From my limited knowledge of it, it does seem to be a genre where the fanbase is heavy on the roaster count. The fact that theyāre American, have short hair and wear fairly normal clothing and got a lot of positive press from indie media outlets, it doesnāt surprise me that thereād be a backlash from some parts of the black metal community.
āIāve always hated the high pitched metal vocal of bands like At the gates and Carcass so black metal was just a straight no for meā
I didnāt like either of these bands so there was no way I was listening to black metal. Never said they were BM 
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Got to disagree quite heavily with this!
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slow to realise: I always thought this band were called deafhaven
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generous 3 but fell off pretty far
no theyāre a 2 really when weāre talking all music ever
To be fair, I did say limited knowledge so Iāll bow out here. This is a thread for talking about Deafheaven and I donāt want to derail the topic talking about problematic sub-grenres of black metal.
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Never understood the hype and too many bands were trying to emulate their sound (which isnāt really their fault). I do listen to them quite often to see if Iām wrong at least, it just doesnāt stick with me.
Alcest is better.
I do love this tune though
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This. Seeing as weāre unlikely to get an Alcest HGATR, they would be a straight 5.
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Quite liked Sunbather but not as much as the hype it was getting, but then became obsessed with New Bemuda - it was just a much better version of the same thing. Loved the cheesiness of the one after (Corrupt ordinary human?) but found the latest one really dull. Enjoyed the pantomime vibe of them live too. good band
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This one is my favourite though - from around the halfway point the build to the final release is perfect
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I like the Oasis bits on Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
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Totally not my thing initially, find black metal hilarious and exhausting (sorry) but got into them with Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, like the ridiculous guitar wig-outs on it, think that run of you without end, honeycomb and canary yellow is amazing. Vocals are a bit hit and miss on that, but it kind of clicks for me and i donāt mind them mixed with the instrumentation on OCHL.
Really like Infinite Granite and the more shoegaze sound though, aboslutely top draw stuff. Not heard any of the other albums, will check out Sunbather probably.
Oh, 5 for OCHL and IG being great.
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Never got the fuss about Deafheaven. Whenever iāve listened to them, itās always felt kind of empty. Everything about their sound came across sounding forced? Not sure thatās the right word tbh. I just always feel like iām missing something or something is missing from them. I think I wanted them to be more bleak. I think itās because I listened to them around the time I was getting into The Body and Wreck & Reference and a fair bit of dark ambient techno stuff like Low Jack and Ron Morelli, so they sounded almost positive in comparison, so they never clicked. Tried again since, but still didnāt do anything for me.
Hereās a good āFFO: Deafheavenā for those who donāt know and what to check out similar
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Very similar for me. Would recommend going back to Sunbather, it rips! I should check out the new one, itās kinda passed me by.
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On a similar note Iād highly recommend Sadness
Someone on here recommended them/him but basically thereās a new Deafheaven quality album/Ep every couple of months
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Iāll use this recommendations subthread for MOL
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Agree 100% on The Pecan Tree, itās my favourite as well. The finale is so powerful, so satisfying. Makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up every time.
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the easiest 5
Iām sorry Deafheaven, but I only have room for one melodic blackgaze band in my life and Iāve chosen Alcest.
Also your name is very similar to Deaf Havana and thatās just straight up confusing, sort it out.