In the past decade, there have been bands who take a lot of influence from Death Metal. And you can hear it through bands like Earth Crisis, Lamb of God, and countless others. But lately I've been hearing some bands who have a Black Metal influence. Of course you wouldn't call these bands "Black Metal", but you can't deny that Black Metal has a impact on their sound.
Deafheaven are one of those bands who have a Black Metal sound, but you wouldn't call them Black Metal. They also throw in some post-rock, shoegaze, noise, and audio sample. Very hard to put them in a box. Especially since there are a lot of bands who also experiment with this sound.
Sunbather is Deafheaven's 2nd album. The vocals are awesome and grim. Similar to Ihsahn. The guitar are a cross between post-rock, post-hardcore, and black metal. And the drums can be very punishing. The ambient stuff are amazing. And there's also a track that has a Godspeed You Black Emperor influence.
Sunbather" is a great album. For sure it's a top contender for album of the year. Deafheaven sure got something unique that I can get behind. Really looking forward to their next album. I'm sure it will have a huge impact on the extreme music scene. I will totally say keep an eye on this band.
