Roads to Judah

Roads to Judah
Studio album by Deafheaven
Released April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26)
Recorded December 2010 – January 2011
Studio Atomic Garden Studio, East Palo Alto, California
Genre Blackgaze,[1] black metal
Length 38:21
Label Deathwish (DW120)
Producer Jack Shirley, Deafheaven
Deafheaven chronology
Demo
(2010)		 Roads to Judah
(2011)		 Live at The Blacktop
(2011)

Roads to Judah is the debut studio album by the American black metal band Deafheaven. The album was released by Deathwish Inc. on April 26, 2011.[2] Roads to Judah was recorded in four days between December 2010 and January 2011.[3]

Reception

Roads to Judah was met with generally positive reviews. Shane Mehling of Decibel gave the album an eight out of ten, and praised it for pushing the boundaries of black metal. He wrote that, "This band produces long, incredibly beautiful black metal that, aside from the buried shrieks of the vocalist, doesn't have a drop of evil of noticeable malice, and that Deafheaven is, "sure as hell doing a lot more with the genre than the newest batch of gauntlet-wearing Darkthrone worshipers."[4] Graham Scala of RVA Magazine wrote that Deafheaven's songs are, "all a series of graceful transitions and dynamic shifts in timbre, rather than marathon blastbeat sessions or one effects-laden crescendo after another. This is a distinction which not only separates them from the majority of their contemporaries, but has provided the basis for a memorable and compelling release."[5] However, Alex Deller of Rock Sound gave the album a six out of ten stating that Deafheaven's blend of black metal and shoegaze wasn't "an entirely new proposition" and compared the album to the music of Liturgy.[6]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Rank
The A.V. Club[7] US Loud's Top 15 of 2011 12
Decibel[8] US Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2011 36
MSN[9] US The Top 50 Albums of 2011 17
NPR[10] US The Best Metal Albums of 2011 6
Pitchfork[11] US Top 40 Metal Albums of 2011 22

Track listing

All songs written and recorded by Deafheaven.[3]

  1. "Violet" – 12:19
  2. "Language Games" – 6:46
  3. "Unrequited" – 9:31
  4. "Tunnel of Trees" – 9:45

Personnel

Deafheaven
Production[3]
Artwork[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-deafheaven-sunbather
  2. ↑ Hill, Ian (April 9, 2011). "Deafheaven's 'Violently Depressing' Sound Helps SF Act Build Momentum". KQED. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Roads to Judah (CD gatefold). Deafheaven. Deathwish Inc. 2011. DW120.
  4. ↑ Mehling, Shane (June 2011). "Rock'n'Roll, Inverted". Decibel (Philadelphia: Red Flag Media Inc.) (80): 78–80. ISSN 1557-2137.
  5. ↑ Scala, Graham (April 1, 2011). "Review: Roads to Judah". RVA Magazine. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  6. ↑ Deller, Alex (June 2011). "Review: Roads to Judah". Rock Sound (London) (148): 90. ISSN 1465-0185.
  7. ↑ Heller, Jason (December 7, 2011). "Loud: December 7, 2011". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  8. ↑ Andrew, Bonazelli; Macomber, Shawn (January 2012). "Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2011". Decibel (Philadelphia: Red Flag Media Inc.) (87): 52. ISSN 1557-2137.
  9. ↑ Begrand, Adrien (December 8, 2011). "The Top 50 Albums of 2011, #20–11". MSN Music. Microsoft. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  10. ↑ Gotrich, Lars (November 29, 2011). "The Best Metal Albums of 2011". NPR. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  11. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (November 28, 2011). "The Top 40 Metal Albums of 2011". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
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