Deafheaven, black metal’s most commanding voice since 2013, will be making an appearance this Friday at Salt Lake City’s Urban Lounge. Known for their melodic shoegaze and post-rock approach to black metal, the band also sets themselves apart with their unusually emotional subject matter and lyricism.
To understand the early plight of the group is to understand them as they are now, a touring and commercial force unequaled in their genre at the moment. 2012 proved to be a financially crippling year for Deafheaven after the release of their first LP and subsequent touring left the group with immense debt.