10 Years Gone Explained

Ten Years Gone
Type:live
Artist:Deafheaven
Cover:10 Years Gone (Deafheaven).png
Released:December 4, 2020
Recorded:June 2020
Studio:The Atomic Garden Studio East, Oakland, California
Genre:
Length:72:30
Label:Sargent House
Producer:
Prev Title:Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:Infinite Granite
Next Year:2021

10 Years Gone is a live album by blackgaze / post-metal 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 is the second live album released by Deafheaven (the band had previously released Live at The Blacktop, nearly a decade earlier, in 2011).[1] The album 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.

10 Years Gone 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 [2] The version of "From the Kettle Onto the Coil" featured in 10 Years Gone was the song's first physical release; previously, it was only available as a digital download.

Critical reception

Christina Wenig, reviewing the album for Louder Sound, 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 that "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."[3]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 10 Years Gone.[4]

Deafheaven

Additional personnel

Charts

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Peak
position
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[5] 56

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://blowthescene.com/quick-news/deathwish-reveals-free-deafheaven-live-at-the-blacktop-digital-release.html. "Deathwish reveals FREE Deafheaven: Live at the Blacktop digital release"
  2. https://dwliveseries.bandcamp.com/album/dw-live-series-08-deafheaven-dw-live-series-08-live-at-the-blacktop DW Live Series 08: Deafheaven DW Live Series 08: Live at The Blacktop
  3. https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/deafheaven-10-years-gone-album-review Deafheaven's 10 Years Gone: post black-metal delirium live in lockdown
  4. 10 Years Gone . . . 2020 . liner notes . SH242.
  5. Deafheaven Chart History: Top Current Album Sales. Billboard. October 28, 2021.