some of you might laugh at those two guys in the front, but I personally think it's a beautiful display of devotion to the band's music. they were awaiting those first tones of Dream House and once it happened, they were engulfed by immeasurable joy, a life-changing event. and I don't care if it seems cringeworthy to somebody...
Cringeworthy to those who haven't been to a show, or who refuse to comprehend a 4-guitar +bass wall of distortion as a legitimate means of musical expression, or pretend- screaming into a microphone as a valid way to reach an audience. Those two blokes in front are offering up their joyful energy to their dark priest of angst to empower and thank him for his resonant, gutteral leadership. I personally enjoyed 2014's album 'Sunbather' as my entree into dark metal/shoegaze; I like their later stuff a little better.
@@fluxoff your first line is exactly what I was gonna say. Idk who the main comment was towards but yeah. The only people who think they'd look weird are people whove obviously never seen a band they like. Ahhhh. Man. Anyway, I missed these guys when they came to my town and I regret it alot. I miss good shows
This song is everything to me when I throw it on. Everything. And every time I'm utterly convinced that the last 4 minutes are the best 4 minutes of music that I've ever heard. It's almost perfect. I saw Deafheaven live in Manchester, UK and my friend and I agreed that if they started with Dream House we would leave as soon as it finished. They did and when the final note rang out we didn't even look at each other, we just walked out. That might sound ridiculous to you but my only experience of seeing this band ended with me hearing the most glorious 4 minutes of minutes that mean everything to me. No regrets. I'd do it again, no question.
I would have lost myself in the sound, too...to me these guys act more normal than so many others, cause they lived in this special moment and didn't gave a fuck, of what others might could think of them.
+Curtis Young They look fucking stupid man haha, which is great because you're supposed to be yourself and look dumb at a gig and it's not easy to do when you're surrounded by people you don't know. I agree massive respect.
I was at a Deafheaven concert last night and also was totally screaming and headbanging and looking like a complete dumbass but I just didn't care. George even grabbed me and screamed in my face. I shit my pants
with his Misfits tee on hell yes! i have the same one. lol but absolutely everything about this song is incredible. to me its almost on that same level with Tool.
I dunno about you people, but this song kind of heals me. Like when I'm going through some really bad times, I play this and feel myself full of energy, like this creates a harmony that sings right through me and takes everything away.
@@monkehitstring it's always been dull lmfao most boring genre i've ever heard in my entire life Xasthur is the only fucking trve kvlt project i've ever heard in black metal that interested me even a little bit
This song is definitely a cry of frustration and pain. I think at 11:10 George noticed how much this song means to that fan in the front, screaming all the lyrics expressing him self through movement in his body to the instrumentals (at 10:58 he's pounding the stage with his head down) how he shares a similar pain so George holds his head as a way of letting him know "I see you hurting too, let it all pour out"
I'm not even gonna talk shit about the crowd in this video. To me it's refreshing to see a such diverse group of people gathered in a musical context. At a metal show no less. That's what music's all about. Not who's wearing what or who sounded like who first.
Biggest compliment a band can get is looking at a crowd and seeing a really diverse audience who are all enjoying it. Means the music transcends genres and is timeless in some respect because so many different people enjoy it.
watch the kid in the dark-rimmed glasses at 2:57... As soon as that first chord hits, he lets the music overcome him and slowly raises his arm up with his eyes closed... epic shit. Gives me chills. THIS IS WHY MUSIC EXISTS.
I was right behind the camera man. The dude and his friend let loose the entire show. It was like a religious experience for them. I’ll never forget it.
Hindered by sober restlessness. Submitting to the amber crutch. The theme in my aching prose. Fantasizing the sight of Manhattan; that pour of a bitter red being that escapes a thin frame. The rebirth of mutual love. The slipping on gloves to lay tenderly. "I'm dying." - "Is it blissful?" "It's like a dream." - "I want to dream."
This performance sends chills down my spine every single time. Just watching those kids in the front being in total and complete bliss during the performance makes me tear up.
I'm an older gentleman (53) and though I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy Deafheaven, I'm not a huge fan. That said - I feel sorry for anyone who cannot relate to these two guys or thinks they're lame somehow because they have never experienced this level of enthrallment and straight up love of art in any of it's many forms. These guys are honest, unrepentant, clear eyed and fucking awesome in their enjoyment of this performance and I don't think there is anything better than that!
I wasn't aware that concerts are about being as br00tal as possible and not about enjoying the music. If you worry about what the crowd does more than how great the music is performed then you're going to concerts for the wrong reason.
Interesting to see a band delving into melodic and experimental territory in a genre that's normally not-so-friendly towards either. This jaded metalhead approves. Keep on doing your own shit, Deafheaven.
where has this kind of music been all of my life? ... I wanna go to one of these shows... are these guys still together??? I hope they are... I need to be one of those kids in the front letting themselves be engulfed in such beautiful music... and the vocalist reaching his hands over the man at 11:05... magestic... and beautiful... omg
I'm late to the show on this band. I came across them on a spotify playlist. I was driving and had to stop the car because I had an emotional reaction to the song.
I want to cry anytime I listen to this song. It's the feeling of wanting to die while floating above endlessness, the goal of death and its sweet release being so dreamlike. I want to dream...
My only issue with metal is the labels and rivalries fans put on themselves, but one of the reasons why deafheaven is such a great band is that its for everyone! Every fan of great music can come together and rock out to these guys, don't judge someone because the don't "look the part" or sing the lyrics wrong, they're passionate about the music, the music, that's what it all comes down to
I love how everyone thinks Sunbather is a "happy" sounding album because it's in a major key mostly, but the whole album is about drug addiction and disillusionment.
I attended this show. To this day one of the most impressive live performances I have seen. Never expected them to blow up so hard when I first heard Roads To Judah, but it was obvious they were headed towards much bigger rooms by this time. Took a few people who didn’t like harsh music at all and they were instant converts, that’s when I realized the crossover appeal was intense. Saw them a few times afterwards and never had that same lightning in a bottle, hopefully they do a 10 year thing for Sunbather.
Fuck yeah Raleigh, these guys make a 12 minute song feel like 12 seconds of heaven. This is also like the best video of a live show ever. The two guys in the front, epic,
So maybe 5 or 6 years ago I discovered this band,,, I didn't really listen to this kind of music before these guys. I wish I remembered how I found them .. but the sentiments remain the same when I listen. I feel a nostalgia of a life thats not my own,,
I come back to these Recording for years now. Wish I could be one of the two guys in the front and experience and feel what they feel altough this Video helps a bit. Thank you for recording this🙏
Called out of work to see this show. Well worth it. The crowd was amazing and this kids in the front were losing their shit. Can't wait to see Deafheaven again.
Saw them live in Berlin a few weeks ago. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. Your video captures it all. Even back then: so much love for the music, so much beauty, intensity. And those fans, that's what it was like here too. Thanks a lot for sharing this! :)
6/29/13 was my 36th birthday. I live in Raleigh. Found this band in 2015. So sad i wasn't in front row with those 2 legends absolutely losing myself to this masterpiece.
We all exist in the brief and immeasurable moment of now. Everyone in this video is 9 years older then they are shown here. The men in the front rows loosing themselves in this beautiful, magical song are in their (say mid 30s?) now. This moment happened once and will never happen again. Everything is so precious, I saw deaf heaven live two days ago and experienced pure magic and I will never get that moment back. It was and is so so so utterly beautiful. What absolute bearably unbearable beauty, to feel so alive and human and brief. Infinite granite- these frequencies are real and yet one day all of us will be gone. The only proof of our existence is now. To feel and live as this crowd is, the boys in the front are on this night 9 years ago. !!!
I'm going to blow some minds here, please take a seat. Sometimes in very rare cases a band from a sub-genre blows up because they are actually good.... take a min, let that sink in... big stuff huh?
