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| 1.5 very poor | DarkNoctus | April 4th 11 |
"for once in a long time this is a metal release that sounds DIFFERENT.." hahahahahahahaahahahaaaaa oh man :]
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| 4.5 superb | acorncheesee | March 18th 11 |
deer defheven pls make more music love kevin
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| 0.0 | sniper | March 2nd 11 |
deafheaven tighten and expand the sound of their already awesome previous material to create a whirlwind of an atmospheric black metal album as colorful and beautiful as it is angry an intense.
imagine drowning in a watercolor painting
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| 4.5 superb | Risodo | April 21st 18 |
"Roads to Judah" is the beginning of something really fantastic. At the time of the release, much was said about the quality of the band, and all the hype that many considered unnecessary for a band until unknown at the beginning of the decade. "Roads to Judah" is the band's integration on the stage, the consolidation of their sound, and the gateway to other fantastic things that have followed. Is there anything else that can be added within the quality of this band? Much that can be said, is still too little.
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| 0.0 | SeaAnemone | March 28th 11 |
hot damn. pretty sure this is my favorite thing of the year so far.
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| 4.5 superb | bbatiste | March 4th 11 |
for once in a long time this is a metal release that sounds DIFFERENT..and in a world of duplicates i like different
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| 4.5 superb | Annyxtopheles | August 15th 19 |
8.8/10... This has exceeded my expectations. This album's brilliant. It's literally pretty fucking amazing.
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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | July 1st 19 |
The dawning of a new era.
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| 4.5 superb | zaruyache | November 12th 17 |
Straightforward blast beating black metal with reverb and delay and twinkly sparkle post-rock. One of the first and best bands to capitalize on the post-black fad, they sacrificed expansive songwriting for simply hitting harder, faster.
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| 2.5 average | EasterInTheBatcave | January 3rd 17 |
Love the first two tracks. I must shout out "Language Games" specifically-- man, I love that song. The record loses some steam in the second half, though it's never bad. Also, an addendum: black metal purists who diss this band because they aren't 'pure black metal' are idiots. It's called progression.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | July 13th 16 |
Though often decried as a bastardization of black metal fit only for imaginary hipsters (as if rejection of societal norms isn't one of the defining aesthetical factors of black metal and metal as a whole), Deafheaven is much more than that. Roads To Judah makes that abundantly apparent, as while the songwriting skill would take a bit to catch up, the sheer ferocity and frustrated energy the band perform with carries the music miles, especially when juxtaposed with evocative and even beautiful post-rock passages. Though there is nothing structurally original about these songs, there are praiseworthy moments aplenty, an example being the excellent shoegazey post-rock build-up and black metal explosion to open the record on "Violet". As stated, the emotion on display here is what truly makes this record good, and while the guitar riffs are decent enough in this regard, it's the vocals from George Clarke and the drumming from Trevor Deschcryver that embody this in full. Thus, Roads To Judah is a very good debut full-length from Deafheaven, who would go on to eclipse this record as their songwriting talents improved.
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| 4.5 superb | VengeanceCactus | December 25th 14 |
Leagues more cohesive and digestible than Sunbather. All them critics is playin'.
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| 3.5 great | justanothername | November 27th 14 |
More of a note to self to listen to the album again as even though it is brilliant in places, the drums seemed to overpower some parts of the album but I'm sure it will grow in time
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| 3.0 good | sarcasgnostic | October 9th 13 |
What keeps Roads to Judah from being really great is definitely no shortcoming in the capacities for talent any of Deafheaven's band members might have, but really in the somewhat messy production and a sound that is big but could be so much bigger.
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| 4.0 excellent | Yazz_Flute | July 4th 12 |
the best metrosexual black metal
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| 0.0 | Wreath | April 21st 12 |
I fail to see the apparent originality in this because if I want "pretty" black metal I think I'll stick to Alcest which as oppose to this puts weight on writing nice passages that truly complement each other instead of wowing melodic tremolo picking into flat guitar based soundscapes that backfires the original intention anyway. Nothing really leads anywhere and it feels as if there's no real substance to be found amidst frankly quite boring structures and passages and those vocals tend to get quite annoying after a while because everything just sound the same. I never even remember what I just listened to after listening to this.
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| 0.0 | glezz | March 12th 12 |
Not Black Metal. Doom/Post Metal with Black touches.
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| 0.0 | Julianna Reed EMERITUS | March 12th 12 |
Black metal is still a complete enigma to me; I won't lie and claim otherwise. However, what I am certain about is how potent this album is, and how much it means to me overall.
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| 4.5 superb | dansxdead | February 26th 11 |
I don't really like Black Metal, but this band is awesome.
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