Deftones: Underrated?

the entire closing suite of "gore"/"phantom bride"/"rubicon" rivals "passenger"/"change"/"pink maggit" imo

yeah "Rubicon" is a great closer. Looking forward to a proper version of this.

"There's a new strange godless demon awake inside me" should be the name of the next Brand New album.

This thread is the kind of thing I love ILM for -- I remember back in their heyday secretly thinking Deftones sounded pretty tight, but was way too embarrassed to give them more of a chance, let alone admit I thought they were any good.

you will be a man more alive for having given The deft ones a chance

Didn't realize there was anyone left still embarrassed to like them!

deftony toni tone

Didn't realize there was anyone left still embarrassed to like them!

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, April 3, 2016 7:56 PM (16 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was 16 at the time

I've been repping System of a Down for years and they're way more embarrassing. I've even stumped for "Down" by 311.

chino pls don't repeat lyrics. the crowd went wild 13 yrs ago ffs.

lol i love that ref to "hexagram" assuming it's intentional

meanwhile this album is totally fucking amazing and somehow better than the last two imo

this thread is going to blow up tomorrow, chino. pls update the lyrics

not sure if this tops KNY, tbh. love it, tho. does top DE, but that had a few moments of retread I can't forgive.

this thread is going to blow up tomorrow

Oh is Pfork finally making its insanely tardy Deftones about-face official?

Why does it feel like this album is getting much more hype than their last one did? Is it just simply a timing thing due to people being nostalgic for NuMetal or are some publciation trying to make up for the fact that they ignored the last one?

idk the last one came out in November

is it getting more hype? besides getting pfork coverage i don't really see it

Yeah, I guess by "more hype" I mean coverage from Pitchfork and Stereogum. And the fact that there seems to be more posts about it on here than KNY did.

made by 3-5 ppl total

somehow better than the last two imo

Don't know if I can go this far but it's definitely really great. I get kind of a Siamese Dream buzz from "Xenon."

yeah! it hits that kinda sp/failure axis

favorite song?

rubicon!

that ym least favorite

it sound like a song about the band. i don't like songs about bandmates

embrace the power of deftones, stephn. please play a chunky riff on this song for the crowd could go wild again.

it's one of their best choruses ever imo

the part that says take me in face the lies?

btw writhe clearly now chino's favorite word. also he like shapes.

shapes and colors are all i see

the part that says take me in face the lies?

and yes

I think "Acid Hologram" is my favorite, such a great slow churning groove

first reaction is that i badly want paramore to do a cover of "phantom bride."

yes to acid hologram. you are my deftones brother, simon. brad you are still fam, maybe a first cousin cause i'm not feeling rubicon as much as you are. you can still come over for xmas and shit, tho.

why have paramore do a cover when deftones already did it? can't get any better.

hello i like deftones a lot too

though i don't understand the hate for back to school, it's a good song

for what's basically a joke song they recorded under duress it's pretty great

also for whatever reason i couldn't get on with koi no yoken. this thread is making me wish i hadn't passed it on, feel like, you know, i might have been the problem.

you were the problem, but you can now be the solution

7.8 in pitchfork...it's happening

COACHELLA HERE WE COME

yep, took a listen to KNY again on spotify and i have officially dropped the ball.

The narrative laid out in that review is...disputable.

Also at least three major reviews have gone with the "beauty and brutality" theme. There's gotta be another way to describe what they do.

Wow, Cohen is really just a staggeringly bad writer, isn't he?

lol i just watched the "prayers/triangles" video and immediately wanted to hear "acid hologram" after it. ofc it's a very romantic association ("it's a real ALBUM man") but it's sort of nice that i can't imagine these songs isolated from each other

it took about 15 listens but "Hearts/Wires" just clicked for me

i saw pictures of deftones on pitchfork this morning and one of them looks like guy fieri

chino dyed his hair blonde