Deafheaven Surprise Release New EP At Work in the Fields of the Bomb
The three-track release is Deafheaven’s first new music since 2025 and draws on Robert Del Tredici’s book about nuclear weapons production.
- On Friday, California black metal band Deafheaven surprise-released a new EP via Roadrunner Records, marking their first new music since Lonely People With Power.
- The EP borrows its title and concept from photographer Robert Del Tredici's book documenting The Bomb production, exploring the unsettling contrast between catastrophic consequences and mundane actions.
- Arthur Rizk produced the effort as a ferocious black metal sound drawing comparisons to Beherit and Immortal, while unlike their last LPs, this release features no guest appearances.
- Singer George Clarke noted the band wanted to treat the release like a pop or rap record, bypassing traditional rollout while performing across North America with Mastodon.
- Deafheaven will continue touring with Mastodon through the rest of 2026, with the Poisonous Weapons tour set to conclude in Atlanta on the 22nd.
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“We thought to treat it like a pop or rap release”: why blackgaze masters Deafheaven just surprise-released their two-and-a-half heaviest songs – and what to expect from their next album
Surprise! 18 months after putting out their heaviest album to date, Lonely People With Power, Deafheaven have returned with a two-track-and-one-interlude EP which fully embraces their black metal side. The Arthur Rizk-produced At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb has just been surprise-released via Roadrunner Records, leaving fans with plenty of questions: why no announcement beforehand? What do the songs mean? And is this a preview of where the ba…
Deafheaven has just released a new EP by surprise. Entitled At Work in the Fields of the Bomb, it has been available since 9 October and contains three songs, including Hunter, accompanied by a clip. The American band had already announced the arrival of new songs in 2026, without specifying in what form they would be released. [...]
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