Deftones

1.HEXAGRAM:BRILLIANT, one of the best and one of the most dynamic, awesome songs ever written. 5/5
2.NEEDLES AND PINS:a really good song, not one of my favorites though.3/5
3.MINERVA:great song, it has this certain epic feel to it thats hard to explain.great work. 4.5/5
4.GOOD MORNING BEAUTIFUL:i dont like it as much as other songs on this cd, but still real good. 3/5
5.DEATHBLOW:great song.slow at the beginning. very different deftones.4/5
6.WHEN GIRLS TELEPHONE BOYS:i didnt like this song when I first bought this cd but like i said before this cd has to grow on you and good lord this song grew on me like wildfire.second best on the album.5/5
7.BATTLE AXE:I love this song from beginning to end. its soft in the beginning with clean guitar and then just explodes into one of the best deftones songs ever.third fav. 5/5
8.LUCKY YOU:very different stuff, but i love it. the techno stuff is just great. cryptic verses and haunting chorus make this a great song.3.5/5
9.BLOODY CAPE:I love this song. One of the heaviest on the album and also my fourth favorite tied with "minerva". I love when Chino screams "GOD HELP ME" over and over again at the end. 4.5/5
10.AOAUE:I have to admit I love this song. VERY different for Deftones. alot of people dont like it but that's just because they wont give it a chance because it is different and original, but thats what Deftones music is all about, you know. 3.5/5
MOANA:this is a great song and a great closer to a great album.
love the verse. 4/5

Well overall this album has a very dark tone to it. It's different, it's original, it's colorful ,and dynamic, and that's just their style.


Deftomenal Rush   November 29, 2003
Sanja (Estonia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I'll try to do my best on this review - it's very important to do this after DEFTONES - their selfnamed album.
It's like a line finalizing their 8 years of playing on the world scene... playing alone, their individual style with a very few followers who failed to reach that level of quality...
It's not as Art-Chaotic as "Adrenaline", not as Agressivly-Beautiful as "Around The Fur", not as Experimentally-Awsome as "White Pony" - it's all the Experience and Heaviness of the band put in one small CDbox. From album to album Deftones improve their style of music fully changing the sound of their songs... You know what's the trouble with all new nu-metal bands? Their second albums are the same and not as fresh as their debuts - no fantasy, no hard-working, no experience - only ambitions... That's why i respect Deftones - no filler songs, all the albums are complete pieces of Art, with their own style and meaning.
Back to the album, i'd say, the first time i heard it i was more than just dissapointed as always happenes when you hear their new stuff - no more old Deftones - everything moves forward, nothing stays... Album is heavier than ever - all the hardest songs are here, my boys - there's my overview on them:

HEXAGRAM (10/10) - A very very solid song - IMHO one of the best Deftones have ever created. Awsome guitars, very strong vocal (Chino screams like he had lost something, his voice is really stressful)

NEEDLES AND PINS (8/10) - Very heavy, solid and mostly similar to their old songs... Nothing special, just Deftones.

MINERVA (7,5/10) - Single, nothing to say, IMHO far not their best work...

GOOD MORNING BEAUTIFUL (10/10) - Do you remember KOREA with its' boring beginning and then totally knocking rush from 1:47 until end? So that's the song with same surprise - until 1:47 you don't get the point of song when after the timetick you become amazed with the combination of very strong guitars and vocal...

DEATHBLOW (9/10) - More disturbing than depressive, it opens with a smooth and light guitar tabs continuing with flowing from smooth vocals to guitars and back...

WHEN GIRLS TELEPHONE BOYS (10/10) - Probably the hardest work of Deftones... It rushes from the beginning when Chino is trying to overscream the background music... The song is fully built on this emotional combo of Chinos' and guitars' screams. Firstly you just hear it like some noise distortion, then you dig in and get away with the agression. I repeat - there's no harder song from Deftones ever released than this one

BATTLE-AXE (9/10) - Nothing special about singing - i gave it 9 for some very serious riffs made by their guitarist - it's something you need to hear at least once. Though it gets annoying with time

LUCKY YOU (9,5/10) - Very strange, not-typical for Deftones kind of song, feels like vocals are stretching the song as it's possible, giving somekind of a great effect while listening...

BLOODY CAPE (8/10) - Fast guitars, agressive style of song makes it just another good piece of Deftones - it's good but not as good as the others...

ANNIVERSARY OF AN UNINTERESTING EVENT (10/10) - Very depressive, beautiful song filled with rare for Chino calm vocals...

MOANA (7/10) - Just a hard piece, always reminds me DAMONE somehow (another final track from their second album)

Overall, the sound of group has changed - now it's harder than ever rushing through your head like an explosion, offering you as many emotions as never before... Lyrics consist of impressions - you won't find deep meanings, don't even give a try, you won't find them, just enjoy this Deftomenal Rush of experience...


"Deftones" give the band a clearly defined sound.   July 6, 2004
Craig (Hells toilet)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Deftones' self titled release "Deftones" can probably be seen as a stepping stone by a band that is continually on an upward accent to what will surely become rock musical greatness.

As a fan of the band since "Around the Fur" was released it is plainly obvious that each album they release is better than the one prior to it, which means "Deftones" is probably thier best album yet, but thier next release will probably be even better.
They seem to be very much like 'Faith no more' in that aspect.

Not only have the band improved thier songwriting on this album, they have also developed a keen set of ears for audio production too.The album sounds amazing and has a higher quality than thier previous albums, the songs are more simple and heavy, yet more complicated musically.

Chino Moreno's vocals are more high pitched and vocally intense than on any previous albums, and Abe Cunningham's drums are somewhat less busy, yet harder hitting than before.
As for the guitars, i think Stef Carpenters sludgy,crunchy 7 string assault is more like Messugah and Fear Factory,than "White Pony" and Chi Chengs bass is just massive and and explosive.DJ Frank also gets his rightfull place performing and entire track of his own musical taste.

Clearly a very Heavy ,bitter ,poisonous and intense album, some fans might not like it, but a lot more will love it.