"Ohms" - Deftones New Album

[SMLiberator]

yeah, now Ohms is out of Metacritic's top 3 albums of 2020 because of that shitty review I'm legit mad lmao

[from_musings]

Spell of mathematics would work very well as a closer i think. ohms as 2nd track.

[Hidalgo]

does the cd come with a booklet? any pics, etc? if someone wants to scan that up along with the back of the album, for us poor shmucks that have to wait longer cause amazon is dumb and slow, that would be cool. i gotta wait until the 29th

[Gaz]

The Guardian gave Ohms the only review below 8/10 so far, with 6/10

How can you give this album anything less than 8/10? Like, fuck the guardian amirite?

Having The Guardian review music is like asking a man without feet to run.

Spot on.

[funksk8er]

does the cd come with a booklet? any pics, etc? if someone wants to scan that up along with the back of the album, for us poor shmucks that have to wait longer cause amazon is dumb and slow, that would be cool. i gotta wait until the 29th

It does! I don't have pics unfortunately

[moskwality]

The visuals for TSOM from the visual tracklist are fantastic.

[Visionz]

Love how chino seems to be singing about writing the music with erased recordings and "arranging cards" etc and getting out of the crib to go around the lake and blow off steam maybe? (Urantia)Dont have official lyrics in front of me but thats what i hear. So much more to this also in the song imo

[Visionz]

Love how chino seems to be singing about writing the music with erased recordings and "arranging cards" etc and getting out of the crib to go around the lake and blow off steam maybe? (Urantia)Dont have official lyrics in front of me but thats what i hear. So much more to this also in the song imo

This is totally new to me because off the top of my head I can't think of him writing about some thing in first person personally that upfront. Sorry I'm not a scholar to use better words to describe it but you get the drift right?

[Visionz]

Fucking ABE CUNNINGFUCKINGHAM is a monster! Well done sir. Gonna retire TLID officially today at least until im curious enough to try to understand its beauty if any someday. But Abe smashed that one up to. Only Favorite part of it besides feeling creepy in my house alone tonight when it played.

[FatherUppercut]

Obviously, the album has been on repeat and I'm still diggin it alot... so much so that I adopted a dot! Where it ranks amongst the other albums, not sure.

Anywho - I know song rankings are subject to change as soon as I hit post, but I'm doing it anyway. I'd say about half of this album is top tier, there's a few great tracks, and one that hasn't hit the mark... yet. Obviously that will be #10 on the list.

Here's my song rank. It's the moment everyone has been waiting for, of course

1. Urantia
2. Headless
3. This Link is Dead
4. Error
5. Ohms
6. Radiant City
7. The Spell of Mathematics
8. Genesis
9. Ceremony
10. Pompeji

[mandalay]

First off, I'm really happy that so many people are in love with this record.  I wish I could say the same but it does absolutely nothing for me.  I find very little of it memorable, catchy, or impressive.  It all kinda sounds the same.  Chino's vocals are super pitchy.  Some of the guitar work is impressive and interesting, but again not catchy or crushing some like some of Stef's past work.  Maybe a few more listen things will change, but for now this record makes Gore seem like a masterpiece.

[glassdomino]

the spell of mathematics is the ride i've been waiting for since self-titled.   absolutely epic track. 

[Hidalgo]

First off, I'm really happy that so many people are in love with this record.  I wish I could say the same but it does absolutely nothing for me.  I find very little of it memorable, catchy, or impressive.  It all kinda sounds the same.  Chino's vocals are super pitchy.  Some of the guitar work is impressive and interesting, but again not catchy or crushing some like some of Stef's past work.  Maybe a few more listen things will change, but for now this record makes Gore seem like a masterpiece.

if you want catchy this is the wrong band. they've never made super catchy stuff

[Inkblades]

1. Urantia

LOL I thought we were all mature on this board now and not poo-pooing other people's opinions. Because if not, I'm ready to dig in and tell you why ALL of you motherfuckers are wrong on everything.

BTW just received an email from them that my bundle has shipped.

