Album Rating: 4.0

People always talk about the band's conflicted relationship between Steph and Chino but they rarely talk about the fact that there is also a huge push-and-pull between planning and spontaneity when they're writing their albums. Gore is a great record except for the production which I think was a knee-jerk response to how glossy and calculated KNY was. I think they really wanted to recapture a more organic and garage feel with Gore, but they leaned too hard in that direction. The fact that they are taking their time on the new one tells me that they have probably learned from their mistake and are hopefully combining the best of both worlds this time.

Album Rating: 4.5

"and the band sounds like they're on autopilot"



I absolutely loved Gore upon release but I completely agree with this sentiment today, though autopilot-Deftones is still pretty good. It relies too much on the sound/aesthetic they built on the previous three albums (and perfected on KNY) and other stereotypical Deftones-isms while the songwriting takes a backseat. All of the problems the album has are compounded by the production problems, which makes Steph's Axe-Fx guitars sound especially synthetic.

Album Rating: 4.0

'I'm dying for any hints about the direction of the new album, the suspense is killing me'



Incoming press release : We're going back to basics OR This is gonna be our heaviest record ever

Album Rating: 2.5

lol id bet money on it

Album Rating: 5.0

“It’s gonna sounds like White Pony.”

Album Rating: 4.0

Chino didn't say that, he said in regards to WP and comparing it to the new record ''We basically made whatever we liked, whatever was happening at that moment. It didn’t really go along with what was going on around us, as far as our contemporaries and where other music was.”



To me that basically means nothing lol, it's just a long way of saying it'll be a Deftones album.

Album Rating: 5.0

hoping for something a little more raw and/or heavy this time around but im excited either way, gore was an intriguing album.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Leathers. Entombed. Tempest.

These are songs that soar, songs that inspire.

Acid Hologram. Geometric Headdress. Xenon.

These are songs that make your dick go limp.

Album Rating: 4.5

Another album like SNW or White Pony please.

ya gore really was trash

Album Rating: 5.0

Geometric Headdress is one of their best...

Album Rating: 4.5

Gore wasn’t bad at all it actually grew on me a ton. If anything this album grew off me :/

Album Rating: 4.5

Gore has grown off me, while this album has always stayed in the middle of their discography for me.

Album Rating: 4.0

Gore is great, so is this. But both also have some meh songs.

Album Rating: 5.0

I love both gore and koi acid hologram is one of my favorite tones, so weird and cool

Album Rating: 2.5

"other than that... meh."



Tempest? Rosemary?

entombed, rosemary, and tempest are my favs

there are some real clunkers here too tho

Album Rating: 4.5

Okay those two are still pretty good. Swerve City is just aight needs a better chorus

Album Rating: 2.5

yeah ive always felt swerve city is missing something

Album Rating: 5.0

Gore is a great album, muddled by terrible production/mixing.