In a new cover story with our 2025 Heavy Band of the Year Deafheaven , frontman George Clarke teases that new music is coming sooner than fans might expect.

“I guess this is the first time I’ll have said this, and maybe it’s good [timing] because the year is concluding, but we will have new music next year,” he confirms. Well, can’t get much more straightforward than that — stay tuned for more seismic blackgaze from Deafheaven in 2026.

The news may come as slightly surprising for longtime fans, as Deafheaven have traditionally taken their time between releases, and their latest, Lonely People with Power , only dropped in March of this year. For reference, it was roughly four years between that project and its predecessor, Infinite Granite . Prior to that, gaps between albums

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