@@Onche518 i can hear the influence, almost every band takes a lot from other bands, but their sound and chord choices are very unique and distinct, i still haven't heard any band that sounded similar to the Sunbather album
lyrics: Hindered by sober restlessness.Submitting to the amber crutch. The theme in my aching prose.Fantasizing the sight of Manhattan;that pour of a bitter red being that escapes a thin frame. The rebirth of mutual love. The slipping on gloves to lay tenderly."I'm dying."- "Is it blissful?""It's like a dream." - "I want to dream." ..now melt
That pair of absolute legends at the front.
they make deafheaven's work worth it, no matter what kind of professional career the members of the band left behind.
I want to hug them so badly
fucking dorks lol i wanna play D&D with them so bad! i love their enthusiasm!
some of you might laugh at those two guys in the front, but I personally think it's a beautiful display of devotion to the band's music. they were awaiting those first tones of Dream House and once it happened, they were engulfed by immeasurable joy, a life-changing event. and I don't care if it seems cringeworthy to somebody...
Personally I like these 2 guys. They are showing pure love towards the band and the music.
Cringeworthy to those who haven't been to a show, or who refuse to comprehend a 4-guitar +bass wall of distortion as a legitimate means of musical expression, or pretend- screaming into a microphone as a valid way to reach an audience. Those two blokes in front are offering up their joyful energy to their dark priest of angst to empower and thank him for his resonant, gutteral leadership. I personally enjoyed 2014's album 'Sunbather' as my entree into dark metal/shoegaze; I like their later stuff a little better.
@@fluxoff your first line is exactly what I was gonna say. Idk who the main comment was towards but yeah. The only people who think they'd look weird are people whove obviously never seen a band they like. Ahhhh. Man.
Anyway, I missed these guys when they came to my town and I regret it alot. I miss good shows
This song is everything to me when I throw it on. Everything. And every time I'm utterly convinced that the last 4 minutes are the best 4 minutes of music that I've ever heard. It's almost perfect.
I saw Deafheaven live in Manchester, UK and my friend and I agreed that if they started with Dream House we would leave as soon as it finished. They did and when the final note rang out we didn't even look at each other, we just walked out.
That might sound ridiculous to you but my only experience of seeing this band ended with me hearing the most glorious 4 minutes of minutes that mean everything to me.
No regrets. I'd do it again, no question.
I would have lost myself in the sound, too...to me these guys act more normal than so many others, cause they lived in this special moment and didn't gave a fuck, of what others might could think of them.
Holy shit you can tell they're passionate about their music. And those guys in the front row? Respect. Fuckin' feelin that shit
+Curtis Young They look fucking stupid man haha, which is great because you're supposed to be yourself and look dumb at a gig and it's not easy to do when you're surrounded by people you don't know. I agree massive respect.
Hahaha exactly!
+Curtis Young fuckyeah!!! exactly to the point.and that's what real music should be about \m/
+Curtis Young Dank shit man
I was at a Deafheaven concert last night and also was totally screaming and headbanging and looking like a complete dumbass but I just didn't care. George even grabbed me and screamed in my face. I shit my pants
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how good their drummer is?
Jonathan Snell on that little ass kit too!
That's the first thing I noticed. Great drumming.
Black Metal drummers tend to be very talented because they compose very complex drum lines
Daniel Tracy. Freak of drumming nature!!!
with his Misfits tee on hell yes! i have the same one. lol but absolutely everything about this song is incredible. to me its almost on that same level with Tool.
Any band that upsets metal purists is OK by me.
JA! I love this comment XD
That comment and Lateralus profile picture makes a perfect combo.
zirtapot57
Word.
right on haha
If it means we get more stuff like Wolves in the Throne Room, Twilight and Deafheaven, hipsters cannot populate black metal fast enough.
That guy in the front knows exactly how I feel when I listen to this song.
He looks so amazing wow!
A new, fresh sound that encompasses sorrow, agony, rage, and beauty. This is music.
amen brother
+Brosef perfect description
dis musik :)
Very well described!
Definitely
to those guys in front row, this music is like religion!!!!
Music is like religion to some
That moment the two guys in the front share with the mic getting up close at 10:10 then 11:10 probably made their night
I love the sheer faith of those two young men up at the front. and holy crap, this is so beautiful.
"You got black metal in my shoegaze!"
"You got shoegaze in my black metal!"
And just like that, another perfect combination was born.
