An overwhelmingly dark, grief-stricken release that has exactly two settings: misery and fury. It's the different shades of those two feelings, and how they're blended together, though, that makes this such a great first album from the Chicago four-piece. I can only imagine how fantastic this material is live; if Black September's performance on this disc is any indication, it has to be a mercilessly engrossing and crushing experience. This album is definitely a must-have for any of you out here who love that death/doom/crust niche, and it's almost as good for everyone else. 'Tide Of The Storm' is possibly one of the best debut albums of 2007, and I imagine that the band only has more despair in store for us in the future.
I don't mean to be a "first albums only" elitist or anything of the sort since I didn't even discover these guys til maybe a year and change ago, but truth be told- the demo tracks are my favorites despite Deafheaven's undeniable growth and evolution into a broader sort of awesome. satangutsandchristcorpsepaint
PSA: if there was an album you heard a couple years ago and thought it was ok, listen to it again and you might love it.
That's what happened to me with this album. I cannot fathom why it didn't stick with me back then. Same thing happened with Decoherence's Unitarity for that matter. Matten
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann