“Lonely People With Power” is a 42-minute fever dream where black metal’s shrieks entwine with shoegaze’s shimmering haze. It’s ambitious and atmospheric and a step back to Deafheaven’s earlier work. Relentless in its assault on the listener, the band manges to infuse many atmopsheric parts …
“Brought to the Water” is online, the first track of “New Bermuda”. No big surprises, but excellent black metal. Dunno if I expected that from a band like Deafheaven. Somehow I wished for new influences to their music, but getting a straight black metal-song is …
Yes, they are totally en vogue. Yes, they appear to be extremely focused and maybe a tad weird. But still, “Sunbather” is a hell of a black metal album. Deafheaven worked harded to reach the status they have nowadays, no doubt about that. One can …