In 2006, Deftones released an underrated album by the name of Saturday Night Wrist. The album was filled with some of the band’s most exciting tracks, like the bludgeoning “Rats!Rats!Rats!” and lead single “Hole In The Earth”, yet still feels a bit overlooked sometimes due to the sheer number of killer albums the band has….
You likely don’t need us to tell you that Deftones are one of the most important bands of any genre. There are very few current alt-metal, nu-metal, or even shoegaze bands or musicians who aren’t at least slightly influenced by them in some way, with the band’s influence even pushing into other genres of music….
Deftones’ Koi No Yokan is an exercise in dynamics, atmosphere, and overall mood. Following up a record like Diamond Eyes was always going to be a difficult task, but it’s one of the band’s most diverse records – doing so in an impressive fashion. Whether it’s the tense, crunchy alt-metal of “Poltergeist”, the dream pop-esque…
Deftones were at a crossroads in 2006. Tensions within the band were pretty high at the time, with the pressure to match the success of White Pony still fresh on their minds (even though it was six years later, with their self-titled album in between). Never ones to rest on their laurels, though, Deftones emerged…
