"Ohms" - Deftones New Album

[nicklav]

I'm never getting over TSOM. Feels like my soul is leaving my body.

I feel the same way.

[Hesperian Death-Horse!]

Guys, I don't even know what to do about this LP. Right now, I've just barely finished listening to the whole thing start to finish. My "first listen" plans were obliterated by "circumstance" let's say.

Now that I've heard every song, there's only one track that is giving me trouble. The rest of this album is basically murdering me with Fuck-Yes-ery.

I'm feeling incredibly satisfied and before I had gotten all the way through it I was starting to fear I wasn't going to be happy with it at all. Now that I've completed it, I can't believe I was worried. Each song has one to five different motifs that are phenomenal about it.

Yeah, even the weak track is managing to grow on me with every listen. That song is "Urantia"

[Inkblades]

How I'm feeling right now:

1. White Pony
2. Around the Fur
3. Deftones
4. Ohms
5. Diamond Eyes
6. Tie: Saturday Night Wrist/Gore
7. Adrenaline
8. Koi No Yokan

I was kind of hoping Ohms would enter my top three because I don't want to be that guy stuck in his youth who goes on and on about their old stuff forever but it's still how I feel. Part of it is probably just my age - you're not going to be as blown away by stuff in your 30's like when you were a teen. Also I've had a headache for the last couple days which is unfortunately kind of tampering with my enjoyment of the music. Fourth place is a good spot - I could see it taking S/T's spot in time, but WP and ATF will probably always lock down the top 2 for me.

I am feeling like it's the most consistent work of the Sergio albums right now - however, that feeling could change. When it's all said and done, Genesis is a top 10 Deftones song for me and it's pretty impressive they can still move me this far in their career.

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.

[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.

[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!]

The switch at 2:47 in Headless is so... unexpected, I have an issue with it.

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