In January 2017, Mike Scheidt missed an early appointment with death by only a few hours.
Scheidt's immersive doom metal trio, Yob, had been at home in Eugene, Oregon, for about a month, resting after a brief tour with their spiritual antecedents, Neurosis. The time off was good for Scheidt: After a lifetime of struggles with depression, a regimen of exercise, diet and medication had
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Harrowing Illness Almost Killed Doom Metal Titans Yob – But Gave Their Work New Life