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100
Saturday Night Wrist proves yet again that Deftones have a corner on the transcendental-metal market.
90
If you’ve even the slightest interest in ‘heavy’ music, you simply must make Saturday Night Wrist an integral part of your record collection.
12y
90
Record of the Year. Unexpectedly.
10y
83
The album is mostly a heady, atmospheric, willfully too-difficult-for-radio wash of sound that, save for a handful of tracks, stretches out and explores Deftones' creative limits more than ever before.
12y
80
Deftones are a band at the very height of their powers.
80
On "Saturday Night Wrist", the distinctive DEFTONES sound is still there โ and still remains a decidedly acquired taste โ but the sense of eclecticism and experimentation is back, as well as a newfound energy.
80
Wrist is yet another excellent record from mainstream hard rock’s only real hope.
75
Saturday Night Wrist boasts some of the Deftonesโ best out-and-out metal tunes to date.
70
The songwriting never quite comes together, but this is a metal record that gets by as much on sonic tricks as monster riffs.
70
['Wrist'] sees [Deftones] continue to explore that hazy hinterland, where The Smiths' sensitivity and Sepultura's sledgehammer riffs overlap.
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10mo
70
Ultimately, Saturday Night Wrist is satisfying, though it may take a few listens given all the changes in individual cuts that tend to blur together the first time or two through.
12y
70
Their most well-rounded, focused record yet, one that comes scarily close to besting White Pony while heading in a slightly different direction at the same time.
12y
61
Saturday Night Wrist continues the Deftones’ sad trend, another album of scattered transcendent moments in a field of attention-getting parlour tricks, still eagerly tugging at the listener’s sleeve to say, “Listen to this sound we created!”
60
It's a sideways step in the right direction.
12y
60
A record that feels massive without tipping into bombast.
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10mo
40
There's little of the fire and invention that characterised 2000's White Pony.
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10mo
I wore a glow in the dark bracelet on Saturday night. But quickly I grew tired of just seeing it there and bit straight into it.
The taste was exquisite: hundreds of fireworks going off in my mouth all at once, storming their way to the back of my throat as I swallowed them all up. I felt my stomach was lit on fire by God itself: I was going to transcend. And I did! Free party meal!
Moral of the story: deftone
I think we see the problem as to why this isn’t a 100/100
Favorite: Hole In The Earth
Least Favorite: Pink Cellphone
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this album is super cool. deftones' signature metal sound works in conjunction with a wavering, dystopian tone throughout this thing's duration which creates a really potent atmosphere
this thing's biggest flaws are likely just sounding a little boring during some b sides and also that weird fucking outro on pink cellphone???
but yeah i liked it
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Track List
| 1 | Hole in the Earth 4:09 | 95 |
| 2 | Rapture 3:25 | 82 |
| 3 | Beware 6:00 | 92 |
| 4 | Cherry Waves 5:17 | 96 |
| 5 | Mein 3:58 | 87 |
| 6 | U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,A,B,Select,Start 4:12 | 83 |
| 7 | Xerces 3:41 | 92 |
| 8 | Rats!Rats!Rats! 4:00 | 84 |
| 9 | Pink Cellphone 5:04 | 42 |
| 10 | Combat 4:46 | 84 |
| 11 | Kimdracula 3:14 | 90 |
| 12 | Rivière 3:45 | 88 |
Total Length: 51 minutes
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1mo
Apparently the album title refers to getting drunk and passing out on your wrist…
Yeah, ok buddy. Happy November btw
Yeah, ok buddy. Happy November btw