It’s hard to predict whether New Bermuda will be as divisive to certain pockets of the music world as its predecessor, but the one thing that is certain is that it’s the second masterwork entered into the band’s oeuvre.
Its audacity and stylistic shifts may have resulted in an album that’s not quite as much like coming home as Sunbather, but it shows a genuine and fascinating maturation in a band that deserves to remain in the spotlight for all the right reasons.
New Bermuda both expands their range and sees them coming further into their own.
At a moment when guitar-centric music feels less central to the conversation, and great indie-rock bands have retreated into hardy local scenes, Deafheaven play like a beautiful, abstracted dream of guitar music's transportive power.
New Bermuda doesn't quite tear up the script put in place by its predecesser but it does signal a changing Deafhaven.
Some might not be willing to dive into Deafheaven’s expansive New Bermuda, but that’d be their loss.
Deafheaven have managed to craft a lengthy, complex offering that could be considered the antithesis of their lauded second album, but also proves to their doubters that they're here to stay.
New Bermuda is the new black (metal).
Where the definition between Sunbather’s heavy and clean parts that egged on metallers and caught the ear of everyone else was separated by a pronounced line in the sand, New Bermuda’s approach is more like a rough shiatsu massage of either into or.
It doesn’t top 2013’s Sunbather and lacks the sonic consistency of 2012’s Roads to Judah, but New Bermuda is a singular, expansive record that seriously threatens to blow the genre into the mainstream.
Those who like the loud bits of Mogwai and the more melodic moments of Dillinger Escape Plan will have found the metal band for them.
On New Bermuda, Deafheaven's myriad ideas are expertly, logically organized across five tracks.
New Bermuda emotionally overloads the listener like a mixed-state manic episode; it's a darker autobiographical account than its predecessor, but equally gorgeous sonically.
The group's scope is astonishing, the production by longtime associate Jack Shirley is immaculate, and the entire album is simply a powerful, enrapturing experience.
New Bermuda is overflowing with more ideas than either of Deafheaven’s records to date.
New Bermuda's few epiphanies are surrounded by waters too rough for most listeners.
Black metal recontextualized as indie/pop rock and repackaged with a more relatable image.
Deafheaven’s irritating attributes have been reined in for New Bermuda, yet the band continues to make baffling songwriting decisions that explore new territory left open largely because everyone else knows it’s a bad idea.
This is everything I want in music...
New Bermuda is a cold and claustrophobic album, but it has moments of brief enjoyment of life, and ultimately wallowing in the situation you are put in. These moments makes the entirety of the album feel more organic and alive. It's akin to witnessing someone screaming and fighting through a harrowing depression, only to ever get so close as to see a glimpse of light. However the mere thought of light existing gives you hope enough to fight.
The ... read more
aqui foi onde eu tive o primeiro contato com o Deafheaven, especificamente a música Luna, e desde então eu comecei a gostar mto mais de Metal como um todo. o álbum é de Blackgaze e Atmospheric Black Metal. diferente do álbum anterior, aqui o foco é bem mais no Black Metal.
o som e o vocal me agrada bastante e tem aquela sensação de ser algo mais primitivo eu diria, mas ainda sim eles conseguem trazer ao ouvinte um certo apelo emocional ao ... read more
i dont think its a 10 but im tryna get that must hear
Anyway it's a worthy follow up to sunbather (which actually is a 10) and I love the change in tone that it has compared to that album. It's a lot colder and darker, with the reverb turned down, and an overall denser feel. There's no interludes anymore, instead consisting of 5 behemoth tracks, and ALL of them are fantastic. Luna is the standout track here, it's really everything great about Deafheaven including and beyond their Sunbather ... read more
1 | Brought to the Water 8:37 | 91 |
2 | Luna 10:14 | 89 |
3 | Baby Blue 10:06 | 87 |
4 | Come Back 9:16 | 83 |
5 | Gifts for the Earth 8:22 | 84 |
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