this year's deftones album is very good I gotta say
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno, i like them alright - but this new one seemed to drag on for what seemed like forever. there's few very solid tracks - but overall i wasn't blown away.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
think the last few tracks are stronger than the first few tbh - the songs are pretty short, can get thru it easily
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
ya - when i say dragged on i just mean it seemed that way - alot of the tracks got really same-y sounding to me. i didn't mean anything was actually long.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
think this album dips a bit in the 8/9 position but then rly picks up again for the last 4 - mebbe w/o those 2 songs it'd be more palatable and wd even seem more varied - no biggie tho afaic
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Never occurred to me in all these years that Deftones can be broken into Deft ones.
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I made myself a Deftones comp once with that name. I thought it was pretty clever at the time.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 28 December 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
the new album is reasonably good, but the band does come dangerously close to tossing in a couple of half-baked re-recordings of songs from previous albums.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
two new songs are incredible
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPO81Fz4s2g
and "tempest," here: http://www.spin.com/articles/deftones-tempest-listen
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
Like both tunes. Chino's wailing quality vs the chugging guitars on "Leathers" gives me some very vague, but present, Converge vibes.
― Simon H., Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
LOL there is a song on the new record called "goon squad"
― Simon H., Saturday, 6 October 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
koi no yokan leaked. only on the first song but so far it's AWESOME
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
ahhhhh this record RULES
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
R.I.P. Chi Cheng
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 14 April 2013 08:31 (eleven years ago) link
dang, rip
― 乒乓, Sunday, 14 April 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
god bless you all
― markers, Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
Rip
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
didn't even know about the accident or his condition. so sad.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 15 April 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
Totally sad. He might have been my favorite. R.I.P.
― Drugs A. Money, Monday, 15 April 2013 06:01 (eleven years ago) link
The only things I know about Deftones are that lots of ilxors seem to think they're pretty good and that once I received this promo sticker in a bag with my purchase from a local record store.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NG-JTVYsL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― how's life, Monday, 15 April 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
just from various band promos/interviews that I had read from a decade ago, Chi was kind of what I figured I would've been like had I joined one of the metal bands around here and they'd hit it big: quiet and affable, and just constantly having his nose in a book. I'd read somewhere that he'd been working on a novel...I have no idea if he'd ever finished it or if anything had come of it, but I always thought that was cool...
― Drugs A. Money, Monday, 15 April 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
or, on second thought, maybe not what I thought I wouldve been like, but more what I would've wanted to have been like...I have been in a band before and even at the local level, the whole self-aggrandizing 'rock and roll dream' schtick gets really thick, so opting to be off in a corner reading in the face of all this seems like a very good look to me
xp to hows life: if you're interested in getting into the deft ones I would probably start out with White Pony, followed quickly by Around the Fur...White Pony is def loaded up with great moody goth pop, whereas Around the Fur, which is just before it, has more of a metal vibe. Lots of great tracks on their first one, Adrenaline too: Bored, Root, Engine No. 9. Lots of ppl rep for their last two, and they're dece, but Adrenaline/Around the Fur/White Pony are def canon.
Don't know much about the s/t or Saturday Night Wrist; I've heard lots of mixed reactions to Saturday Night Wrist. I should probably check it out
― Drugs A. Money, Monday, 15 April 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
saturday night wrist is awesome, every song seems on the point of overflow
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 15 April 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Only just saw the news. A damn shame.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 April 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't really take to Saturday Night Wrist... my favourites are the first one and White Pony.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 15 April 2013 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
I quite like Saturday but tbh for me Deftones is one of these bands where having one of their album is enough.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 07:46 (eleven years ago) link
they released a song from the shelved album eros today in honor of chi, it's really gorgeous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In-x77Tx8xk
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 14 April 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
nice, warner brothers, you are assholes
― akm, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 05:11 (ten years ago) link
Shoulda been more Koi No Yokan talk in here, what a great record.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 15 April 2014 12:44 (ten years ago) link
It is great, this is a good reminder to pull it out again.
akm - what's the story with Warner Bros? I thought the band themselves decided to shelve Eros, is it being held up by the label now or something?
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
in terms of its release, from what i know eros is an incomplete record that'll probably stay incomplete
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
anyway yeah koi no yokan is probably their best album
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
That's what I thought too Brad, wasn't sure what akm was saying.
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
warner bros took down the youtube of "smile" that the band uploaded themselves for some reason, idk
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
oh got it
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
I just had a geek moment and realized that the way the special red edition of White Pony displays the track times but not the titles on the cover is a nod to the packaging of Hum's Downward Is Heavenward.
Anyway I also think the s/t record is underrated, so many jams and probably their two best guitar-free tracks.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
i still think "minerva" is their best single. an incredible summary of their aesthetic
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
Yesss. The production on that album and that song in particular is so ludicrously expansive (expensive).
― Simon H., Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
every few months i'll put on koi no yokan and it's really one of the best records to come out in the last few years and i think i'm really almost 100 percent sure it's better than white pony
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 5 January 2015 07:31 (nine years ago) link
GORE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0WakBLNA0k
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
that is an excellent name for a Deftones album
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 January 2016 02:17 (eight years ago) link
also some lucky motherfuckers already have a promo stream:
http://i.imgur.com/wA7iQNR.png
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 January 2016 02:28 (eight years ago) link
damn u B?tter Anders
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 02:29 (eight years ago) link
this is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAmt6zN9vOk
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
"Prayers/Triangles" (3:37)"Acid Hologram" (4:02)"Doomed User" (5:33)"Geometric Headdress" (3:54)"Hearts/Wires" (6:09)"Pittura Infamante" (3:01)"Xenon" (3:11)"(L)MIRL" (1:45)"Gore" (4:28)"Phantom Bride" (7:16)"Rubicon" (8:07)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 6 February 2016 03:34 (eight years ago) link
Turmoil in the band as guitarist Stephen Carpenter admits to not liking the direction new album Gore took. Good sign, I think, as he also hated White Pony. Although, I would like to eventually hear a Deftones record directed by Stephen.
― sunlick databait extremer, Friday, 11 March 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
that was the s/t iirc
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 11 March 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link