Deftones - Diamond Eyes

Prince so far is the only track that I really love, sounds like an MX Queen Part 2. Guitar work is pretty cool finally

^ my opinion knee jerk response half way through the album BTW^

  On 3/20/2010 at 12:01 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 3/19/2010 at 4:29 PM, Frank Pools said:

  On 3/5/2010 at 12:56 AM, Spore said:

I love the guitars in the new song

fixt

 

edit:actually sounds like meshuggah's guitars.

 

... Theres a lot of guitarists in the metal world right now ripping Meshuggah's style off right now but Meshuggah's mega low tuning with ultra kewl rhythmic groove's is kind of like a new dynamic in insanity to be fair. I was actually having a convo a few weeks ago about funny it is how many guitarists in metal right now are just completely regurgitating Meshuggah but no seems to think its a plagiarism but somehow its not frowned upon at all really.

it's pretty much become commonplace amongst all genres to regurgitate. some bands, like the deftones, are always gonna keep me coming back for more no matter how much they bite off something fresh like meshuggah. on the other hand, sometimes it doesn't work too well. have you heard the new mastodon escape plan song?

haha no is it off of option paralysis? I was thinkin of downloading it... I mean buying it legally

minerva is probably my favourite metal/rock tune ever. change is good shit aswell.

At the very least I expect Abe's drum's to sound cream dream untouchable.... they don't sound god like on this record :( WHY?????????? what happen, set us up the bomb

conclusion track is kinda epic, that and prince are the most memorable so far

  On 3/19/2010 at 3:30 PM, Fishtank said:

This Place is Death, something I doubt anyone would actually use is a conversation (mildly nonsensical?)

wrong, I've heard people say that talking about their hometown complaining grass is always greener on the other side stylee.

  On 3/20/2010 at 3:12 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

haha no is it off of option paralysis? I was thinkin of downloading it... I mean buying it legally

lol nevermind, it was horse hunter off ire works. thought it was a new track. mastodon as fuck though anyway, especially the end.

Doesn't totally grab me yet but I enjoy it. The Butcher track is amazing though.

  On 3/19/2010 at 4:29 PM, Frank Pools said:

  On 3/5/2010 at 12:56 AM, Spore said:

I love the guitars in the new song, and the vocals aren't bad either. Sounds sick as fuck and generally like awesome.

fixt

 

edit:actually sounds like meshuggah's guitars.

I wish I felt the same way, I was a huge deftones fan. Saw them live more times than I care to admit.

  On 3/19/2010 at 4:06 PM, sidewinder said:

Do you analyze every band's or artist's track names for real world application?

I understand names have little clout when it comes to the quality of the song, I guess I was expecting something different?

maybe that's the point?

This album is really good, I love it

CMD/CTRL kinda sucks

seriously how do the drums not sound even close as good as there last two records? how the fuck did terry date drop the ball....

anyway I hope more of the songs on this album grow on me

  On 3/22/2010 at 12:35 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

seriously how do the drums not sound even close as good as there last two records? how the fuck did terry date drop the ball....

Terry Date is rubbish. He ruined The Fall of Troy for me and alot of other people.

  On 3/22/2010 at 12:35 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

seriously how do the drums not sound even close as good as there last two records? how the fuck did terry date drop the ball....

 

anyway I hope more of the songs on this album grow on me

is the leak the final mastered version?

  On 3/22/2010 at 2:27 AM, jules said:

  On 3/22/2010 at 12:35 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

seriously how do the drums not sound even close as good as there last two records? how the fuck did terry date drop the ball....

 

anyway I hope more of the songs on this album grow on me

 

 

is the leak the final mastered version?

it very much sounds like it is mastered, its very consistent and sounds pretty compressed, but even its not the actual sounds of the drums won't change a lot by being mastered. the bass drum boomph punch and snare crash thwack crush was religious on their last two records for the most part, sounds like they didn't mess around with triggering, different drumkits and experimentation. just sounds like the same snare and bass drum on all the whole album and didn't have the ambition or desire to spend the time making the drums as impressive and creative as before.

they said they made this record pretty fast, where I know self titled, white pony and SNW were very long slow made records were they sitting a lot of the time and the engineers and producers probably had a lot more time to experiment.

this one did seem to come about too soon

Apparantly its recorded from a stream, but its supposed to be the final version.

wow, yea the drums are very weak

All these songs seem super short too. First impressions are kind of meh but there are a few cool songs/parts

  On 3/22/2010 at 3:47 PM, Grizz said:

Apparantly its recorded from a stream, but its supposed to be the final version.

hmmm, hopefully it packs quite a bigger punch with a more direct rip of it. the cymbals seemed a lil over processed crunched for a 320k rip. either way its not gonna sound as creatively masterful as I want it to.

but yup, its got some good moments, not too uber ultra disappointed.

Yea def not disappointed considering they argueably peaked ten years ago

Really sinking in for me. Some brilliant tracks in there. With the drums sounding better this could be up there with the self titled/Adrenaline for me (WP & ATF being the better 2)

chino does sound really friggin good on this album

I'm still diggin it

gg Deftones

this has grown on me a lot today. im really diggin it, especially diamond eyes and cmd/ctrl