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Deafheaven
Deafheaven is an American post-metal band formed in 2010. Originally based in San Francisco, the group began as a two-piece with singer George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy, who recorded and self-released a demo album together. Following its release, Deafheaven recruited three new members and began to tour. Before the end of 2010, the band signed to Deathwish Inc. and later released their debut album ''Roads to Judah,'' in April 2011. They established a unique style blending black metal, shoegazing, and post-rock, among other influences, later called "blackgaze" by reviewers. Deafheaven's second album, ''Sunbather'', was released in 2013 to wide critical acclaim, becoming one of the best reviewed albums of the year in the US. In 2015 the band followed up with '' New Bermuda'' and in 2018 with '' Ordinary Corrupt Human Love''. Their 2021 fifth album, '' Infinite Granite'', drastically reduced the presence of screamed vocals. History Formation and demo (2010) Deafheaven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deafheaven - George Clarke
Deafheaven is an American post-metal band formed in 2010. Originally based in San Francisco, the group began as a two-piece with singer George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy, who recorded and self-released a demo album together. Following its release, Deafheaven recruited three new members and began to tour. Before the end of 2010, the band signed to Deathwish Inc. and later released their debut album ''Roads to Judah,'' in April 2011. They established a unique style blending black metal, shoegazing, and post-rock, among other influences, later called "blackgaze" by reviewers. Deafheaven's second album, ''Sunbather'', was released in 2013 to wide critical acclaim, becoming one of the best reviewed albums of the year in the US. In 2015 the band followed up with '' New Bermuda'' and in 2018 with '' Ordinary Corrupt Human Love''. Their 2021 fifth album, '' Infinite Granite'', drastically reduced the presence of screamed vocals. History Formation and demo (2010) Deafheav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunbather (album)
''Sunbather'' is the second studio album by the American metal band Deafheaven. After the release of their debut record ''Roads to Judah'', the then two piece group consisting of George Clarke and Kerry McCoy began work on ''Sunbather'' under the label Deathwish and recorded in several days in January 2013. The recording process brought a third member into the fold with drummer Dan Tracy who would go on to become a permanent fixture of the band. The album was recorded in The Atomic Garden Recording Studio, owned by Jack Shirley who had been a long time producer of the band. Although Deafheaven had been strongly influenced by black metal as well as other diverse metal acts, their music drew comparisons from music critics to shoegaze, post-rock, and alternative rock sounds. This trend was further continued on ''Sunbather''. The melancholic songs featured in the album include Wall of Sound arrangements that are found in many shoegazing and post-rock acts, producing dense sounds that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
''Ordinary Corrupt Human Love'' is the fourth studio album by American band Deafheaven, released on July 13, 2018 through Anti-. The title of the album was inspired by Graham Greene's 1951 novel ''The End of the Affair''. Release and promotion On January 30, 2018, Deafheaven posted on social media a photo of the members recording the album in a studio, and later confirmed to ''Pitchfork'' that they were working on a new album at 25th Street Recording in Oakland, California with longtime collaborator and producer Jack Shirley. They released the lead single of the album, "Honeycomb", on April 18, 2018, and announced the album and its accompanying tour the following day. The second single, "Canary Yellow", was released on June 12. The album was made available for streaming exclusively on NPR on July 5, before being officially released on July 13 on CD, vinyl, digital download and streaming services via Anti-. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infinite Granite
''Infinite Granite'' is the fifth studio album by American band Deafheaven, released on August 20, 2021, through Sargent House. The album represents a dramatic departure from the black metal influences of the band's previous albums, and a shift toward a shoegaze style with mostly clean vocals from frontman George Clarke. Recording The album was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen, and was recorded with longtime Deafheaven producer and engineer Jack Shirley primarily at his Atomic Garden East studio in Oakland, California. Release On June 9, 2021, Deafheaven announced ''Infinite Granite'', simultaneously releasing its lead single, "Great Mass of Color". A second single, "The Gnashing", was released on July 8, 2021. A third and final single, "In Blur", was released on August 4, 2021. ''Infinite Granite'' was released by Sargent House on August 20, 2021. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, ''Infin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Bermuda (album)
''New Bermuda'' is the third studio album by American blackgaze band Deafheaven. It was released on October 2, 2015 through the Anti- record label. Background The album was recorded live in April 2015 with ''Sunbather'' producer and engineer Jack Shirley at 25th Street Recording in Oakland, California and Atomic Garden Recording in Palo Alto, California. The cover art of the album features an oil painting by Allison Schulnik. The album trailer was released on July 27, 2015. On August 18, 2015, the band shared the first track from the album, "Brought to the Water". On September 15, 2015, the band shared the track "Come Back" from the album. On September 23, 2015, the album became available for streaming on NPR's website. Critical reception ''New Bermuda'' was met with rave reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 85, based on 17 reviews, which indicates "uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demo (Deafheaven Album)