Was looking for this comment.
Blackgaze
I dunno about you people, but this song kind of heals me. Like when I'm going through some really bad times, I play this and feel myself full of energy, like this creates a harmony that sings right through me and takes everything away.
Gabriel White exactly!
It is a heal to me, and I hope you’re doing okay
Dude same here like it gives you hope and I hope you're doing great
I feel the exact same thing, bro
Yesss!
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this. I'm blown away at how good of a live performance this is and just how into it the crowd is.
Chris S wish i could’ve been there
I don't care what genre of music is being performed when you see someone in the crowd vibing that hard. So dope.
You said it, Brother.
Me too!!
When something new happens on the dull and boring scene of black metal those blockheads call it hipster
H. Bloom the dissonant movement in black metal really wasn't dull up until a few months ago but yeah fuck elitists
Alcest also happened yet nobody seems to have a problem with them lol
Hmm, 'new' like what Katatonia did 20 years ago ?
@@ArdaKaraduman lol if you say so
@@monkehitstring it's always been dull lmfao
most boring genre i've ever heard in my entire life
Xasthur is the only fucking trve kvlt project i've ever heard in black metal that interested me even a little bit
This song is definitely a cry of frustration and pain. I think at 11:10 George noticed how much this song means to that fan in the front, screaming all the lyrics expressing him self through movement in his body to the instrumentals (at 10:58 he's pounding the stage with his head down) how he shares a similar pain so George holds his head as a way of letting him know "I see you hurting too, let it all pour out"
I swear this is the best and most intense live version of a song i've ever heard.
I'm not even gonna talk shit about the crowd in this video.
To me it's refreshing to see a such diverse group of people gathered in a musical context. At a metal show no less. That's what music's all about. Not who's wearing what or who sounded like who first.
Biggest compliment a band can get is looking at a crowd and seeing a really diverse audience who are all enjoying it. Means the music transcends genres and is timeless in some respect because so many different people enjoy it.
watch the kid in the dark-rimmed glasses at 2:57...
As soon as that first chord hits, he lets the music overcome him and slowly raises his arm up with his eyes closed... epic shit. Gives me chills.
THIS IS WHY MUSIC EXISTS.
Remember to rewatch
its sid from skins
we've just witnessed a transcending soul happen
I was right behind the camera man. The dude and his friend let loose the entire show. It was like a religious experience for them. I’ll never forget it.
mclovin lol
The guy in the front with the glasses is defiantly feeling it
well, at least the mixing here is better than the one in the Pitchfork Music Festival
Hindered by sober restlessness. Submitting to the amber crutch. The theme in my aching prose. Fantasizing the sight of Manhattan; that pour of a bitter red being that escapes a thin frame. The rebirth of mutual love. The slipping on gloves to lay tenderly.
"I'm dying."
- "Is it blissful?"
"It's like a dream."
- "I want to dream."
Lyrics sound like someone's doing heroin. What do you think?
***** It's about his struggles with alcoholism
it’s so hard not to cry while watching this
Those two guys are losing their shit haha its fucking awesome. Deafheaven are so fucking sick
This performance sends chills down my spine every single time. Just watching those kids in the front being in total and complete bliss during the performance makes me tear up.
I'm an older gentleman (53) and though I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy Deafheaven, I'm not a huge fan. That said - I feel sorry for anyone who cannot relate to these two guys or thinks they're lame somehow because they have never experienced this level of enthrallment and straight up love of art in any of it's many forms. These guys are honest, unrepentant, clear eyed and fucking awesome in their enjoyment of this performance and I don't think there is anything better than that!
So much hate... Man, I would love to be friends with those guys in the front!! They just love the beautiful music these guys make :)
I wasn't aware that concerts are about being as br00tal as possible and not about enjoying the music. If you worry about what the crowd does more than how great the music is performed then you're going to concerts for the wrong reason.
that dude in front's head just exploded
I love how george is so composed and nice in interviews and then in concert he just completely lets loose and gets lost in their music
0:29 "Protect Kerry McCoy at all costs!"
Overkirils shit, what does that even mean?
