Deafheaven
Deafheaven are not the first band to blend ambient shoegaze elements with
black metal (in some respects it's a sensible pairing), but
2013's
Sunbather certainly made it seem that way, the album racing to
the top of critics' best-of lists and gaining the band quite a following
(and, predictably, some detractors that question the metal-ness of the
effort).
It can be a tough listen, with five songs over 9 minutes in length, and
at times it sounds like two different bands at work, with several of the
songs being outright black metal (like the title track) while others
are meandering soundscapes that sometimes take a bit too long to develop.
Yet the accolades are not undeserving,
Sunbather is well-crafted and
well worth a listen.
To the band's credit, they did not rest on their laurels for the followup,
New Bermuda.
Just as the band's previous output was a bit different from
Sunbather,
so is
New Bermuda markedly different from its predecessor, going for
a far more aggressive approach, toning down the ambient parts and in fact
also lessening the traditional
black metal aspect of the band, even though the album
overall is far more aggressive in its approach.
This is still a pretty young band and they've already shown a tendency
to branch out in different directions, so it'll be interesting to see where
they go next.
Former Members/Guests
Nick Bassett
guitars
Derek Prine
bass
Stephen Lee Clark
bass
John Kline (guest)
drums RIP: February 12, 2012, diabetic coma, age 25
Trevor Deschryver
drums
Discography
Libertine Dissolves
EP
2011
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- Libertine Dissolves
- Daedalus
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-
George Clarke
-
Kerry McCoy
-
John Kline
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Roads To Judah
2011
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- Violet
- Language Games
- Unrequited
- Tunnel of Trees
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-
George Clarke
-
Kerry McCoy
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Nick Bassett
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Derek Prine
-
Trevor Deschryver
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DW Live Series 08
LIVE
2011
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- Violet (Intro)
- Libertine Dissolves
- Unrequited
- Language Games
- Exit:Denied
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-
George Clarke
-
Kerry McCoy
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Nick Bassett
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Derek Prine
-
Trevor Deschryver
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Sunbather
2013
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- Dream House
- Irresistible
- Sunbather
- Please Remember
- Vertigo
- Windows
- The Pecan Tree
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-
George Clarke
-
Kerry McCoy
-
Daniel Tracy
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New Bermuda
2015
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- Brought to the Water
- Luna
- Baby Blue
- Come Back
- Gifts for the Earth
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-
George Clarke
-
Kerry McCoy
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Shiv Mehra
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Stephen Lee Clark
-
Daniel Tracy
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2015 Readers' Album
#41
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Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
2018
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- You Without End
- Honeycomb
- Canary Yellow
- Near
- Glint
- Night People
- Worthless Animal
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-
George Clarke
-
Kerry McCoy
-
Shiv Mehra
-
Chris Johnson
-
Daniel Tracy
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10 Years Gone
LIVE
2020
Sargent House
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- From the Kettle onto the Coil
- Daedalus
- Vertigo
- Language Games
- Glint
- Baby Blue
- The Pecan Tree
- Dream House
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-
George Clarke
-
Kerry McCoy
-
Shiv Mehra
-
Chris Johnson
-
Daniel Tracy
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Infinite Granite
2021
Sargent House
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- Shellstar
- In Blur
- Great Mass of Color
- Neptune Raining Diamonds
- Lament for Wasps
- Villan
- The Gnashing
- Other Language
- Mombasa
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-
George Clarke
-
Kerry McCoy
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Shiv Mehra
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Chris Johnson
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Daniel Tracy
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