"Ohms" - Deftones New Album

[Visionz]

The heavy screamy parts of Spell of Mathematics reminds me a lot of the voire dire record by will heaven.drony dramatic synths to a massive murky guitar and angst ridden screams, pretty tense. I like all the parts though,the song is very good as a whole.

I wiuld also say WillHaven is influenced by these guys in a way or too, would you?

[LG95]

I kept making comparisons to Radiohead's albums on here and wondered if Ohms would be their Kid A. I'm not flatout blown away by Ohms as I was by Kid A all those years ago, but it might still be their most comparable album to it - not in sound, but due to the fact that it's one of their more challenging albums.

I think if there's a Kid A, it's White Pony. It's easy to make a connection with The Bends and Around The Fur, and subsequently Ok Computer and White Pony (in terms of their individual discographies, not that they sound anything alike) but if we're treating Kid A as the most transformative Radiohead album I'd say White Pony is the comparison, although Kid A is much more different to Ok Computer than White Pony is to Around The Fur.

Ohms has some new elements and a slightly different dynamic in terms of how Deftones albums usually work and are sequenced, but also brings past records and sounds together. In that sense, I'd maybe compare it to A Moon Shaped Pool?

[from_musings]

The heavy screamy parts of Spell of Mathematics reminds me a lot of the voire dire record by will heaven.drony dramatic synths to a massive murky guitar and angst ridden screams, pretty tense. I like all the parts though,the song is very good as a whole.

I wiuld also say WillHaven is influenced by these guys in a way or too, would you?

yes. and i would guess will haven would be the first ones to tell you that. they influence each other

[LG95]

The heavy screamy parts of Spell of Mathematics reminds me a lot of the voire dire record by will heaven.drony dramatic synths to a massive murky guitar and angst ridden screams, pretty tense. I like all the parts though,the song is very good as a whole.

I wiuld also say WillHaven is influenced by these guys in a way or too, would you?

That Sacramento 'scene' of Will Haven, Deftones and Far were all influencing each other.

[Far away]

Everyones entitled to their own opinions and thats the beauty of things (most of the time, at least), but the amount of different takes and perspectives about the same subject (the band, their discography, etc) never ceases to surprise me.

I wont be that guy judging other peoples list, order of prefferences and shit, but man... theres a LOT of different takes in here.

[Hesperian Death-Horse!]

...

Funny. Every time I thought Headless was going to go off the rails and disappoint me with a stupid melodic turn or a redundant rhythmic feel that would have made it boring, it always took the better turn and surprised the hell out of me to my delight. Multiple passages felt like they were going to take the goodness away but what really happened was it continued getting better.

[Inkblades]

I kept making comparisons to Radiohead's albums on here and wondered if Ohms would be their Kid A. I'm not flatout blown away by Ohms as I was by Kid A all those years ago, but it might still be their most comparable album to it - not in sound, but due to the fact that it's one of their more challenging albums.

I think if there's a Kid A, it's White Pony. It's easy to make a connection with The Bends and Around The Fur, and subsequently Ok Computer and White Pony (in terms of their individual discographies, not that they sound anything alike) but if we're treating Kid A as the most transformative Radiohead album I'd say White Pony is the comparison, although Kid A is much more different to Ok Computer than White Pony is to Around The Fur.

Ohms has some new elements and a slightly different dynamic in terms of how Deftones albums usually work and are sequenced, but also brings past records and sounds together. In that sense, I'd maybe compare it to A Moon Shaped Pool?

Yeah, A Moon Shaped Pool might be a better comparison. Not my favorite Radiohead album, but it is pretty good.

Everyones entitled to their own opinions and thats the beauty of things (most of the time, at least), but the amount of different takes and perspectives about the same subject (the band, their discography, etc) never ceases to surprise me.

I wont be that guy judging other peoples list, order of prefferences and shit, but man... theres a LOT of different takes in here.

That's really the beauty of the band. We all have different takes on what Ohms songs are the best, what albums are the best, etc. - goes without saying that it speaks to their greatness.

[Inkblades]

My top 5 as of right now:

Genesis
The Spell of Mathematics
Pompeji
Radiant City
Headless

[pulsipher]

This album is the album that would have come out between Diamond Eyes and KNY

[LG95]

I kept making comparisons to Radiohead's albums on here and wondered if Ohms would be their Kid A. I'm not flatout blown away by Ohms as I was by Kid A all those years ago, but it might still be their most comparable album to it - not in sound, but due to the fact that it's one of their more challenging albums.

I think if there's a Kid A, it's White Pony. It's easy to make a connection with The Bends and Around The Fur, and subsequently Ok Computer and White Pony (in terms of their individual discographies, not that they sound anything alike) but if we're treating Kid A as the most transformative Radiohead album I'd say White Pony is the comparison, although Kid A is much more different to Ok Computer than White Pony is to Around The Fur.

Ohms has some new elements and a slightly different dynamic in terms of how Deftones albums usually work and are sequenced, but also brings past records and sounds together. In that sense, I'd maybe compare it to A Moon Shaped Pool?

Yeah, A Moon Shaped Pool might be a better comparison. Not my favorite Radiohead album, but it is pretty good.