@@HellNova1 Kerry McCoy is their guitarist
Jacob Green i. was. memeing.
@@HellNova1 it's ok if you didn't know before lol
Twinkle Dobson i knew Kerry all the time, i was asking about the “protect bla bla” part
I was conceived to this song
I wish I was conceived to this song.
Interesting to see a band delving into melodic and experimental territory in a genre that's normally not-so-friendly towards either.
This jaded metalhead approves. Keep on doing your own shit, Deafheaven.
those fans in the front row are awesome!
He looks so amazing!
The drummer is a monster! Holy Santa Monica
where has this kind of music been all of my life? ... I wanna go to one of these shows... are these guys still together??? I hope they are... I need to be one of those kids in the front letting themselves be engulfed in such beautiful music... and the vocalist reaching his hands over the man at 11:05... magestic... and beautiful... omg
This blend of black metal and shoegaze is maybe one of my favorite mixesi of musical genres to date.
Never really knew what Shoegaze was, but the atmospheric feel definitely is POWERFUL
Song of the year + album of the year 2013. Thank you dfvn!
Deafheaven's music is like the first feeling of the sun washing over your face, as you momentarily forget the freezing cold around you.
I'm late to the show on this band. I came across them on a spotify playlist. I was driving and had to stop the car because I had an emotional reaction to the song.
I saw videos of 60s LSD parties where people in the crowd looked less drugged up than the crowd here.
Žiga Auer ok Boomer
🎶Whatever ya say boomer
Ok boomer 🎶
I want to cry anytime I listen to this song. It's the feeling of wanting to die while floating above endlessness, the goal of death and its sweet release being so dreamlike. I want to dream...
Its a bad band. Just brings you closer to suicide
My only issue with metal is the labels and rivalries fans put on themselves, but one of the reasons why deafheaven is such a great band is that its for everyone! Every fan of great music can come together and rock out to these guys, don't judge someone because the don't "look the part" or sing the lyrics wrong, they're passionate about the music, the music, that's what it all comes down to
deafheaven concerts specially the first are very cathartic for the crowd
I love how everyone thinks Sunbather is a "happy" sounding album because it's in a major key mostly, but the whole album is about drug addiction and disillusionment.
that guy up front is having a great time!
I attended this show. To this day one of the most impressive live performances I have seen. Never expected them to blow up so hard when I first heard Roads To Judah, but it was obvious they were headed towards much bigger rooms by this time. Took a few people who didn’t like harsh music at all and they were instant converts, that’s when I realized the crossover appeal was intense. Saw them a few times afterwards and never had that same lightning in a bottle, hopefully they do a 10 year thing for Sunbather.
Fuck yeah Raleigh, these guys make a 12 minute song feel like 12 seconds of heaven. This is also like the best video of a live show ever. The two guys in the front, epic,
I hope that someday I can ever be as happy and passionate about something as the two guys at the front
Still one of the best live metal videos I've seen on TH-cam in the last five years. I get chills every time.
My favorite band is The National and i just listened to this song three times in a row. I don't know what the fuck is going on.
So maybe 5 or 6 years ago I discovered this band,,, I didn't really listen to this kind of music before these guys. I wish I remembered how I found them .. but the sentiments remain the same when I listen. I feel a nostalgia of a life thats not my own,,
Massive performance of this song!! Have been watching and rewatching and it doesn’t get old!
I come back to these Recording for years now. Wish I could be one of the two guys in the front and experience and feel what they feel altough this Video helps a bit. Thank you for recording this🙏
Called out of work to see this show. Well worth it. The crowd was amazing and this kids in the front were losing their shit. Can't wait to see Deafheaven again.
I dreamed of that music 15 years ago. And here it is! Awesome! so much happy melancholy. Keep on rockin!!!
Quite possibly the greatest song I've ever heard in my life lol!
Reports have it that 2 men had escaped from Raleigh Asylum that night, looks like they just went to a Deafheaven-concert. Great passion. Great band.
It's amazing how far these guys have come in the 2 years since I first saw them. So good.
