Mike Scheidt

Mike Scheidt helped create YOB in 2000,[http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,2730162,00.html#bio YOB - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links] which disbanded in 2006 and then reformed in 2008. Before they disbanded, YOB released a demo and four albums. YOB has shared the stage with other important underground acts like Electric Wizard, High on Fire, Isis, and The Locust as well.[http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=30323&category=22153 Music - Up on the Down Side - Portland Mercury] He was also in the side project of YOB, which was named H.C. Minds. H.C. Minds have released one full-length album, one EP, and a split album with the band dot(.). Scheidt went on to form the band Middian with Will Lindsay bass and vocals, Scott Headrick on drums, and himself on guitar after YOB split up. When asked about the new sound compared to YOB, Mike replied, "[It] isn't YOB 2.0... Middian is more mid-paced and meaner on average, though there are definite slow doom parts for sure. My singing is as varied as ever, but somehow seems different from YOB. Plus, my bandmates bring their own influences into the mix."[http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=39594&category=22153 Music - Volcanoes, Space Pirates... - Portland Mercury] Middian released one album, titled Age Eternal. Scheidt then reformed YOB after Middian broke up following a legal dispute over the band name. YOB have since released four further albums.

Scheidt's first solo album, Stay Awake, was released in 2012 and features acoustic guitar, a departure from Scheidt's usual instrument.{{cite web|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19358-mike_scheidt_friday_june_29.html |title=Mike Scheidt: Friday, June 29, Mississippi Studios |last=Ham |first=Robert |date=27 June 2012 |work=Willamette Week |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129013351/http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19358-mike_scheidt_friday_june_29.html |archivedate=29 January 2015 |url-status=dead }} The inspiration for going acoustic came when he saw Scott Kelly of Neurosis play acoustic.{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/a-bold-new-world/Content?oid=6332634 |title=A Bold New World |last=Tonry |first=Andrew R |date=28 June 2012 |work=Portland Mercury |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630052318/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/a-bold-new-world/Content?oid=6332634 |archivedate=30 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}

In 2012, Scheidt formed VHÖL with John Cobbett, Sigrid Sheie, and Aesop Dekker. The band's eponymous debut was released by Profound Lore Records on 9 April 2013.

Scheidt has said his main influences have been Neurosis, Tool, Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus, Immolation, Soundgarden, Deep Purple, The Obsessed, Trouble and Pentagram.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} His vocal style is inspired by Lee Dorrian's work in Cathedral and the lower pitched vocals of Solstice.{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/premium-video/music/11-greatest-doom-albums-yob-bandleader-mike-scheidts-picks |title=11 Greatest Doom Albums: YOB Bandleader Mike Scheidt's Picks |date=30 March 2022 |access-date=1 April 2022 |website=revolvermag.com}}

• Superficial Worlds (full-length, 1999)
• dot(.)/H.C. Minds split (split, 2003)
• Who Can Survive (EP, 2003)

• YOB Demo, 2000
• Elaborations of Carbon (full-length, 2002)
• Catharsis (full-length, 2003)
• The Illusion of Motion (full-length, 2004)
• The Unreal Never Lived (full-length, 2005)
• The Great Cessation (full-length, 2009)
• Atma (full-length, 2011)
• Clearing the Path to Ascend (full-length, 2014)
• Our Raw Heart (full-length, 2018)

• Age Eternal (full-length, 2007)

• VHÖL (full-length, 2013)
• Deeper Than Sky (full-length, 2015)

• James Romig: The Complexity of Distance (full-length, 2023)

• Stay Awake (full-length, 2012)

• The First and Last Days of Unwelcome (full-length, 2013)

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