[976-EVIL]

Pretty cool that the diverse view of "favorite" vs. "least  favorite" tracks is so wide open. Not a lot everyone agrees with. Says quite a bit about how solid this record is to most of us.

[Visionz]

Re-reg account here from the days of waiting for SNW, the smoking avatar guy, the Lovecraft guy, and the guy who posted as Sammy Davis Jr going on about being buck naked all the time (maybe you had to be there). Tried and failed to reopen my old account but maybe a good thing not to have to re-acquaint myself with 24 year-old me.

Anyway. Great album, not blown away on the first listen but liking it more each time, and I'd place 'Genesis' and 'Spell' and 'Pompeji' in the top tier Tones material personally.  I think this has the strongest opener since Hexagram in terms of impact, although as a song Praters/Triangles is fairly impeccable to my ears. I also do dig 'Ceremony' and 'Radiant', with 'Headless' growing on me (the one place I was reminded of ATF).

'Urantia' has that major-ish melody thing they did all over Gore but with good production. 'Link' has little to do with the song it's been compared to IMO, and it's very post HC to me. Wonder it Sergio had a strong hand on it as a result.

Some of the atmospheric parts and segues throughout the album are exceptional.

I think the songs are no more complex than a lot of the last two albums tbh, just think they have had less time to sink in. If you think back to Rosemary for instance, or Riviere, it's a bit like that for the main, this isn't Justice or Opeth.

Got the (black) vinyl and CD through today and listened to the lossy rip a few times the day it came out, put it to bed for release then. The CD is a marked improvement on the rip (obviously).

I have to say the vinyl isn't brilliant to my ears. The treble is reeaaaally sibilant at times and it sounds compressed, don't think it's been hugely worked on as a specific vinyl mastering. A nice keepsake for likely the only new release I'll buy on vinyl in this strange piece of time though and good to support the band. You'd do fine just buying the CD IMO.

The packaging on both sucks a bit. Great booklet and photography and what I think will become an iconic cover placed onto crappy thin card. The CD barely fits in, and I thought the Gore digipack was bad. The lyric sheet in my LP has a big, scored dog-ear fold too. Lovely. Also a cheap paper inner sleeve for the LP, I hate these, they stick to the wax with static and I always have to clean paper debris (of the past) off them. It's been replaced.

It's not beaten Koi as record of the Sergio era for me, I'd place it alongside Diamond Eyes and above Gore however. It's been a trip for sure.

Apologies about the long post.

Also my top 3 and all of them i hope to rest right there among the top Dtones trax of all time. I feel that way abt em now anyways. Enjoying the whole record pretty much. Coulda done 9 songs without TLID and i wlda been cool

[FatherUppercut]

1. Urantia

LOL I thought we were all mature on this board now and not poo-pooing other people's opinions. Because if not, I'm ready to dig in and tell you why ALL of you motherfuckers are wrong on everything.

BTW just received an email from them that my bundle has shipped.

you guys are crazy.... Urantia fucks! 

After I wrote that I listened to pompeji a few more times. Still meh. How do you pronounce pompeji btw?

[Antonch]

I'm waiting elimination game

[Visionz]

I love how i get pulled down a rabbit hole with Headless. Track starts and im like at a Crosses show and all of a sudden ots Deftones at their most interesting and strangest. Good tune, just dont get the shit they start out with. Lotta "pop" parts in the album i get over only bc they r usually at the beginning of the songs and the songs get way better later. Kind of a trend im picking up here

[Visionz]

Chino seems to be talking to his wife to add to what i said abt Urantia. Cant wait for a record jacket fkn shit piss widafooooooock!!!!! Track growing on me also. Like an 80s ballad ala Dtones 2020 or something idk wt to make of it. I play it thru is all i know. He rifles thru her bag after lighting her butt from the tray is what i hear

EDIT... never mind, im convinced now that it is a song to his wife but make what u will. Its a good track and even better for whatever reason that its sorta personal. He does that, bit not so much simce Mascara