IMO SNW Is their best

[illthrowROCKS@U]

We must all remember that musical taste is opinion, don't crucify my please.  I love all the boys' efforts to date, but I personally like SNW more than I like ST.  My reasons for voting SNW Deftones' SECOND best album of all time (After ATF) are as follows:


This entire album either puts me in space floating in nothingness or makes me want to rip the heads off of babies.. sometimes both in the SAME song.  Now that's talent.

Rapture's verse riff is fucking RIDICULOUS.  Steph kills it, it's pure genius.  I'm ripping off like 4 baby heads by the time it's over.  My backyard has a lot of Gazeebos in it (anyone watch and get the American Horror Story reference? )

Combat is one of the rawest songs on this album, and is pure emotion.  Whose side are you on, with the inflection switched between SIDE and ON, is powerful as hell...  and the "Don't think that I don't know, cuz I do.. [3:30 - 4:00]" is fucking groovy as hell.  I don't prefer songs to sound the same their entire way through (something Deftones actually does A LOT, but it's cool), the back and forth between hard and soft really brings this track out and makes it a clear favorite of mine.

Kimdracula's riff is one of those ones that puts me in space.. I could listen to it for hours, and Chinos transcending voice combined with the screaming of "WISH," is great.  When I'm high and this song is loud on my earphones, it makes me feel like Kyle in that episode of South Park where they were stealing the teeth for cash.. "I am everything, and I am NOTHING!"

Riviere really is a landmark track for Deftones.  It literally sounds NOTHING like any previous Deftones song.  Even if you don't like it, that gives it merit.  The build up is great, the lyrics are great.. it's great.

Uuddlrlrselectstart is another one of those songs that just puts me on another plane of existance.  Another I could listen to back to back.  It just sounds cool as hell, and it's nice to get an instrumental every now and then, especially when it's as unique as this one.

Xerces... oh Xerces.  Arguably one of my top 5 favorite Deftones songs of all time (that list changes almost daily tho).  Same deal as Kimdracula, putting me in space, with the abrupt change in the chorus (tho not hard like Kimdracula's).  Not one scream in this entire song, which is pretty tough for Deftones!  Don't get me wrong I love me some Hexagram and Rickets is probably my favorite song of their ever... but Xerces just hits that right spot I have for a softer track.  The lyrics really speak to me, too.  Honestly sometimes I think Chino says more when he says less, and doesn't load a track full of a ton of ambiguous lyrics like on Adrenaline.

These 6 songs alone are enough to make me fall in love.  Not to even mention Beware is solid, and Cherry Waves totally reinvents their whole sound... love that bassline.

[snw9]

We must all remember that musical taste is opinion, don't crucify my please.  I love all the boys' efforts to date, but I personally like SNW more than I like ST.  My reasons for voting SNW Deftones' SECOND best album of all time (After ATF) are as follows:


This entire album either puts me in space floating in nothingness or makes me want to rip the heads off of babies.. sometimes both in the SAME song.  Now that's talent.

Rapture's verse riff is fucking RIDICULOUS.  Steph kills it, it's pure genius.  I'm ripping off like 4 baby heads by the time it's over.  My backyard has a lot of Gazeebos in it (anyone watch and get the American Horror Story reference? )

Combat is one of the rawest songs on this album, and is pure emotion.  Whose side are you on, with the inflection switched between SIDE and ON, is powerful as hell...  and the "Don't think that I don't know, cuz I do.. [3:30 - 4:00]" is fucking groovy as hell.  I don't prefer songs to sound the same their entire way through (something Deftones actually does A LOT, but it's cool), the back and forth between hard and soft really brings this track out and makes it a clear favorite of mine.

Kimdracula's riff is one of those ones that puts me in space.. I could listen to it for hours, and Chinos transcending voice combined with the screaming of "WISH," is great.  When I'm high and this song is loud on my earphones, it makes me feel like Kyle in that episode of South Park where they were stealing the teeth for cash.. "I am everything, and I am NOTHING!"

Riviere really is a landmark track for Deftones.  It literally sounds NOTHING like any previous Deftones song.  Even if you don't like it, that gives it merit.  The build up is great, the lyrics are great.. it's great.

Uuddlrlrselectstart is another one of those songs that just puts me on another plane of existance.  Another I could listen to back to back.  It just sounds cool as hell, and it's nice to get an instrumental every now and then, especially when it's as unique as this one.

Xerces... oh Xerces.  Arguably one of my top 5 favorite Deftones songs of all time (that list changes almost daily tho).  Same deal as Kimdracula, putting me in space, with the abrupt change in the chorus (tho not hard like Kimdracula's).  Not one scream in this entire song, which is pretty tough for Deftones!  Don't get me wrong I love me some Hexagram and Rickets is probably my favorite song of their ever... but Xerces just hits that right spot I have for a softer track.  The lyrics really speak to me, too.  Honestly sometimes I think Chino says more when he says less, and doesn't load a track full of a ton of ambiguous lyrics like on Adrenaline.

These 6 songs alone are enough to make me fall in love.  Not to even mention Beware is solid, and Cherry Waves totally reinvents their whole sound... love that bassline.

I entirely agree with your view on Kimdracula, it does put you in space.I can only listen to it at night