Deafheaven has officially announced their live album "10 Years Gone" to be out December 4th and along with it the song 'Daedalus (Live)'. 
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Words from George Clarke: 

“Earlier this year we intended on celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Deafheaven demo released through Bandcamp on June 1, 2010 with a tour of North America with our friends Inter Arma, Greet Death and All Your Sisters. Unfortunately, we couldn’t fulfill that tour because of fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. To rebound from the financial and morale hit, we put together an album of the set we intended to perform. 

Revisiting the songs in this studio sessions format with Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden reminded us of how important these years have been. I’m thankful we were able to give songs like Daedalus, the first we wrote, and other favorites like Vertigo and Kettle new power after so many years of playing them. They made me think of the people who played on them with us. For the first time we’ve included information on who played on what tracks and when they were originally released. We included thank you-s in the liner notes to these musicians who’ve spent time with this project, on tour or on record and all of the touring crew, label support and management support who have helped us this past decade. 

We're thankful we were able to do this project and that fans have stuck with us as we make new music for 2021. Thank you for helping us move forward and I hope you enjoy this record as a small interim in the Deafheaven story. We’ll see you soon.”

In conjunction with the upcoming release of Deafheaven's '10 Years Gone' Live session album, they were asked to contribute a playlist to EVIL GREED ‘Up to Date’ series. The playlist features tracks from bands they have toured with. Listen to the Spotify playlist HERE.

'10 Years Gone' Pre-orders: (EU/UK / US/CAN)

Deafheaven's debut simply called "Demo" was self-released by the band in 2010. After being remastered by Jack Shirley, Sargent House did the first vinyl press in 2012. Ten years after its release, "Demo" is now available in the new Blue & Black Marble Vinyl Limited Edition Reissue. Pre-orders are now open. Both stores ship worldwide!

US // Hello Merch: hellomerch.com/collections/deafheaven
EU // EVIL GREED: smarturl.it/EGdeafheaven 

As part of Deafheaven's 10 year tour, the band planned to record sets in Chicago toward a live album for fans while we working on new music for the next album. However, due to the recent Corona crisis, the band is forced to postpone the tour and instead will release a live recording including songs from all releases to make up for it.

"We are trying to make the best of a hugely difficult situation. It is extremely hard for bands to have to ask for help so we wanted to offer something special in return. We have just launched a Worldwide pre-order Hello Merch and EVIL GREED to a special Deafheaven double LP vinyl of what was to be their 10 Year tour sets. Ordering it will really help them to recover some of their lost income. We are also making all the new tour merch available along with a Sunbather Tablature book we had planned to surprise people with later. Thank you, and please take care of each other out there." - Cathy (Mgmt) / Sargent House 

Below is a message from George on behalf of the band. “As part of our 10 year tour, we planned to record sets in Chicago toward a live album for fans while we work on new music. However, the last 24 hours since the tour cancelation have been a whirlwind while we rearrange our year and take these losses. Touring is our sole livelihood, but we have to move forward through the unexpected. We've made some phone calls, gotten some exciting people on board and are going to give fans a glimpse of what we originally had in mind for the year while we work to reschedule tour dates. We will be live recording a set of material from all our albums and releasing it digitally. In addition, we have started a pre-order for a special Double LP release on vinyl of this material slated for later this year, along with merchandise that was to be sold on the tour. We don't even have an album cover yet. There's no press release. All I know is we're moving this into immediate action and turning this massive set-back around. We don't ask for handouts, but are hoping this special session can help generate some good energy while we all wait for the rescheduling”

URGENT TOUR POSTPONEMENT: Deafheaven 

"Due to COVID19, city ordinances, recommended quarantines, and public health, our upcoming N. American tour with INTER ARMA, Greet Death, and ALL YOUR SISTERS has been postponed until further notice. Our miracle team has been working diligently to reschedule and honor this tour and we will update everyone with new information as soon as possible. Like so many other hard working people in the touring world being affected by the virus, we appreciate your patience and understanding while we all work through this." DH 

No updates yet on the status of any of their future tour dates still listed at deafheaven.com 

photo by Geert Braekers

Just announced – Deafheaven we will be playing Tuska Festival in Helsinki // tickets & all upcoming dates deafheaven.com 

Europe tour schedule: 
JUN 26 Helsinki, FI @ Tuska Open Air Festival 
JUN 28 Ferropolis, DE @ Full Force Festival 
JUN 30 Athens, GR @ Gagarin 205 
JUL 01 Istanbul, TK @ Zorlu Center of Performing Arts 
JUL 03 Moscow, RU @ Bol Festival 
JUL 05 Ieper, BE @ Ieper Festival 
JUL 06 Tilburg, NL @ O13

Deafheaven will be embarking on a US tour in 2020 to celebrate their 10th anniversary as a band and will be playing material spanning all of their release. Joining them on select dates will be Inter Arma, Greet Death, and All Your Sisters. Tickets on sale Friday, Dec 13 at deafheaven.com

Deafheaven may liberally work in moments of overt beauty and shoegaze into their brand of black metal, but it's clear the members all have deep love for the genre's grimmest musical aspects. A leftover cut from the Ordinary Corrupt Human Love sessions, the single "Black Brick" sort of sounds like a mix between their early material and New Bermuda, but taken to a considerably heavier, darker place. Drums thunder while more traditional swarming black-metal riffs back them up, propelling the song ever forward without letting a moment of light leak in.

Full list via Revolver

(Via Consequence Of Sound by Joseph Schafer)

Consequence Of Sound interviewed George from Deafheaven about the past 10 years in Metal, read the entire interview HERE.

In many ways, the story of metal in the past decade is the story of Deafheaven. Vocalist George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy formed the band in their San Francisco apartment in 2010, when they were barely legal drinking age, and leveraged the internet to spread their blend of black metal and post-rock. 

In 2013, Deafheaven released their breakout sophomore album, Sunbather, which may be the most popular metal album of the decade among critics. It precipitated a renaissance in atmospheric black metal that defined the decade. Many perpetually contrarian black metal diehards hated it, but their admonition didn’t stop Deafheaven from growing into a must-see live act and crossover musical success.

Via Vice by Andy O'Connor

Deafheaven has been named one of the artists of the decade by Vice, joined by Grimes, Tyler The Creator, and many more.

Read the full feature HERE.