DarcX Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Has anyone actually gotten an e-mail from Deafheaven? I subscribed to it but you'd think they'd send out an e-mail for both the pre-orders and the tour. Just seems strange to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnstypls Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Has anyone actually gotten an e-mail from Deafheaven? I subscribed to it but you'd think they'd send out an e-mail for both the pre-orders and the tour. Just seems strange to me. They are too famous for that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanellos Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 They are too famous for that now. Im just waiting on the email for the New Bermuda Super Limited Edition $30 Font Pack TM. mizzle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Damn. I don't think I'm going to go for a complete set this time around, but I'm currently 3 deep and feel very compelled to add that one as a 4th. Something something The Hobby™ something. I'm getting clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrackt Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Does Bullmoose not charge until shipping? Also, whats the over/under on them releasing a song this week based off George's instagram talk? Looking forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitterhappier Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 new track, Brought to the Water http://pitchfork.com/news/60829-deafheaven-share-brought-to-the-water/ whoshotthefrog and natenomm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoshotthefrog Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 new track, Brought to the Water http://pitchfork.com/news/60829-deafheaven-share-brought-to-the-water/ This song is awesome. Even more hyped now for this release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gumbo72203 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Talking about the track, frontman George Clarke said, "We wanted to share 'Brought to the Water' first because it gives a good idea of the overall sonic tone of the record and really evokes feelings that come with uprooting and throwing oneself into the complacent, monotonous routine of adulthood." Yeah, because playing in Deafheaven must be so hard to deal with. Not in love with the production on this album. It sounds like every other sterile modern metal album. Sunbather's production was PERFECT, the perfect mixture of clarity and atmosphere and analog liveliness. It was living and breathing... organic. This record is tight and closed and flat. I like that they experiment with regular guitar leads here, but.... where's the delay? Put some fucking delay on that. Its so dry. Clean break section is pretty sick, but I can't fucking stand the sound of those drums. Yeah, I hate this production. This is everything I dislike about modern extreme metal production. It's like everything is stacked together. It doesn't sound like a group; it sounds like a bunch of tracks on top of each other, with no coherence in the mix. The music itself, the writing, is fucking sick. Anybody else hearing "Kiss Me" by Sixpence Nonethericher melody in there too? Lol. Right before the fade-out part that leads to the piano. davepriz and FangsAnalSatan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Not gonna listen. Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natenomm Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 The new track is pretty, pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Bleh. If I could have these albums sans vocals I'd be much more into them. I like screaming vocals. Some might say I love them, even. (I would) But... not like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Does Bullmoose not charge until shipping? They do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Yeah, I hate this production. This is everything I dislike about modern extreme metal production. It's like everything is stacked together. It doesn't sound like a group; it sounds like a bunch of tracks on top of each other, with no coherence in the mix. You might not have taken into account that you've listened to a 256kb soundcloud stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTrail Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 You might not have taken into account that you've listened to a 256kb soundcloud stream. It's actually 128kbps, so yeah, hold your judgments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumbo72203 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 You might not have taken into account that you've listened to a 256kb soundcloud stream.I get what you're saying but that's not the issue. I just don't like the sound of the instruments. The guitars are missing that dripping, soggy, swollen atmospheric aspect that I love(d) so much about Deafheaven's sound. This production is just far too clean and dry for me. It sounds like it was recorded in a lab. Everything is too perfect. The instruments don't sit together in the mix the way they do on Roads and Sunbather. Rather than a group hug, they're all standing apart from each other. This is just not at all the "sound" I want from Deafheaven. They've gone commercial, making everything slick and fancy and clean in the production department. The riffing style on this track is way different too, lots of thrash style picking patterns. They even do the Raining Blood groove at the beginning with those triplets. This sounds like Deafheaven with the lights on. There's no atmosphere or vibe here. davepriz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdturbo Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 You might not have taken into account that you've listened to a 256kb soundcloud stream. implying that 256 is inherently bad. soundcloud is actually 128 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTrail Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 You can't blame the band for wanting to take a step forward -- it may be considered back in some minds, but I don't think that's accurate. The genre has become a bit over-saturated. Here's a quote from the press release. No one should be expecting Sunbather, part two. " McCoy cites death metal demigods Dissection and Morbid Angel, the blackened death pioneers Behemoth, and Cliff Burton-era Metallica as influences on the new album." Sounds like "Brought to the Water" is actually a good segue track between the Sunbather sound and where they're headed. It continues: "Within the ten-minute span of “Brought To The Water”, you can hear the ferocity, discord, and dexterity of those heavier predilections, but you can also hear the electrified melancholy of post-hardcore and post-rock. As New Bermuda progresses, Deafheaven travels further outside of their comfort zone, feasting on other niches of underground metal and offsetting the blunt force of their feral rage with more complex and nuanced beauty. On “Luna”, the band storms out of the gate with a snarling thrash riff, barrels through their trademark barrage of decimating drums and corrosive guitars, and seamlessly drops down into a morose clean-picked breakdown that would make Johnny Marr proud. A similar sophisticated and subdued pop element kicks off “Baby Blue”, before the band abruptly shifts into an amalgam of NWOBHM’s anthemic urgency and thrash metal’s racing chugs. There’s a brief comedown where the band veers into the musique concrete soundscapes and hushed melodrama of early Godspeed You! Black Emperor before “Come Back” resumes the band’s merciless assault of stampeding drums and vitriolic guitar harmonies, only to shift mid-song into the somber territories of 4AD’s early catalog." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodan Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 oof @ "they've gone commercial". if you say that in 2015, please stop listening to music. GhostTrail and 3arl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 implying that 256 is inherently bad. soundcloud is actually 128 though. I'm not saying it's inherently bad. I just think that it might not be the best way to judge production values of a recording. The quality being 128kbps doesn't necessarily make things better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Bahaha what a pitchfork-esque review. "The drums swell and pound with the treble of a stormy sea and the shoreline is just out of a sight but you can feel its lingering presence as an invisible beacon of hope in the distance. This new Deafheaven track is embittered by the elements and transcends the uniformity of your every day metal band." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azvd Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 The track is solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 The first half of the song is terrible and the second half has me stoked for the rest. So torn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azvd Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Anybody else hearing "Kiss Me" by Sixpence Nonethericher melody in there too? Lol. Right before the fade-out part that leads to the piano. LOL Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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