I definitely prefer this to AMSP. I've always thought AMSP had an incredible opener, an incredible closer and was mainly very pleasant in between. It's a mid tier Radiohead album to me.

[secretbandinsider]

I think I'm ready for the next album, is there a release date for that yet or?

[B_S_79]

First listen or two I would sigh and walk away thinking "wtf did I just listen to?"

A couple hours later I'm singing the choruses to some of these "wtf" songs. 

The drum beat in error totally reminds me of the beat in Mein.

Anyway, this album is a grower. I thought the weakest track was Radiant City, but that fucking chorus has been in my head all day - so every song has grown on me.

[Visionz]

The heavy screamy parts of Spell of Mathematics reminds me a lot of the voire dire record by will heaven.drony dramatic synths to a massive murky guitar and angst ridden screams, pretty tense. I like all the parts though,the song is very good as a whole.

I wiuld also say WillHaven is influenced by these guys in a way or too, would you?

That Sacramento 'scene' of Will Haven, Deftones and Far were all influencing each other.

I agree. Deftones and WH were pretty close in debuting also if i reacall it right

[Hesperian Death-Horse!]

First listen or two I would sigh and walk away thinking "wtf did I just listen to?"

A couple hours later I'm singing the choruses to some of these "wtf" songs. 

The drum beat in error totally reminds me of the beat in Mein.

Anyway, this album is a grower. I thought the weakest track was Radiant City, but that fucking chorus has been in my head all day - so every song has grown on me.

That's wild. I was sold on Radiant City from the first note and I continuously get excited when I remember that it exists.

Weirdly I have trouble remembering any passages from Error when its been a few hours since I've listened to the album but can pretty well remember at least parts from every song.

[Hesperian Death-Horse!]

I recall people saying that the verse of Pompeji recalls the verse of Phantom Bride and I agree but I have to say that if there was ever an example of righting a horrible wrong it is the killer Pompeji being the "do over" so to speak on the awfulness that ended up being Phantom Bride.

Yeah, didn't like that one. And its not because of the guitar solo from Jerry (who I'm a big fan of) but the solo didn't really help either. That song simply did not move me.

[from_musings]

my favourite trio of deftones songs in a sequence is bloody cape-anniversary-moana.

a new wonderful (and fascinating) trio has presented itself - spell of mathematics-pompeji-this link is dead.
what a trip,i'm loving it.


honourable mentions:

knife-korea-passenger
dai-headup-mx
feit-digital-elite

[rainnyx4]

I recall people saying that the verse of Pompeji recalls the verse of Phantom Bride and I agree but I have to say that if there was ever an example of righting a horrible wrong it is the killer Pompeji being the "do over" so to speak on the awfulness that ended up being Phantom Bride.

Yeah, didn't like that one. And its not because of the guitar solo from Jerry (who I'm a big fan of) but the solo didn't really help either. That song simply did not move me.

Jesus, really don't get the love for Pompeji. Steph's guitar sounds tired and Chino's vocals during everything but the verses sound awful. Best part is undoubtedly the synth outro.

Not a big fan of Phantom Bride either. It's OK, just severely underwhelming. I think I'd have to say it's a better song overall compared to Pompeji though. Really wish they'd gone in a different direction for Pompeji, the verses and outro are so good, but god I can't stand the other parts of the song, just kills it.

[from_musings]

This album is the album that would have come out between Diamond Eyes and KNY

What. De & Kny go together like nutella and a spoon.

[Far away]

I kept making comparisons to Radiohead's albums on here and wondered if Ohms would be their Kid A. I'm not flatout blown away by Ohms as I was by Kid A all those years ago, but it might still be their most comparable album to it - not in sound, but due to the fact that it's one of their more challenging albums.

I think if there's a Kid A, it's White Pony. It's easy to make a connection with The Bends and Around The Fur, and subsequently Ok Computer and White Pony (in terms of their individual discographies, not that they sound anything alike) but if we're treating Kid A as the most transformative Radiohead album I'd say White Pony is the comparison, although Kid A is much more different to Ok Computer than White Pony is to Around The Fur.

Ohms has some new elements and a slightly different dynamic in terms of how Deftones albums usually work and are sequenced, but also brings past records and sounds together. In that sense, I'd maybe compare it to A Moon Shaped Pool?

Yeah, A Moon Shaped Pool might be a better comparison. Not my favorite Radiohead album, but it is pretty good.

Everyones entitled to their own opinions and thats the beauty of things (most of the time, at least), but the amount of different takes and perspectives about the same subject (the band, their discography, etc) never ceases to surprise me.

I wont be that guy judging other peoples list, order of prefferences and shit, but man... theres a LOT of different takes in here.

That's really the beauty of the band. We all have different takes on what Ohms songs are the best, what albums are the best, etc. - goes without saying that it speaks to their greatness.

Indeed

[E-Money]

Ceremony is a certified JAM ..

Urantia is so good I almost crashed the car singing the chorus ...

Error has me floating in the clouds .

Spell is like auditory sex.


We got a great record. I'm completely in love with the first half. Second half hasn't quite grabbed me like the first half but I know it will soon.

Favorite part on the record so far is in ceremony where it goes totally quiet . "The world we shared, was never there" then Steph drops that driving riff. Chills every time . 👌

Ready for the next record already haha.