“Each new Deafheaven album has seemed to react against the last, changing moods and textures without ever sacrificing their heaviness. Infinite Granite might be their most startling gesture yet: though elements can be traced back to 2018’s Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, it takes those elements and expands them to album length. Infinite Granite, really, is not a metal album. It’s the album where the s”
“The blackgaze pioneers mostly eschew their heavier tendencies for this lusciously peaceful and fluid voyage”
“Deafheaven's rage collides with delicacy on the grandiose Infinite Granite”
“Only a hint of the Bay Area band’s black metal roots remain on their excellent fifth album”
“a heartfelt love letter to ’90s shoegaze”
“Abandoning black metal’s harsh intensity in favor of softer, gentler sounds, Deafheaven push themselves into surprising terrain. It’s a tricky proposition.”
