Deftones Discography Elimination (round 3)

[krook]

KNY was eliminated in round 2.
Voting for Gore until it's gone.

[Cullision]

Same, going with Gore. KNY didn't disappoint me on a physical level the way Gore did.

[only pieces remain]

diamond eyes. gore beats DE for me.

[rainnyx4]

Gore followed by S/T.

[Inkblades]

Getting trickier now. Can't decide between SNW, DE and Gore...so, that must surely mean more match ups!!!

SNW vs. DE

Hole in the Earth > Diamond Eyes
Rapture < Royal
Beware < CMND/CTRL (Beware's the better song, but I'm just not a fan of the studio version...also, CMND is a fun, underrated song)
Cherry Waves > You've Seen the Butcher
Mein > Beauty School (Not big on BS)
Xerces = Prince (Xerces is the more musically creative song, but Prince rocks harder, so tie)
Rats!Rats Rats! < Rocket Skates (Close, but I'm just feeling RS more right now)
Pink Cellphone < Sextape (Sextape is probably one of my least favorite Deftones songs, but at least it is a Deftones song...PC is an Annie Hardy song featuring Chino Moreno)
Combat > Risk (Tough call)
Kimdracula < 976-EVIL (Another tough call, and I know most will disagree...but I will defend 976 to the end. Both are amazing songs)
Riviere > This Place is Death

5-4 SNW.

SNW vs. Gore

Hole in the Earth > Prayers/Triangles (Love both songs, but the first time I heard HITE was magical)
Rapture < Acid Hologram
Beware > Doomed User
Cherry Waves > Geometric Headdress
Mein < Hearts/Wires
Xerces > Pittura Infamante
Rats!Rats!Rats! > Xenon
Pink Cellphone < (L)MIRL
Combat > Gore
Kimdracula > Phantom Bride
Riviere > Rubicon

8-3 SNW.

Diamond Eyes < Prayers/Triangles
Royal > Acid Hologram (Hard choice, but Royal just rocks more)
CMND/CTRL > Doomed User
You've Seen the Butcher < Geometric Headdress
Beauty School < Hearts/Wires
Prince > Pittura Infamante
Rocket Skates > Xenon
Sextape < (L)MIRL
Risk > Gore
976-EVIL > Phantom Bride
This Place Is Death < Rubicon

6-5 DE. Guess I'm voting for Gore.

[only pieces remain]

Getting trickier now. Can't decide between SNW, DE and Gore...so, that must surely mean more match ups!!!

SNW vs. DE

Hole in the Earth > Diamond Eyes
Rapture < Royal
Beware < CMND/CTRL (Beware's the better song, but I'm just not a fan of the studio version...also, CMND is a fun, underrated song)
Cherry Waves > You've Seen the Butcher
Mein > Beauty School (Not big on BS)
Xerces = Prince (Xerces is the more musically creative song, but Prince rocks harder, so tie)
Rats!Rats Rats! < Rocket Skates (Close, but I'm just feeling RS more right now)
Pink Cellphone < Sextape (Sextape is probably one of my least favorite Deftones songs, but at least it is a Deftones song...PC is an Annie Hardy song featuring Chino Moreno)
Combat > Risk (Tough call)
Kimdracula < 976-EVIL (Another tough call, and I know most will disagree...but I will defend 976 to the end. Both are amazing songs)
Riviere > This Place is Death

5-4 SNW.

SNW vs. Gore

Hole in the Earth > Prayers/Triangles (Love both songs, but the first time I heard HITE was magical)
Rapture < Acid Hologram
Beware > Doomed User
Cherry Waves > Geometric Headdress
Mein < Hearts/Wires
Xerces > Pittura Infamante
Rats!Rats!Rats! > Xenon
Pink Cellphone < (L)MIRL
Combat > Gore
Kimdracula > Phantom Bride
Riviere > Rubicon

8-3 SNW.