Saw them live in Berlin a few weeks ago. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. Your video captures it all. Even back then: so much love for the music, so much beauty, intensity. And those fans, that's what it was like here too. Thanks a lot for sharing this! :)
god i love this video so much
I love this song. It seems so much time passes anymore before I find something new musically I can feel passionate about.
feels like therapy, so awesome
thank you times a million for this upload.
6/29/13 was my 36th birthday. I live in Raleigh. Found this band in 2015. So sad i wasn't in front row with those 2 legends absolutely losing myself to this masterpiece.
Not a single phone out
Good
@@TheseBitchesWantNikes Bro I see you on so many black metal videos. Mainly Sadness and now Deafheaven haha
We all exist in the brief and immeasurable moment of now. Everyone in this video is 9 years older then they are shown here. The men in the front rows loosing themselves in this beautiful, magical song are in their (say mid 30s?) now. This moment happened once and will never happen again. Everything is so precious, I saw deaf heaven live two days ago and experienced pure magic and I will never get that moment back. It was and is so so so utterly beautiful. What absolute bearably unbearable beauty, to feel so alive and human and brief. Infinite granite- these frequencies are real and yet one day all of us will be gone. The only proof of our existence is now. To feel and live as this crowd is, the boys in the front are on this night 9 years ago. !!!
For real one of my favorite live videos of any band
Can't believe when I first saw these guys in Seattle there were only like 20 people there. Look at them now...blowin' up!
Ok, i'm crying.
I'm going to blow some minds here, please take a seat. Sometimes in very rare cases a band from a sub-genre blows up because they are actually good.... take a min, let that sink in... big stuff huh?
I love metal, I don't know how to describe this. It's like deftones and mayhem had an angry baby. I saw them live a few days ago. Wow. Incredible.
8:03 to the end, I want it played at my funeral. Absolutely beautiful!
Watching this video gave me goosebumps several times. It's just so cool such great crowd reaction.
The guy with glasses up in the front row reminds me mclovin from superbad.
Scott The Woz
Imagine being the person he stared at during 2:35-2:40
I've GOT to see these guys in concert the next time they come to town.
It actually amazes me, those guys in the front; completely into the music, wish I was there
I don’t care what any purist says. This is the most original thing to come out of the “black metal” sub genre in decades.
Amesoeurs and Alcest precede Deafheaven by quite some years
@@Onche518 i can hear the influence, almost every band takes a lot from other bands, but their sound and chord choices are very unique and distinct, i still haven't heard any band that sounded similar to the Sunbather album
Great sound. Great footage. Thank you.
Such incredibly beautiful music, recorded and live.
This is so Energetic and Soothing. Love it !
Love it! So much passion
So many great things about this performance man, the energy is crazy
Holy shit, I'm crying my eyes out again, as per usual, once a month past midnight
How powerful music can be.. It almost brings tears to my eyes.
lyrics:
Hindered by sober restlessness.Submitting to the amber crutch. The theme in my aching prose.Fantasizing the sight of Manhattan;that pour of a bitter red being that escapes a thin frame. The rebirth of mutual love. The slipping on gloves to lay tenderly."I'm dying."- "Is it blissful?""It's like a dream."
- "I want to dream."
..now melt
i love intense shows
this concert overflows emotion
so awesome!
id scream till my lungs fell out
This makes me shiver in my entire body. I really can't quite explain it. This is all just too beautiful
Thank you guys Awesome show in Montreal \m/
One of the best songs ever written. Ever.
I just love the sound of the Guitars.
And damn, George is a beast as a frontman
Como hacer de una canción grandiosa algo todavia aún más grandioso
The amount of joy that I had when I found out Deafheavan was touring with SoFlo was immense. This tour is just a mesh of talented artist.
Thanks a lot for those brilliant recordings! Greetings from Germany
You definitely captured the true essence of a Deafheaven show!
Great video my friend!!!
Those two had RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES watching this live. Love em
it's so great to see such a young crowd enjoying some fantastic blackgaze, given how homogeneous the fanbase for black metal usually is.
Saw this years ago and to this day I still think this was a game changer.
What a show. I would have loved to have experienced it.
Daniel Tracy is proof that you don't need 5,000 drums to shred. Tasteful drummer to say the least.