Ohms: pre-release hype thread

[There Will Be Blood]

Looks like a barcode...

[ghostofemilydickinson]

Feel like the dot image thing is it for today...maybe for a while, as sad as it seems. It's too cool and mysterious of an element to put out there for just a few hours and to immediately follow up with a single or teaser. I see it lasting a while...maybe changing/altering somehow.

(I will also admit to having done everything I can to this dot image. Inverted colors, reversing, doubling and folding, seeing if it is Morse Code etc. Currently trying to line it up with any constellations).

[wbasmith]

Nice commitment, possibly brail?

[rainnyx4]

It's only too obvious to a bunch of obsessive fans like us, the average person visiting the site isn't going to notice anything (are there average people even visiting their site?).

I would have thought the same but, in the link?

And uh yeah, a lot of average people visit bands' websites...

I meant average in the sense of casual. That is to say, the people who heard Change 20 years ago and have their songs pop up occasionally on their spotify probably aren't giving their site much traffic, let alone obsessively scouring the net for information on their new album. This is for the crazies like us who visit their sites regularly to purchase merch, tickets, and consume whatever else they're giving us. This is Deftones we're talking about, they're not some super famous pop artist that is consistently pulling in tons of traffic and interest from new fans. This is about riling up the small but rabid fanbase that they have.

[geraavl08]

Facebook photo just went black

[GR1X7S]

Deftones went black out on their social media profile pics... It's happening

[Inkblades]

That picture reminds me of an old-fashioned electric light board (for lack of a better description, not exactly a science major lol) or something.

[Matthewtheloser]

21 minutes ya'll

[geraavl08]

My body is ready, 2 more hours

[wbasmith]

Anyone can read braille?

Just done a bit of reading on brail, dont reckon it is cus there's those faint grey dots as well. Doesnt really fit into how works. Unless we ignore the colours?

[rainnyx4]

Yeah no. Deftones are still one of the most influential rock bands of this generation and have millions of fans worldwide.

You have to qualify "millions of fans" a little better. Sure, there are millions of people who consider themselves fans, they like their music. How many of those are visiting their site on the regular, and again, of those, how many are desperately searching for clues?

This is my favorite band and one that I'm completely obsessed with (obviously since I'm on this site arguing about them) and I've rarely visited their homepage over the years. I've got a bunch of friends that are really into the band and I'd doubt that even half of them have been their webpage.

[Inkblades]

Facebook photo just went black

Complete Black. 

[There Will Be Blood]

This shit reminds me back in the day putting white pony cd in my computer and unlocking playing the Pac-Man game with the horse and the band members we're the ghost trying to get you.

[wbasmith]

Unlikely as I think this is, everything going black - Black Stallion?

[Matthewtheloser]

Deftones also just created a playlist on Spotify and there's a link to the website in the description

[Matthewtheloser]

Unlikely as I think this is, everything going black - Black Stallion?

Could be. This artist I follow on Instagram named Richey Beckett just posted a picture on Instagram this morning of this White Pony Revolver magazine box set thing that he illustrated. The box set is black and everything

[sharinglungs]

Deftones also just created a playlist on Spotify and there's a link to the website in the description

What playlist did they create

[ghostofemilydickinson]

Last thing Chino posted to Twitter was a track called "The Lights Are Going Out" by OMD. Coincidence?

Also, title of the album pretty much confirmed in all that source code folks are dropping. And if it's right (I hope it is, as it's a sweet very Deftones-ish title) I want some Brian Eno-level ambient textures in this sucker.

[wbasmith]

Deftones also just created a playlist on Spotify and there's a link to the website in the description

What playlist did they create

Just a complete collection playlist. All albums including Covers and B Sides, in a weird order though, it goes:

WP
Gore
KNY
DE
SNW
B Sides
Deftones
ATF
Adrenaline
Covers

Ie. all albums in reverse order except with WP first and Covers last

[Inkblades]

Of course you would have some people linking their black DP to blacklivesmatter and disputing the stance. For crying out loud.

Idiots gonna idiot.