Diamond Eyes < Prayers/Triangles
Royal > Acid Hologram (Hard choice, but Royal just rocks more)
CMND/CTRL > Doomed User
You've Seen the Butcher < Geometric Headdress
Beauty School < Hearts/Wires
Prince > Pittura Infamante
Rocket Skates > Xenon
Sextape < (L)MIRL
Risk > Gore
976-EVIL > Phantom Bride
This Place Is Death < Rubicon

6-5 DE. Guess I'm voting for Gore.

HITE > DE
Rapture < Royal
Beware > CMND/CTRL
Cherry Waves > You've Seen the Butcher
Mein < Beauty School
Xerces > Prince
Rats!Rats Rats! < Rocket Skates
Pink Cellphone < Sextape
Combat > Risk
Kimdracula > 976-EVIL
Riviere > This Place is Death

7-4 SNW.

SNW vs. Gore

Hole in the Earth > Prayers/Triangles
Rapture < Acid Hologram
Beware > Doomed User
Cherry Waves > Geometric Headdress
Mein < Hearts/Wires
Xerces > Pittura Infamante
Rats!Rats!Rats! > Xenon
Pink Cellphone < (L)MIRL
Combat > Gore
Kimdracula > Phantom Bride
Riviere < Rubicon

7-4 SNW.

Diamond Eyes < Prayers/Triangles
Royal > Acid Hologram
CMND/CTRL > Doomed User
You've Seen the Butcher < Geometric Headdress
Beauty School < Hearts/Wires
Prince > Pittura Infamante
Rocket Skates > Xenon
Sextape < (L)MIRL
Risk > Gore
976-EVIL < Phantom Bride
This Place Is Death < Rubicon

5-6 Gore

very similiar

[krook]

What does HITE stand for?

[Cullision]

What does HITE stand for?

Hole in the earth

[from_musings]

you're not an asshole,you meant well, but you should've given him hints instead - get his mind activity going. i mean give a man a fish and he's hungry again in an hour, if you teach him to catch a fish you feed him for a lifetime. it wasn't that hard to figure out so you're actually saying to him it is ok to be this lazy and that people will always help you out

[Cullision]

you're not an asshole,you meant well, but you should've given him hints instead - get his mind activity going. i mean give a man a fish and he's hungry again in an hour, if you teach him to catch a fish you feed him for a lifetime. it wasn't that hard to figure out so you're actually saying to him it is ok to be this lazy and that people will always help you out

Lmao

[illthrowROCKS@U]

Finally I can be fully honest and actually vote for the album I consider their absolute weakest, Diamond Eyes.

[krook]

Just realized I actually don't want KNY to go away. If that happens, I'll have no album to vote for -- they're all pure perfection.

[snw9]

Getting trickier now. Can't decide between SNW, DE and Gore...so, that must surely mean more match ups!!!

SNW vs. DE

Hole in the Earth > Diamond Eyes
Rapture < Royal
Beware < CMND/CTRL (Beware's the better song, but I'm just not a fan of the studio version...also, CMND is a fun, underrated song)
Cherry Waves > You've Seen the Butcher
Mein > Beauty School (Not big on BS)
Xerces = Prince (Xerces is the more musically creative song, but Prince rocks harder, so tie)
Rats!Rats Rats! < Rocket Skates (Close, but I'm just feeling RS more right now)
Pink Cellphone < Sextape (Sextape is probably one of my least favorite Deftones songs, but at least it is a Deftones song...PC is an Annie Hardy song featuring Chino Moreno)
Combat > Risk (Tough call)
Kimdracula < 976-EVIL (Another tough call, and I know most will disagree...but I will defend 976 to the end. Both are amazing songs)
Riviere > This Place is Death

5-4 SNW.

SNW vs. Gore

Hole in the Earth > Prayers/Triangles (Love both songs, but the first time I heard HITE was magical)
Rapture < Acid Hologram
Beware > Doomed User
Cherry Waves > Geometric Headdress
Mein < Hearts/Wires
Xerces > Pittura Infamante
Rats!Rats!Rats! > Xenon
Pink Cellphone < (L)MIRL
Combat > Gore
Kimdracula > Phantom Bride
Riviere > Rubicon

8-3 SNW.

