Diamond Eyes is great! I love Sextape, This Place is Death, Beauty School and Risk as the calmer ones, and Rocket Skates, CMND/CTRL, Royal, Diamond Eyes and You've Seen the Butcher as the heavier ones. (YSTB isn't THAT heavy, but whatever)
From favorite to least favorite it's probably YSTB, Rocket Skates, Sextape, Diamond Eyes, Beauty School, Risk, This Place is Death, CMND/CTRL, Royal, 976-EVIL, then Prince. I like the covers they did on that album as well, those are great

After all this time, my only complaint with the album is the title track Diamond Eyes. At first i thought it was great but it's worn off. It's boring and repetitive. Skipped every time but I still maintain the rest of the album is great.

The more I listen to Diamond Eyes, the more I think it is better than Saturday Night Wrist (for me anyway). Saturday Night Wrist is a cooler album name though ha

I do like the album name SNW. Way more creative.

Quote from: TheyCallMeP on Apr 09, 2012, 04:11 AM
The more I listen to Diamond Eyes, the more I think it is better than Saturday Night Wrist (for me anyway). Saturday Night Wrist is a cooler album name though ha

I hate Saturday Night Wrist. HATE IT! I like a couple of songs. But DE is better imo. Although S/T is better than both.

I like it. As time goes on, even more. But I know more people dislike SNW than any other record too so whatever u like. This may be the one time u don't get slayed on this board for giving an opinion, people like to do that like u share a brain! Which is your favorite then? Then again, I like something about every one of their studio records and when I say that..... I am a ------ I guess. Wouldn't b here if I didn't like the music, ;

If that was to me, I think Around The Fur is their best (mostly because of Chino's vocal performance on that disc). There were some good riffs but as someone else mentioned in another thread, guitar wise I feel ATF was a small step below Adrenaline. Favorites off DE currently are CMND/CNTRL, Butcher, and 976.

Quote from: DEFinatelydeftones,fsho on Apr 09, 2012, 05:15 AM
I like it. As time goes on, even more. But I know more people dislike SNW than any other record too so whatever u like. This may be the one time u don't get slayed on this board for giving an opinion, people like to do that like u share a brain! Which is your favorite then? Then again, I like something about every one of their studio records and when I say that..... I am a ------ I guess. Wouldn't b here if I didn't like the music, ;

I really do like them all for different reasons, although SNW is just weak and fragmented to me. I like DE because it is a cohesive album from front to back. I can listen to it without skipping a song because it has a definite flow. Adrenaline is just raw. Its like finding minerals in the dirt in their natural state without being refined into precious metal. That's where ATF comes in. WP is good but it's not the best. I think it has some truly great moments, but as a record it's lacking to me. S/T was a grower for me as it was very heavy for my taste at the time. But the more I listen to it, the more I believe it captures beauty and aggression better than all of their albums. But then again it has Lucky You and Moana, which I don't like too much. To me the reason I like Deftones is because of their uniqueness and their changing styles. Some people will always say, "Well I don't like it, because it's not like their old stuff, not heavy and experimental enough." Others will say "Well it's too similar to their other stuff." Or  "It's sounding too much like pop." And some might just believe they suck. But I'm glad they've been a band of contrasting sounds for the most part.

Diamond Eyes is a Deftones album. It's good.

Quote from: Robotsatemygrandma on Feb 19, 2012, 01:14 AM
I still think Frank dropped the ball on Rocket Skates though. lol

haha yeah.the breakdown is laughable. luckily he failed on a shitty track to begin with so i really don't care too much   it's all good though, for most part on d.e he makes songs take off and fly so i guess he's excused for it

Quote from: Heisenberg on Apr 09, 2012, 04:28 PM
Adrenaline is just raw. Its like finding minerals in the dirt in their natural state without being refined into precious metal.

this pleases me

Diamond Eyes still feels fresh even if its a two year album.

I bought my first deftones album in the 8th grade on a whim just searching for 'my sound'.  Those days were rough, got grounded a lot (which meant no tv, internet, phone, etc... just music) and white pony was probably the closest I could find to relating with how I felt.  Rage, depression, angst.  Eventually I got into adrenaline and around the fur (imo their best work) and at many points during college I wished I could have a chip inserted into my brain that would play adrenaline on loop all day every day (probably would have regretted that).  Self titled hit me during a weird stage during my life... lots of white powder those days and listening to the album still gives me chills.  Saturday Night Wrist, imo, was pretty weak and just an average album.  There are gems, don't  get me wrong, but then Diamond Eyes came out.  I cannot stop listening to it.  The replayability of it really shows how much they put into it and it is very obvious how good it is considering they promoted it with two back to back tours.  I lump Diamond Eyes with Adrenaline as their best stuff to date.

IMO not my favorite bc it's different than the rest to me but indeed a great record. I am happy that people do regard it one of their best. No argument there. It is great music especially in comparison to other music today.

(thank god)

Quote from: from_musings on Apr 13, 2012, 09:16 PM

Quote from: Heisenberg on Apr 09, 2012, 04:28 PM
Adrenaline is just raw. Its like finding minerals in the dirt in their natural state without being refined into precious metal.

this pleases me

me as well

I never liked the chorus of Diamond Eyes.  That is one thing that definitely does not sound like Deftones to me on this record and much more generic radio rock/pop band.  Hopefully none of that or Sextape on KNY.  Hopefully no CMND/CTRL style vocals either.

I honestly consider this my second favorite Deftones album behind White Pony. 2 years later, and it's still as fresh as it was when I first heard it. I don't understand the hate with the choruses, especially when they get a bit radio-friendly on "Diamond Eyes", "Sextape", or "Beauty School". I personally love the fact that Deftones have range in the music industry, not to stick to the anti-mainstream explosive choruses and simply make the music they feel is right. I appreciate any music they put out regardless of the direction they're going in (though, I admit, if they touch dubstep I'm revoking my Deftones fan license). DE is still a close-masterpiece to me. Though I seem to be in the minority. Oh well.

No no no, I'm not talking about the choruses on the album, I'm specifically talking about the chorus of Diamond Eyes the song.  I love Beauty School, it's my favourite song on the album and the other choruses are fine by me.

song rankings.

11. Prince
10. 976 - Evil
9. CMND/CTRL
8. Beauty School
7. Risk
6. Diamond Eyes
5. Rocket Skates
4. Sextape
3. You've Seen The Butcher
2. This Place Is Death
1. Royal