"Mike Scheidt, the vocalist and guitar player for Oregon doom metal trio YOB, was hospitalized with diverticulitis early last year ... While 2011's Atma was all aggression and 2014's Clearing the Path to Ascend delved into their psychedelic side, Heart unites those two sounds in service of a new theme. The band has spun joy out of its frontman's gnarliest experience, making metal that sounds sensuous, bellicose, and jubilant at once".