What do you get when you combine the beauty and atmospheric grace of lo-fi shoe-gaze with the brutality and harshness of black metal? You, surprisingly, get Deafheaven, whose poetic and heart-wrenching compositions will drive steaks into the hearts of even the most hardened metal-heads. It's a gorgeous, well crafted and moody as hell modern-day game changer in the metal scene, and a welcome one at that.
Favorite Jams: Sunbather, Dream House, Vertigo
Lest Favorite: Please Remember