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2nd single ahead of Deftones upcoming album, and this one slaps so hard. Definitely getting hints of Koi No Yokan and a bit of Ohms, similar to the other single, but also doesn't really sound much like my mind is a mountain. This one's more melodic as opposed to the first single's pungeant, heavy riffs. Honestly this is probably the most excited I've ever been for an album release.

PART 1 OF REVIEWING EVERY DEFTONES ALBUM IN ORDER UNTIL THEY RELEASE THE NEW ALBUM

Probably the most underrated and overhated Deftones album.

You can definitely sense the potential through those powerful riffs, Chino's signature vocals, and the overall rawness of the album is so standard for this era of nu-metal, which was pretty much in its prime by this point. Is this the quintessential nu-metal album? Not really, but it's a very solid debut album and it holds up against other ... read more

Wait, the guy from Hivemind makes music?

Quadeca has always been someone I've been familiar with, and I've known that he's a musician of high calibre, but I guess what stopped me from being able to take him seriously was the fact that he used to make diss tracks on YouTube and imitate other rappers styles for views, which were both things that I loved, but I couldn't imagine the same person making music like this. It's also pretty funny that the Quadeca you see in ... read more

This song genuinely seems like they heard what their competition was making, and decided to one up them in the greatest way possible. You can definitely hear that they're still in their Ohms style, but it's been tweaked to be even more aggressive and a punch in the face, and it sounds fantastic.