Album: Diamond Eyes
Year: 2010
Rating: 96/100
It's easy to get caught up in the hyperbole and carried away when talking about the Deftones' back catalogue. After all, their musical evolution as a band since "Adrenaline" dropped into our lives twenty years ago has been nothing short of jaw-dropping. But, fucking hell, when what's in front of us is as outstanding as "Diamond Eyes" truly is, then who are we to argue, really?
Album opener and title track "Diamond Eyes" gets us off to the euphoric flyer that we, the listeners, deserve, with its back and forth time shifts in the first of many truly gigantic choruses. "Royal", "CMND/CTRL" and "You've Seen The Butcher" all fit together seamlessly as if they were three parts of the same amazing song. Elsewhere, "Beauty School", "Prince" and "Rocket Skates" highlight the Deftones at their finest; the former is one of the slower numbers on the album, equal in ethereal presence with "Sextape", whereas the latter two bring the Deftones' sound of years gone past up to date without needing to change anything drastic.
"Diamond Eyes" is unmistakably the Deftones at their finest. While it's true that no two Deftones albums sound the same, the band have never gone back down the same road and changed their plans entirely, more like re plot their musical co-ordinates slightly every single time, and it's an approach that has served them better and better over time, as what they've produced has been of the highest quality on every occasion. A must own album that reveals more and more nuance with every listen.
Track list
- Diamond Eyes
- Royal
- CMND/CTRL
- You've Seen The Butcher
- Beauty School
- Prince
- Rocket Skates
- Sextape
- Risk
- 976-EVIL
- This Place Is Death
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