DEAF ANGEL: THE STORY
Loud Ascension
DEAF ANGEL is a Regional Touring Band from Fort Worth, TX that has been slaying the Metal/Rock scene regionally since the beginning of 2005. "Brutally // Beautiful" the band's Debut Album in 2014, was nominated for THREE awards including "Rock Album of the Year" by the Fort Worth Weekly Magazine and was "praised" by critics, with over 20+ solid reviews. The album was so well received, the band decided to give it away for free exclusively through Reverbnation "Brutally // Beautiful" and the band's single "Through The Glass" were downloaded over 21,000 times without any major market promotion or radio support. (And Counting)
Opening up on select tour dates with Affiance, The Veer Union, Texas in July, Another Lost Year, Blacklight District, Blameshift, Deception of a Ghost, Light The Fire, Come the Dawn, Along Came A Spider, Straight Line Stitch, Eye Empire, Modern Day Escape, Righteous Vendetta, Syndrome of Fire, Gemini Syndrome, Picture Me Broken, Black Oxygen, Drowning Pool, 3 Pill Morning, Trivium, Caliban, After The Burial, I-Exist, and even as far back as Element Eighty, Warbeast, Within Chaos, The Destro, Sky Eats Airplane, etc... The band has the experience and dedication to go places and slay any stage that they are set to play. The band is currently headed back to the recording studio in September of 2022 until late 2023 to self-produce and record their new "EP" tentatively called "Heartsick" with leading singles "Jaded" and "Hope & Faith."
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“For those who never heard Deaf Angel or for those that are loyal followers. These guys are really awesome and it won’t be long till you see them on the billboard and dominating the charts because all of Deaf Angel truly cares for their fans. So sit down, open your eyes, and let her pain come through you. Relate it to your current life, and I promise you will know where each one of them is coming from. ” Will Donohue - Smoking Mango Production
“The Fort Worth Weekly 2014 Awards Nominated Deaf Angel for Best Female Performance "Run To Me" Best Guitar Performance "The Judge" Rock Album of the Year "Brutally//Beautiful"
Anthony Mariani - Fort Worth Weekly
“In a continual effort to fulfill their “mission” to be heard loudly and clearly around the world, Deaf Angel has released their second CD Brutally//Beautiful. It’s both of that and more: all of the elements of the music, the ever-devilish screams from drummer Scott “Vantastic” Van Slyke are louder-“brutally” so; and Tina herself is a bit of a louder angel but nonetheless “beautiful”. Even so, they’re wondering if you’ve heard them loudly and clearly.”
Julia Pope - Julia Pope
“The debut album of the metal band from Texas. Deaf Angel describes the name of the band as "the uncertainty at the moment where you wonder if anyone is listening. Are YOU even Listening?". And the answer is YES! "Brutally // Beautiful" is a flawless, solid album from the beginning to the end. Powerful, melodic, passionate, and indeed brutally beautiful, Deaf Angel's first album is a metal gem! Get ready for a lot of head-banging, amazing vocals by Tina Downs, and deadly jams by Lee Daniels (Guitar), Duston Daulton (Guitar), Steve Brandon (Bass Guitar), and Scott Van Slyke (Drums/Vocals).”
The Music Bug - MusiCourt: Album
Reviews
“After hearing the whole album from start to finish I have to say that Tina, Lee, Duston, Steve, and Scott all pour their heart and soul into the finished product that graced my earholes and showed that sometimes you have to touch on the topics of the darker sides of life and send messages of how to overcome trials and tribulations of life while keeping yourself sane and not letting the world consume your thoughts and your heart.”
The Epic Texan of 13 Steps Radio - The Epic Texan
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“You better call a doctor, my face has officially been melted off! It's like that commercial where the guy sits down in a chair in front of his stereo, and turned it on! Then everything around him was blown away, that's exactly what it did to me. You guys freaking rock it out!!! Dio would be proud!!!”
Henry R Marlin III - Brutally // Beautiful Review
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“Deaf Angel is beyond superb to me. Their Metal melody consumes my soul with chaotic passion. Deaf Angel deserves a record deal, Most music post-2000 is better described as audible noise. Deaf Angel and a few others like them have the fortitude to RECLAIM the metal scene. HELL YEAH!”
James Sumrall - James Sumrall
