Deafheaven - Roads to Judah [2011]

Deafheaven - Roads to Judah
[Deathwish inc, 2011]
genre: black metal, shoegaze, post rock
Album review by Astronaut

Deafheaven is a five member band from San-Fransisco that maybe gave us the best black metal album of the year. Roads to Judah is their first full length album after their first demo that managed to draw the attention of the black metal audience. The album includes four absolutely well structured black metal tracks full of post-rock and shoegaze aesthetics without loosing not a single moment of the overwhelming dark atmosphere that en-clouds Deafheaven’s musical persona. There is no really need to examine each of the four tracks separately, although the opening track “Violet” exceeds every expectation, as all of them can submerge you in a darker level of existence by providing all the necessary supplies for the trip. Rough lyrical vocals, fast melodic rhythm parts and fast-paced drum blastsbeats. The transitions between slow shoegaze parts and fast black metal bursts brings remind bands like Alcest, Wolves in the Throne Room, Drudkh and similar to the genre. When that bond succeeds the overall result could sound just as Deafheaven. Black metal is evolving day by day. Deafheaven is another evidence of that evolution.



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Tracks:
1. Violet
2. Language Games
3. Unrequited
4. Tunnel Of Trees