Deftones - Spaceland September 18th?

[Frankz0r]

FOD needs to come out as a b-side.  New song is OK.... lets hope they have better ones on eros.

when this martyr will stop? damn!

FOD is great, but c'mon... it's never gonna go out again, ever.

[cyppe101]

if they did this song just for the fans they suck so fucking much, but if it's just.. yeah..
joke

[Inkblades]

You get a little bit of a better idea of what the verse riff is like from that 26 second youtube video.

[downtownpony]

what a buncha bitches.

[cyppe101]

what a buncha noob i am.

i agree actually.

[downtownpony]

 Having a shitload of post is nothing to be proud of.

[cyppe101]

Having a shitload of post is nothing to be proud of.

trust me, i know

[pixElsblUr]

just got a chance to really listen to Melanie (couldn't really hear it right at work), fucking shit, it's sick

[defmark87]

I like the chorus of this song quite a bit, but the verse if really lacking. Just more of the rah! rah! yah!! fuck it, (high pitch scream!!!!) from Chino.  Stef decided to just say fuck it and write Rats! volume 2 for the verse as well. Kind of dissapointing considering how much they use to change styles between albums.  It should still be a good album nonetheless just hope they mix it up more than what I'm hearing.

[cyppe101]

I like the chorus of this song quite a bit, but the verse if really lacking. Just more of the rah! rah! yah!! fuck it, (high pitch scream!!!!) from Chino.  Stef decided to just say fuck it and write Rats! volume 2 for the verse as well. Kind of dissapointing considering how much they use to change styles between albums.  It should still be a good album nonetheless just hope they mix it up more than what I'm hearing.

I agree with you nobody

welcome back since snw leaks.

[Deftonesaddict]

really dissapointing song, no progression since snw (which i hated) but knowing the tones surely this song won't be in the new album.

remember when FOD was played live in an earlier show in the US (guess in 2005) ? That song didn't make the album. Coincidence or maybe not.

[Hidalgo]

nah, this song will be on EROS

FOD was in late 2004, & SNW came out late 2006

that's 2 years to change things. this time, they're already mixing, no time to change, so this is obviously on the record(99%)

[Inkblades]

To the people who don't like it, wait until you hear a studio version. No offense to the guy who recorded it because he did a damn good job, but it's not crystal clear.

[Hidalgo]

the quality of the recording was fairly decent

i just kinda wish Chino would stop making songs with notes he can no longer hit(like this, & hite, etc). he's gotta realise he went down an octave or 2 when he blew out his voice in late 2000

[tiger mode]

nah, this song will be on EROS

FOD was in late 2004, & SNW came out late 2006

that's 2 years to change things. this time, they're already mixing, no time to change, so this is obviously on the record(99%)

I don't know man, I think you are missing Deftones' completely "Fuck that shit" attitude.  They're known to change shit up right on the spot. ST was supposed to be Lovers. Well fuck, that turned out to be self-titled. Please, Please (Smith's cover) was supposed to be on adrenaline; was even practiced and recorded. That didn't make it cause Terry Date said no.

Personally, I think Melanie is a sorry Deftones song. It should, and can still go the way of FOD. I think, Deftones, as a band, has changed dramatically from the time of White Pony. They are still the best band(as their character and personalities)  in the world, but as musicians they have completely been lackluster.

These guys used to be dynamic. Agree or disagree, but they've come to a point where they are like "Well people know us for this shit, so let's play this shit." They've even come to do so many collabs with bands we all hate.

I almost want them to say fuck who we are, lets do a down-tempo album with jazz influence. That would be the best deftones album ever. One that transcends their "metal-godliness."

[Inkblades]

Video version of Melanie:

http://www.sharenow.com/base/content/35574/

[There Will Be Blood]

The song does grow on me. I do like it but, it sounds like SNW. It seems to be played to fast.

[Deftones86]

To the people who don't like it, wait until you hear a studio version. No offense to the guy who recorded it because he did a damn good job, but it's not crystal clear.

Agreed, the video on youtube gives the song a different sound.. I think it will sound  much better on the record...And if the little intro part from the studio updates is going to be on the album, this should be a pretty dynamic album. oh and in this song you can hear that little weird noise you hear in one of the Ezrin demos idk which one...

