jules Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 uh oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benc812 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 i know these guys have traditionally had some kickass album closers but this one absolutely slays. i'm not exactly pleased i couldn't wait until my physical copy arrives, but this is some serious next level shit for this band. yes it does still sound like other deftones records (duh) but jesus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 this is just killing me i need to hear this edit: streaming on rolling stone. it's working.... <http://www.rollingst...miere-20121108> edit2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo Strike Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Aghh this is so fucking good! Crushingly heavy and darkly romantic, perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest myrrhman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Entombed is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhonny Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 This is seriously great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 yea, i was expecting a lot, and i am floored. just perfect. perfect pacing. perfect production. everything. skeet skeet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 9/10 review on Drowned in Sound. Not that it matters because I'm buying this anyway!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 my boner won't go down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've been holding off on previews, defintely going to pick this up next week though, seems they've done it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 It's not often that I get chills from a song the first time around. JESUS CHRIST ROMANTIC DREAMS! It's like peak-era Smashing Pumpkins and Deftones had a baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 yes!! my fav track as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 JESUS CHRIST POLTERGEIST...that bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 haha. killer killer album. I'm wearing it out. there are a lot of meshuggahian riffs all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I feel like it petered out a bit in the second half. Maybe it's because I didn't have OMG moments like in Romantic Dreams and Poltergeist and it just turned into standard Deftones. Which is good, but I'll just need to let the rest sink in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 please come back after it sinks in. i don't think the rest is standard deftones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Holy shit this album is beyond what I expected. It's mental. Up to the halfway point right now (Tempest). Just brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richy Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 So have given this a good number of listens, I think the overall verdict is mixed. There are some great songs in the first half, kind of get's a bit meh in the second, love the last track. I think that it might suffer the same fate as the last few albums for me, in that after the initial "wow this is good" period it starts to sound a bit formulaic and eventually get's shelved rarely listened to again. I really miss the darkness of white pony and S/T and have grown a bit tired of the soaring/anthemic style of songs of their recent efforts. I have to say though that Chinos vocals sound superb on this album, and the overall production is stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 .......in that after the initial "wow this is good" period it starts to sound a bit formulaic and eventually get's shelved rarely listened to again. this trait happens to me a lot, so many times it has happened to me that liking an album massively on first listen then quickly loses sparkle. Hopefully this won't happen on this occassion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 i wish people would stop wishing for another white pony. that record is 12 fucking years old. there are traits of it in every record they have made so far since that. i am finding this album a bigger leap forward than anything since that. it is very focused and actual cohesive, a lot of albums since then felt pieced together while this feels very thought out. the heavy shit is heavy as fuck with the downtuned meshuggah riffs. some of the riffs, especially parts of leathers and poltergeist could be on meshuggah's nothing. the production and vocals are flawless and they sound very confident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I never really understood why White Pony is the OMG album from Deftones. I always liked Around the Fur best, and 2003's self-titled follow up to White Pony was better than most people think it is (and better than Saturday Night Wrist and Diamond Eyes, IMO). I think its only fault was that it followed White Pony and people wanted more White Pony. So I agree, get over it. I'm hoping with more listens I'll see Koi No Yokan as the leap forward you say it is. I already agree in regards to the two songs I pointed out before. (I haven't yet gone back for a second listen but will likely today) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 around the fur is an untouchable album for me. one of my favorites of all time and definitely my fav deftones album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benc812 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I always liked Around the Fur best, and 2003's self-titled follow up to White Pony was better than most people think it is (and better than Saturday Night Wrist and Diamond Eyes, IMO). I think its only fault was that it followed White Pony and people wanted more White Pony. i've revisited the s/t album these past two weeks and find it much better than i used to, but i believe there are palpable elements in the production quality that diminish it a bit. it just sounds murkier & muddier in a detracting way i suppose. that and chino is way way more on his game now. put his new confidence over those old tracks, and i'd probably be enthralled with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirm Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Only got this ther other day and only had 1 full listen, but impressed so far, the production sounds meaty and chinos vocals sound on point (shit i sound like a judge from the xfactor there!) and the riffs are chugging brillant, as some 1 else said you can tell that Stephen worships at the church of Meshuggah, but cant knock him for that! Think it will take a few listens to decide just how much I like it but defiantly not dissapointed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 ohhhhh boy this is a killer. deftones are so consistent. this may top saturday night wrist for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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