Koi No Yokan thread

[from_musings]

they said "look out for romantic dreams" but i didn't understand that it was that kind of warning 

[iGotSpaceLikeNASA]

Personally, I'm done with their heaviness in a metal sense. Don't get me wrong, I love when they're heavy but they have enough of that in their back catalogue to satisfy me these days.

Yes.

[chuckles]

I still can't believe the negative comments about Romantic Dreams a page ago..it sounds great and very emotional in a way. Very good.

It's insane how almost every song sounds so epic like you're hearing it during some huge worldwide event and everyone's there or something (lol)..

im not saying its horrible.. all im sayin is i didnt like the snippet! buuuuuutttttt!!! im really excited for romantic dreams...

[from_musings]

Personally, I'm done with their heaviness in a metal sense.

well as long as you said it before hearing the samples

[Inkblades]

I still get the feeling that the album will have heavy moments. Swerve City has a pretty metal riff, there are still the "unknown" parts of Romantic Dreams (and holy shit, does that chorus sound like something out of the early 90's), we know Leathers and Poltergeist have heavy moments, Graphic Nature's snippet has a heavy riff at the end and Goon Squad obviously sounds heavy. Tempest and Rosemary aren't exactly metal, but I wouldn't call them soft either. Sounds like that usual balance of Chino and Stephen to me. Stephen is still throwing down some heavy riffage, but Chino just isn't being very metal over it.

[from_musings]

I still can't believe the negative comments about Romantic Dreams a page ago..

it was about the snippet, not the song. a good movie can have a bad scene but still be good as a whole. we'll see

[from_musings]

Stephen is still throwing down some heavy riffage, but Chino just isn't being very metal over it.

well at least stef tried

[nicklav]

I've said all along KNY will be the softest album yet. I'm suspecting I'll be right and at this point in my life that's what I'd like to hear from deftones.

I'm fine with this as well. I want more of those interesting melodies.

[m1nusblindfoLd]

I still get the feeling that the album will have heavy moments. Swerve City has a pretty metal riff, there are still the "unknown" parts of Romantic Dreams (and holy shit, does that chorus sound like something out of the early 90's), we know Leathers and Poltergeist have heavy moments, Graphic Nature's snippet has a heavy riff at the end and Goon Squad obviously sounds heavy. Tempest and Rosemary aren't exactly metal, but I wouldn't call them soft either. Sounds like that usual balance of Chino and Stephen to me. Stephen is still throwing down some heavy riffage, but Chino just isn't being very metal over it.

Agreed on the early 90s part of RD, and other songs as well. God I love that even if some people think it's lame for some reason.

[Caín]

The production at least seems miles better than on DE

[ponyx]

I only liked Goon Squad :/

[Caín]

Swerve city sounds like a Godsmack Song.

[JVell]

Personally, I'm done with their heaviness in a metal sense. Don't get me wrong, I love when they're heavy but they have enough of that in their back catalogue to satisfy me these days.

Yes.

Don't get me wrong. I am okay with this as well. However, the Deftones have been built upon a foundation of mixing both heavy and soft dynamics. It's critical to their sound that they don't sacrifice one too much for the other, you know? That's all I am arguing. Once again, it's hard to tell from just 30 second samples, but it appears that the heavy side of their songwriting has been scaled back even further and that's fine, just a little jarring at first.

[rock_n_frost]

@Vesanic

If you are agreeing ''psychology is bullshit'' than you are right. But you are wrong.

If you keep agreeing your ''everything you said is wrong'' statement,then accoarding to you :

- The album is terrible.
- People can describe songs by letters
- Snippets are just like you've imagined
- In no song you can hear chorous parts with those snippets

[Caín]

I only liked Goon Squad :/

Then you might like Stone Temple Pilots. Sounds 100% like em.

[only pieces remain]

Swerve city sounds like a Godsmack Song.

clean out your ears

[Inkblades]

Swerve city sounds like a Godsmack Song.

So, in other words, it sounds like an Alice in Chains song?

[dopeybanana]

Based on the samples alone, I can safely say that KNY is waaaay better than DE. The songs sound way more fleshed-out, complex and most importantly, there seems to be a lot of variety and dynamics whereas DE just sounded like a short collection of singles. But here's the thing: I LIKED DE, so it looks like I'm definitely gonna fall in love with this album. Swerve City sounds like it could belong on ATF, with it's straightforward -dare I say it- 90's nu-metal riffing and the "in-and-out" riffs that follow Chino's "OHhhhHhHH" in Romantic Dreams sound exactly like the bassline to the main riff of Minerva (Throwback, maybe?). At first listen, Gauze sounds like it could be Risk 2.0 but those heavy churning riffs that follow the chorus sound hopeful. Only Leathers, Poltergeist and Goon Squad seem like they could be genuinely aggressive tracks but I'm not complaining, I prefer the lush, massive, wall-of-sound-chorus-riffing-with-Chino-guiding-the-melodies aspect of the Deftones that is plastered all over Rosemary,Tempest, What Happened and Entombed over what could potentially be a forced attempt at a straight-ahead aggressive metal sound but that's just me. Overall, things are looking good and the 13th can't get here sooner. 

[Caín]

Swerve city sounds like a Godsmack Song.

So, in other words, it sounds like an Alice in Chains song?

A little to blunt and bouncy for that. It's like a bad Alice in Chains knock off, so Godsmack.

[Flowb]

Clips sounded pretty good, I only listened to them once. I'm going on official blackout mode until I have the full album from here on out though. I don't think judging the album from clips is going to be very accurate, but I think I'm gonna dig it quite a bit.