“Showcasing a brilliant collision of beauty and despair, Deafheaven’s new album, New Bermuda, is even more overwhelming than their 2013 breakthrough, Sunbather. The group has shaped a suite of songs into one pliable, massive, and ecstatic 47-minute arc, one where they unabashedly treat the roar of electric guitars as a holy experience.”
“It's no Sunbather Pt 2,but Deafheaven might have delivered their defining moment”
“Deafheaven's head-turning 2013 breakthrough, Sunbather, cross-pollinated headbanging black-metal vitriol and spacey shoegazing in ways that made them seem like subversive iconoclasts. On their follow-up, though, they're out to prove that they're a true metal band, with a more generic sound built on screeched vocals and chugging riffs. There's some beauty to be found amid the bleakness — check the ”
“Deafheaven returns with a set of ambitious, dynamic songs mixing black metal and indie-flavored instrumental rock.”
