10 Years Gone is a live album by American blackgaze band Deafheaven. It was recorded live-in-studio at The Atomic Garden Studio East in Oakland, California, and released on December 4, 2020, through Sargent House.
Background
10 Years Gone was created in celebration of the band's 10-year anniversary, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to cancel a planned 10th anniversary tour. It is the second live album by Deafheaven (the band had previously released Live at The Blacktop in 2011)."Deathwish reveals FREE Deafheaven: Live at the Blacktop digital release" blowthescene.com
The album includes live renditions of songs that originally appeared on the band's demo EP ("Daedalus"), Roads to Judah ("Language Games"), Sunbather ("Vertigo", "The Pecan Tree", "Dreamhouse"), New Bermuda ("Baby Blue"), Ordinary Corrupt Human Love ("Glint"), and a non-album single ("From the Kettle Onto the Coil"). A live version of "Language Games" was previously released on Live at The Blacktop.DW Live Series 08: Deafheaven DW Live Series 08: Live at The Blacktop BandCamp
Critical reception In a review of the album for Louder Sound, Christina Wenig gave it four stars out of five and called it "...a sonic portfolio that shows the impressive evolution of one of our present moment's most distinct metal bands..." She said, "10 Years Gone doesn't offer the energy, spontaneity and little mishaps that make the magic of an actual live album, but how could it? Ultimately, this record is the chronicle of a band reaching out to their community, to not only look back together, but to also push through an incredibly hard time for all of us."Deafheaven's 10 Years Gone: post black-metal delirium live in lockdown Louder Sound
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of 10 Years Gone.
Deafheaven Kerry McCoy Shiv Mehra Daniel Tracy Christopher Johnson George Clarke
Additional personnel Chelsea Jade Metcalf – album design Jack Shirley – producer, engineering, mixing, mastering Deafheaven – music, lyrics, producer Bobby Cochran – photography
Charts + Chart performance for 10 Years Gone Chart (2020) Peakposition US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) 56
References
External links 10 Years Gone at Bandcamp (streamed copy where licensed)