The untitled demo by the American black metal band Deafheaven was self-released by the band on June 1, 2010. The demo would later be remastered/re-released as an EP in 2012 through Sargent House. History The demo was initially only available in cassette and digital download formats and distributed to a few of the band's favorite blogs. It was written and recorded by the two founding members, George Clarke and Kerry McCoy, with John Kline performing on drums. Clarke and McCoy later recruited three new band members to tour in support of the demo. After its release, several record labels began courting Deafheaven to give the demo a proper, wide release. Deathwish Inc., co-founded by Jacob Bannon of Converge, was one of these labels who reached out to the band. Deafheaven was interested in working with Deathwish, but wanted to release some newer material they had been working on at the time instead of their demo. As a result, Deathwish released a 7" single featuring "Libertine Diss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry McCoy (musician)
Kerry McCoy (born January 26, 1988) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist of San Francisco–based blackgaze band Deafheaven. Biography McCoy is a native of Yuma, Arizona, and lived in Port Hueneme, Oxnard and Stockton, California, before moving to Modesto at age 10. He started playing guitar at age 11 and got his first electric guitar at age 13. Playing with various bands since he was 13, McCoy met future bandmate George Clarke in 9th grade, after he complimented Clarke's Slayer t-shirt. Clarke further introduced McCoy, who was a fan of Dead Kennedys, to extreme metal music. The two eventually shared a mutual interest in black metal. From 2006 to 2011, McCoy and Clarke were the members of Modesto-based grindcore band Rise of Caligula. McCoy played bass with the band and Clarke was the vocalist. Following the disbandment of Rise of Caligula, Clarke and McCoy moved to San Francisco and formed Deafheaven in February 2010. The duo recorded an un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roads To Judah
''Roads to Judah'' is the debut studio album by the American blackgaze band Deafheaven. The album was released by Deathwish Inc. on April 26, 2011. ''Roads to Judah'' was recorded in four days between December 2010 and January 2011. About The album title is a reference to N Judah, one of the busiest lines in the San Francisco transit system. Lyrically, the album is about Clarke's substance abuse. Reception ''Roads to Judah'' was met with generally positive reviews. Shane Mehling of ''Decibel'' gave the album an eight out of ten, and praised it for pushing the boundaries of black metal. He wrote that, "This band produces long, incredibly beautiful black metal that, aside from the buried shrieks of the vocalist, doesn't have a drop of evil or noticeable malice" and that Deafheaven is "sure as hell doing a lot more with the genre than the newest batch of gauntlet-wearing Darkthrone worshipers." Graham Scala of ''RVA Magazine'' wrote that Deafheaven's songs are, "all a series of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackgaze
Blackgaze is a fusion genre combining elements of black metal and shoegaze. The word is a blend of the names of the two genres, described by ''The Guardian'' as "the buzz term for a new school of bands taking black metal out of the shadows and melding its blast beats, dungeon wailing and razorwire guitars with the more reflective melodies of post-rock, shoegaze and post-hardcore." According to ''Exclaim!'', blackgaze "marries the harsh, alien instrumentation of black metal with the mellower, dreamy soundscapes of shoegaze." Influenced by atmospheric black metal bands like Ulver and Summoning, the genre was pioneered by French musician Neige around 2005 through the projects Alcest and Amesoeurs and has risen to prominence with the success of American group Deafheaven. ''The Guardian'' named Deafheaven "blackgaze's de facto poster boys, the most likely to open up black metal to an even wider audience", and ''Exclaim!'' described their second album ''Sunbather'' – the most c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Shirley
Jack Shirley is a Grammy Award nominated American record producer, audio engineer and musician. He is known for his analog driven aesthetic, and work with eclectic artists, including Deafheaven, whose 2013 sophomore album ''Sunbather'' received widespread critical acclaim. Shirley also worked with various other music acts, including Jeff Rosenstock, Loma Prieta, Bosse-de-Nage, Punch, Whirr, Shinobu, La Bella, State Faults and Frameworks. Besides his production work, he plays guitar for the bands Comadre and Everybody Row. Shirley is also the owner of The Atomic Garden Recording Studio, located in Oakland, California. Discography With Comadre * ''The Youth'' (2004) * ''Burn Your Bones'' (2006) * ''Comadre'' (2013) With Everybody Row * ''The Sea Inside EP'' (2014) Production * Commissure (band) – " Stars Could Care Less" (2009) * Stress Relief - Demo (2010) * Deafheaven – Demo (2010) * Magic Bullets – ''Untitled'' (2010) * Dead Horses – ''Bukkakalypse Now'' (2010) * Deaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Bassett (musician)
Nick Bassett is an American musician, producer and composer from Modesto, California. He was the bassist of shoegaze band Nothing and is the lead guitarist of shoegaze band Whirr. He also played guitar in the original lineup of blackgaze band Deafheaven. Career Bassett formed Whirl in October 2009. The band changed its name to Whirr after a musician also named Whirl trademarked the name and threatened legal action. Bassett wrote demo versions of songs and showed them to the other members, after which they decided to play shoegazing-influenced music. Bassett played bass for Philadelphia shoegaze band Nothing from 2013 to 2018. Prior to his joining, Whirr had toured with Nothing in the spring of 2013, during which he collaborated with Nothing frontman Domenic Palermo on a goth-influenced side project called Death of Lovers. Death of Lovers debuted with ''Buried Under a World of Roses'' in October 2013, followed by their first full-length album, ''The Acrobat'', in November 2017. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Metal
Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (Lo-fi music, lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. During the 1980s, several thrash metal and death metal bands formed a prototype for black metal. This "first wave" included bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Bathory (band), Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. A second wave arose in the early 1990s, spearheaded by Norwegian bands such as Mayhem (band), Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal (band), Immortal, Emperor (band), Emperor, Satyricon (band), Satyricon and Gorgoroth. The early Norwegian black metal scene developed the style of their forebears into a distinct genre. Norwegian-inspired black metal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