[deftfan]

2 reviews about this show:
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4812441,00.html
http://www.lastfm.pl/user/xxxjennyx/journal/2008/09/19/26ayvd_dear_deftones%2C__thank_you.__with_tons_of_love_-_j

[devilinside]

Ur a little late on the first one dude...

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4812441,00.html

Deftones' "surprise show" at Spaceland in Silverlake played out like a classic film noir. However, instead of femme fatales and criminal conspiracies, the audience got Chino Moreno's sensual, schizophrenic croon and Stephen Carpenter's six-string warfare. It was more than just a concert; it was one moment of sonic transcendence after another. In the tiny room, the sound flipped from decadent decay to brutal beauty with the shift of a guitar chord. However, Moreno's entrancing and destructive voice captured the crowd. It was beyond "hypnotic." It was pure aural kidnapping. Moreno stayed at the wheel, and the audience was a more-than willing passenger.

Announced a mere day before via the band's MySpace page, the show sold out almost immediately. Since the band hasn't played a gig in over a year, kids clamored for a spot up front. In the early afternoon, droves of fans arrived at the venue just to get close to witnessing the sonic explosion the evening would bring. Fitting the band's nihilistic imagery, Spaceland had the perfect combination of tacky hipster panache and '70s dirtball sleaze. The venue's sparkly chartreuse back curtain made it resemble a high school auditorium. It was the perfect quirky little club for what will be a legendary show.

In true noir fashion, Deftones went thematically deep into a seedy underworld. There were songs about seduction, abduction, addiction and eerie existentialism. Or were there? That's the best thing about the Deftones: that mystique. Very few bands have it. You could psychoanalyze the lyrics for a year and never know what Moreno truly means. That's why the audience clung to his every word.

Intellectual trappings aside, Deftones still slay on stage, and this particular show channeled an unbridled live ecstasy. From the second Moreno uttered the words, "Uh oh," the band was primed to go off. Opening song "Hexagram" swung like a guillotine, as Moreno sprung across the stage with unmatched fury. The crowd immediately exploded, bouncing with every riff. On "My Own Summer," Abe Cunningham and Chi Cheng's drum n' bass groove dripped sex, while "Lotion" was a kinetic aural riot somewhere between The Cure's swoon and Bad Brains' psychosis. "Around the Fur" evoked images of a downward spiral so deep Trent Reznor couldn't even comprehend it—Hollywood's drugs, depravity and dire loneliness collided in the song's hellish landscape.

"Beware" was the soundtrack to a personal apocalypse, complete with crickets. However, the evening's one new song, tentatively titled "Melanie," proved simultaneously rapturous and deadly. Moreno prefaced it by saying, "You haven't heard this one yet." The song's sharp riff clashed and killed, while the chorus soared. The singer lunged into the crowd, and his voice sailed across Carpenter's tidal wave of distortion during the hook. The new cut was edgy and vibrant—like all great Deftones songs are. "Change," "Knife Party" and "Digital Bath" added that classic space rock element to the show. The band excelled in conjuring gorgeously dark imagery through Frank Delgado's bleeding synths and Carpenter's torrential guitar work. "Hole In The Earth" kept up the space theme before "Passenger" brought everything back to that sexual darkness that the band does all so well.

Moreno's raw, refined rage got better with age. He commanded the crowd with a combination of youthful charisma and wise bravado. In between songs, he smiled, "I see a whole lot of motherfuckers I know out there. I'm glad you made it out to this." They were even happier to be there. This was set for the fans. Cuts like "Root," "Nosebleed" and "7 Words" eliciting massive and crazed crowd responses from the airtight club. One fan swung from a speaker as Moreno poured his soul out with each scream. The set covered every permutation of the Deftones' sound, from White Pony's lovelorn look at high school to Around the Fur's vile embrace to Saturday Night Wrist's stoned sonic space travel.

Since 1995, Deftones have been the future of rock music. They've influenced alternative music's zeitgeist with every evolution. However, most of the general music audience has always seemed one step behind them. Hopefully, with 2009's offering, the audience finally catches up. Rock music needs Deftones now more than ever. How many bands have created a mystique and weathered trends the way that Sacramento's favorite sons have? How many artists explore darkness through such beauty? Just like any classic noir tale, it was a combination of sex, violence and shifted perspectives. Isn't that what all great art is about?

This has to be one of the STUPIDEST fucking statements I've ever read!!!!