The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 39
Been a minute, right? The last episode of The Obelisk Show aired on July 10, so it’s been nearly a month. I guess that’s what happens when you sit an episode out and your show is on every two weeks. Fair enough. I tried to make an episode happen a month ago. It didn’t work. Shit was out of hand and I was crazy distracted. All better now? Not really, but here we are anyway. I got this far.
Episode 39 of The Obelisk Show is a deep-dive into the catalog of YOB, who for my money are the most essential heavy band of the last 20 years. Going from their first album to their latest, the show hits on each studio record and guitarist/vocalist Mike Scheidt‘s solo album. I’d have included live stuff or maybe something from bassist Aaron Rieseberg‘s other band, Norska, but the show’s only two hours long and, to be honest, I just ran out of time. Needless to say, there’s more to YOB than one gets here, but I figured at least this might be a place to start.
The show goes in chronological order, and I think in so doing, gives a sense of YOB‘s progression as a band. No Middian in there, but I at least mention the breakup and reformation circumstances between 2005 and 2009, and I do take pains to note that 2004’s The Illusion of Motion came out on my birthday in 2004. So yes, all the essential stuff is there.
The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at http://gimmeradio.com
Full playlist:
The Obelisk Show – 08.07.20
| YOB | Universe Throb | Elaborations of Carbon (2002) |
| VT1 | ||
| YOB | Catharsis | Catharsis (2003) |
| YOB | Ball of Molten Lead | The Illusion of Motion (2004) |
| YOB | Doom #2 | The Illusion of Motion (2004) |
| YOB | Quantum Mystic | The Unreal Never Lived (2005) |
| VT2 | ||
| YOB | Burning the Altar | The Great Cessation (2009) |
| YOB | Adrift in the Ocean | Attached (2011) |
| Mike Scheidt | In Your Light | Stay Awake (2012) |
| YOB | Nothing to Win | Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) |
| VT3 | ||
| YOB | Original Face | Our Raw Heart (2018) |
The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is Aug. 21 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.
Tags: Gimme Radio, Mike Scheidt, The Obelisk Show, Yob
