25 Best Metal Albums Of The Decade

11. YOB - Our Raw Heart (2018)

Mike Scheidt's brush with tragedy informs Our Raw Heart.

YOB's frontman almost slipped off his mortal coil after a bout with acute diverticulitis in 2017. His struggle defines this doomy colossus' every second, from "The Screen's" beleaguered lurch, to the gentler majesty of "Beauty In Falling Leaves," to the pure, emotional release of "Original Face" - a song so aggressively cathartic it sounds like it has been pent up for years.

With Our Raw Heart, YOB struck a perfect balance between beauty and ugliness in 73 minutes that reflect every moment of bleakness and hope experienced by its creator before and during the writing process.

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