the band YOB. [7] [1] [8]

Contents

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that YOB "have outdone themselves on The Illusion of Motion, and despite the album title, [they] will finally gain loads of well-deserved momentum to make them the most talked-about doom band since Sleep." [9] CMJ New Music Report praised the album's "sprawling heaviness." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ball of Molten Lead"11:09
2."Exorcism of the Host"12:58
3."Doom #2"6:11
4."The Illusion of Motion"26:10
Total length:56:28

Personnel

Music
Production [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "YOB's Away – Eugene Weekly".
  2. "Yob "The Illusion of Motion" | Metal Blade Records".
  3. 1 2 "Yob The Illusion of Motion". AllMusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  4. Pratt, Greg (October 27, 2004). "YOB - The Illusion Of Motion". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  5. Stappert, Andreas. "YOB - The Illusion Of Motion". Rock Hard . Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  6. Sickinger, Norman (January 4, 2005). "YOB - The Illusion Of Motion Review". Metal.de . Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  7. "YOB | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. "Yob". All Tomorrow's Parties.
  9. "YOB The Illusion of Motion". exclaim.ca.
  10. "Now: This Week's Essential Releases". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. November 1, 2004 via Google Books.