it almost sounds like they are as surprised and happy that the sound works as i am when listening to it, if that makes sense. it feels like they've discovered themselves and it is joyous to hear that kind of thing on a record.
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and the uplifting-ness of it makes it all the more effective when they go into a more depressive, minor riff
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Album Rating: 4.5
Only a few bands who play 'Blackgaze' really know how to pull that off Funeral.
Deafheaven obviously, Woods of Desolation, An Autumn for Crippled Children, and Alcest/Lantlos at times.
Also I could argue Entropia, but they are more on the Sludge side at times than BM. (give it a listen tho, it's awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlKsIgjtpyw)
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Album Rating: 3.0
I don't like black metal or post-rock but I am really loving this hard right now
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i really am not
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seeing them tonight with Boris. when I bought the tickets I was excited to see Boris play all of Flood, now I'm completely stoked on seeing Deafheaven pull this off live since EVERY other time they've played Los Angeles in the last 2 years I haven't been able to go.
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have fun, they slay. i missed the boris show in sf last night or the night before, don't remember.
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Album Rating: 4.5
@Thanntos
fucking word on the Entropia rec
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lol wiz i have heard enough blackgaze to know how good this is. no other band sounds like this though, tbh. this doesn't even sound like a metal record.
Wow, the hypebole on this site just stepped up to a whole new level. Just amazed at how people have convinced themselves this goes wayyyyyyyyyyy beyond anything metal hasn't touched. This is so squarely rooted in black metal it's not even funny. In fact, this is so rooted in black metal/ shoegaze that it makes no sense to try and catagorize it otherwise.
But whatever, I'm acting like an asshole. Feel free to dodge the reality of this album as long as you understand that your 4.5-5 ratings WILL drop hard in time once you fully understand where this band stands within the metal scene. I'm not saying this isn't a great record (totally subjective), I'm just saying this is one of the first albums within it's genre to break free of the scene and find it's way into new listeners speakers. Look at the amount of sites covering this album right now and tell me it has nothing to do with the hype? If the latest Vhol album where to be featured on Pitchfork, Stereogum, etc. they would be as popular as these guys.
I've said my piece on this, feel free to disagree.
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So basically this review is calling this album "liberal black metal". That is something I cannot stand for.
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Album Rating: 4.5
@Ignimbrite
Yea dude, it's an insanely great album.
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Starlit Passage by Enmerkar, now that is blackgaze done right!
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Album Rating: 4.5
agreed with wiz. Enmerkar are also great.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Entropia are also very good yes. Not as good as this but very good. And to beat a dead horse: Hope
Drone.
New Fauna also rules, but everyone seems to have forgotten about that one.
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The Great White Emptiness by Cold Body Radiation, another great blackgaze album.
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Album Rating: 4.5
all three albums/bands mentioned above are awesome
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Album Rating: 4.5
especially Fauna and CBR, although Deer Twilight was disappointing
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Just showing the noobs to this genre what they're missing.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I like the more aggressive side of BM, so I never really found CBR that appealing. An Autumn for Crippled Children's first album is pretty good, though.
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i've heard all of those. remind me again which ones have this much screamo influence?
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