"Ohms" - Deftones New Album

secretbandinsider · Sep 23, 2020, 10:51 AM

Wow, the end of Error gave me chills, pure Digital Bath vibes. I'm loving the trip-hoppy bits, the production is fantastic and I love how audible Frank is. About to listen to tracks 5-7 now which have been hyped up the most, I'm anxious!

whathappenedtoyou · Sep 23, 2020, 10:52 AM

Looks like I missed alot last night after going to bed, just getting caught up now. Will be listening soon.

imbrie · Sep 23, 2020, 10:58 AM

Frank D!

whathappenedtoyou · Sep 23, 2020, 11:06 AM

This Link is Dead.....WOW

LG95 · Sep 23, 2020, 11:10 AM

I caved.

On first listen I think Genesis might be the least good song on it. Which says something.

imbrie · Sep 23, 2020, 11:18 AM

Quote from: LG95 on Sep 23, 2020, 11:10 AM
I caved.

On first listen I think Genesis might be the least good song on it. Which says something.

Definitely agree here.

Far away · Sep 23, 2020, 11:24 AM

Quote from: LG95 on Sep 23, 2020, 11:10 AM
I caved.

On first listen I think Genesis might be the least good song on it. Which says something.

Welcome to the dark side, friend.

Quote from: SMLiberator on Sep 23, 2020, 06:09 AM
TSoM is this albums' Geometric Headdress.

TSoM is 1000% better than Geometric, imo. Its not even close.

imbrie · Sep 23, 2020, 11:24 AM

This album is so incredibly well sequenced. It's not front loaded - both halves are as good as each other. A really impressive album by anybody's standards let alone a 9th. 9th album!

pannch · Sep 23, 2020, 11:37 AM

On my way to TSOM, tracks 2,3,4 gives me British Rock vibes, specifically a frantic and rave-y rainy London night. Dunno why such specific imagery. This is the most Deftones sounding and least Deftones sounding Deftones have ever been. Really surprising 80's, 90's vibes. Gonna listen to 320 when pre order drops

secretbandinsider · Sep 23, 2020, 11:45 AM

I think Radiant City might be my favorite song on here. Headless maybe a close second.

Shells · Sep 23, 2020, 11:48 AM

Urantia sounds like if Duran Duran did a chugga chugga metal record.... How can a song sound like both of those things? Skilllsssss Deftones, skillllssssss.

whathappenedtoyou · Sep 23, 2020, 11:48 AM

TSOM is incredible!

ChubbyChino · Sep 23, 2020, 11:50 AM

I really don't get hits love for Spell, I think it's the weakest song.

whathappenedtoyou · Sep 23, 2020, 11:52 AM

The bass on TSOM is excellent

secretbandinsider · Sep 23, 2020, 11:53 AM

Quote from: ChubbyChino on Sep 23, 2020, 11:50 AM
I really don't get hits love for Spell, I think it's the weakest song.

inb4 banhammer

pannch · Sep 23, 2020, 11:54 AM

Ohms is an out and out a night album

ChubbyChino · Sep 23, 2020, 11:56 AM

Quote from: secretbandinsider on Sep 23, 2020, 11:53 AM
Quote from: ChubbyChino on Sep 23, 2020, 11:50 AM
I really don't get hits love for Spell, I think it's the weakest song.

inb4 banhammer

By weakest I mean the least good one

pannch · Sep 23, 2020, 11:57 AM

Radiant City is heavier than The Link is Dead

Moz La Punk · Sep 23, 2020, 12:28 PM

Where to fucking begin? This is not a review cause Im just doing my second listening of the entire record, but my god, for now I feel pretty safe to say this is everything I always wanted Deftones to be since White Pony. Keep in mind: this is not White Pony 2.0, but to me it feels like the potential I felt in this band back then REAALLLLLY comes to fruition on this album. It's hard for me to explain why that is exactly. Part of it is that the songs sound so unconventional structure- and soundwise, just like on WP. And part of it is that the whole thing feels so layered, like when you listen for the first few times you just HEAR that theres so much going on and you know youll have countless listenings ahead of you to just get a grasp on everything there. Like after a thousands of times, it sometimes still feels like you're finding new stuff on WP, right? Thats what this feels like to me.

Also a lot of stuff reminded me of ATF. Some truly inspiring, hard riffs and Chino's voice is sooooo butterly smooth. I also love that each member truly shines here. Abe's drums really pop, Frank has never been more present on the production AND song structure and Sergio really shows what he can do here. And Stef of course, he really fucking shines on this record, my god!

The album is expertly paced and just long enough. After the closing track I instantly want to hear it again.

There are truly some melodies here that touch me on an emotional level. I mean as you can read above Im a huge White Pony fan, but Im also still in love with Diamond Eyes and Koi No Yokan. However, those records feel a bit 'simpler' to me. Dont get me wrong, I love how they make Deftones feel energized again and I think they're both stone cold modern classics, but Ohms just has this extra special thing that I really can't explain. More layers, I guess? More difficult to graps structures and melodies?

I don't want to hype myself and yall up too much cause I remember being pretty fine with Gore as well on first listen, but that didnt take very long. But I have such a good feeling about this one. It might become one of my favorites. Might. We will see. For now, this is really an interesting release and its even more mindblowning knowing this is the 9th release of the band. Jesus, how do they do it?

LG95 · Sep 23, 2020, 12:31 PM

By the way, this leak is definitely not quite optimal quality. Sounds good but a little sloshy on the high end. I've reserved myself to the one listen for this reason.