Better know as a post-black metal band, San Francisco’s George Clarke, Kerry McCoy and co return with an LP of soaring, ethereal shoegaze rock – jangling guitars and clean vocals that turn the growl into smooth and dreamy. Powerful distorted guitars come like shards of lightning alongside massive choruses - you can just picture thunder and lightning and sunshine and dramatic clouds intermingling as they perform a huge stadium at dusk. Sounding far more like Cocteau Twins or Mogwai than Slipknot, a stellar departure that might alarm metal fans, but attract many new ones. Standout tracks include Shellstar, In Blur, The Gnashing, Villain, and Mombasa, which builds from acoustic raindrops and only briefly breaks into guttural, snarly screams to a stormy, crashing climax. Hard material? This Infinite Granite is more spacey, floaty moon rock. Out on Deafheaven.com and Sargent House.
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