If you’ve never liked Deftones, get ready to not change your opinion. If however they are your cup of tea, trust that Diamond Eyes delivers their most concise album yet. Though not as great as their very fine White Pony or as raw as Adrenaline or Around the Fur, Diamond Eyes has them taking the essence of Saturday Night Wrist while giving it the crunch of their Self Titled album. There’s not beating around the bush in this album and they give it to you straight and hard, with some spacey numbers thrown in the mix to freshen things up in their chugga chugga goodness. Deftones have pretty much crafted as good a cd as a Drop-D band (any band who predominantly plays or sounds like it’s playing in Drop-D tuning) with criptic lyrics as per usual. As with all Deftones albums there are highlights, tracks filled with sonic mayhem and a couple of fillers, but unlike the Self titled album, the filler here is actually more than par for the course, meaning that this is one of their strongest releases yet.
Highlight Tracks: Rocket Skates – Diamond Eyes – Sextape – You’ve seen the butcher - Prince
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