The untitled demo by the American
black metal
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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
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of
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, 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 Dissolves" and "Daedalus" in January 2011
and a full-length album with all-new material titled ''
Roads to Judah
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'' in April 2011.
In late 2012,
Sargent House released a limited-edition, remastered vinyl edition of the demo with new artwork.
This version is also available on the band's Bandcamp page.
Reception
The metal blog
MetalSucks
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gave the album a rating of (3.5/5) in 2010 and stated: "While Deafheaven's music shares surface characteristics with the classic black metal sound, this demo is so distanced from
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as to be another kind of music entirely. It engulfs rather than tramples, shimmers where so much black metal rattles."
Track listing
All music written and recorded by Deafheaven.
# "Libertine Dissolves" – 5:13
# "Bedrooms" – 2:06
# "Daedalus" – 5:54
# "Exit:Denied" – 11:30
Personnel
Album personnel adapted from remastered vinyl liner notes.
* Deafheaven – recording, production
* Jack Shirley – production, engineering, mastering
* Nick Steinhardt – logo design
* Karlynn Holland – logo design
References
External links
Deafheaven's demo EPat
Bandcamp
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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2010 EPs
Deafheaven albums
Sargent House albums
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