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10.0
140741
10.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Lonely People With Power is a masterpiece that turns Deafheaven’s story on its head, leaving greyed out charcoal marks where Sunbather was once penciled in
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9.0
140686
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Deafheaven’s best album yet, and one that serves as a snapshot of a band at the peak of their powers
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9.0
140726
9.0 |
Clash
A cacophonous exhibition of everything that makes Deafheaven so special, ‘Lonely People With Power’ stands resolutely alongside ‘Sunbather’, ‘New Bermuda’, and ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love’ as testament to the brilliance of a band that is quickly amassing an unrivalled discography of masterpieces
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8.0
140731
8.0 |
The FT
The San Francisco band return to their black metal sound with guttural shrieks and blistering riffs
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8.0
140713
8.0 |
Kerrang!
Far from a step back, or attempt to redress something, a return to heaviness is simply the next piece of the picture. That you can hear them fair running towards it with refreshed enthusiasm for such things only makes it sing all the louder
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8.0
140721
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
The endlessly inventive metal band mixes painterly lyrics, raw aggression, and earworm melodies on their best album yet
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8.0
140689
8.0 |
NME
George Clarke reawakens his roar on the blackgaze band’s sixth album. It showcases the sheer scope of their sound to date – and breaks some new ground, too
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8.0
140690
8.0 |
DIY
As singular and engrossing as heavy albums get
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8.0
140745
8.0 |
Beats Per Minute
Proves Deafheaven are a group that stays the course and keep delivering that signature sound they’re known for
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8.0
140751
8.0 |
PopMatters
Deafheaven are going to make Lonely People With Power. They’re going to melt your face off. However, you have to wait for it. It’s magic
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8.0
140685
8.0 |
The Skinny
Deafheaven are characterised as the hipsters of black metal, but Lonely People With Power is their heaviest album yet
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7.5
140724
7.5 |
Pitchfork
Following a divisively tuneful 2021 album, the California post-metal band returns to its signature sound on its sixth album. But these heavy, soaring songs also hint at unexplored terrain
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7.5
140736
7.5 |
Under The Radar
This will thrill longtime fans while simultaneously ushering new listeners into the fold
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7.3
140814
7.3 |
Spectrum Culture
Deafheaven sounds energized and focused on their sixth LP without quite hitting the same highs
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7.0
140701
7.0 |
musicOMH
The black metallers are quieter now, more controlled. The tension is contained, the violence refined. Perhaps they’ve learned. Or grown tired. Perhaps they’ve just grown
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