Diamond Eyes < Prayers/Triangles
Royal > Acid Hologram (Hard choice, but Royal just rocks more)
CMND/CTRL > Doomed User
You've Seen the Butcher < Geometric Headdress
Beauty School < Hearts/Wires
Prince > Pittura Infamante
Rocket Skates > Xenon
Sextape < (L)MIRL
Risk > Gore
976-EVIL > Phantom Bride
This Place Is Death < Rubicon

6-5 DE. Guess I'm voting for Gore.

HITE > DE
Rapture < Royal
Beware > CMND/CTRL
Cherry Waves > You've Seen the Butcher
Mein < Beauty School
Xerces > Prince
Rats!Rats Rats! < Rocket Skates
Pink Cellphone < Sextape
Combat > Risk
Kimdracula > 976-EVIL
Riviere > This Place is Death

7-4 SNW.

SNW vs. Gore

Hole in the Earth > Prayers/Triangles
Rapture < Acid Hologram
Beware > Doomed User
Cherry Waves > Geometric Headdress
Mein < Hearts/Wires
Xerces > Pittura Infamante
Rats!Rats!Rats! > Xenon
Pink Cellphone < (L)MIRL
Combat > Gore
Kimdracula > Phantom Bride
Riviere < Rubicon

7-4 SNW.

Diamond Eyes < Prayers/Triangles
Royal > Acid Hologram
CMND/CTRL > Doomed User
You've Seen the Butcher < Geometric Headdress
Beauty School < Hearts/Wires
Prince > Pittura Infamante
Rocket Skates > Xenon
Sextape < (L)MIRL
Risk > Gore
976-EVIL < Phantom Bride
This Place Is Death < Rubicon

5-6 Gore

very similiar

Why didn't you use the instrumental track over pink cellphone?

[WPHexa82]

Hard to pick between SNW and Gore....Love Xerces - hate Acid Hologram, Love (L)MIRL - hate Mein, Hate Rats - Love Gore.  Prayers and Hole in the earth were both good singles

Finally voted SNW...Had to give Gore more time

[rainnyx4]

HITE > DE
Rapture < Royal
Beware > CMND/CTRL
Cherry Waves = You've Seen the Butcher
Mein < Beauty School
Xerces = Prince
Rats!Rats Rats! > Rocket Skates
Pink Cellphone = Sextape
Combat > Risk
Kimdracula < 976-EVIL
Riviere > This Place is Death

5-3 SNW. But I'd actually rate these albums about the same. Good stuff but they both suffered a little bit in various ways.

SNW vs. Gore

Hole in the Earth = Prayers/Triangles
Rapture < Acid Hologram
Beware = Doomed User
Cherry Waves > Geometric Headdress (With better production GH might have been better)
Mein < Hearts/Wires
Xerces = Pittura Infamante
Rats!Rats!Rats! > Xenon
Pink Cellphone > (L)MIRL
Combat > Gore
Kimdracula > Phantom Bride
Riviere = Rubicon

5-2 SNW.

Diamond Eyes < Prayers/Triangles
Royal = Acid Hologram
CMND/CTRL < Doomed User
You've Seen the Butcher = Geometric Headdress
Beauty School > Hearts/Wires
Prince > Pittura Infamante
Rocket Skates < Xenon
Sextape > (L)MIRL
Risk > Gore
976-EVIL > Phantom Bride
This Place Is Death = Rubicon

5-3 DE.

For fun, their worst two albums. S/T vs Gore

Hexagram < Prayers/Triangles
Needles & Pins < Acid Hologram
Minerva = Doomed User
Good Morning Beautiful = Geometric Headdress
Deathblow = Hearts/Wires
WGTB > Pittura Infamante
Battle-Axe < Xenon
Lucky You > (L)MIRL
Bloody Cape > Gore
Anniversary > Phantom Bride
Moana < Rubicon

4-4. Both albums are just about equally disappointing. But S/T has WGTB and Anniversary which are two of the band's best tracks. Gore doesn't sound as lazy as S/T though (except for Steph occasionally being too baked to come up with anything smart), just a big artistic misstep.