Deftones [Vinyl]

Deftones frontman Chino Moreno wastes no time in expressing his despair mere seconds into “Hexagram” with a blood-curdling scream that will make your skin crawl. The dense, down-tuned guitars of Stephen Carpenter form a solid backdrop for the vocals that’s more about creating a mood than a melody (“When Girls Telephone Boys”). Ironically one of the album’s most intense moments (“Lucky You”) doesn’t even involve guitar, it relies on Nine Inch Nails-type rhythm and keyboards to create an uncomfortable tension. DEFTONES winds down with the loud-soft-loud pattern they’re famous for on “Moana.”

– Disc 1 –
1 Hexagram
2 Needles and Pins
3 Minerva
4 Good Morning Beautiful
5 Deathblow
6 When Girls Telephone Boys
– Disc 2 –
1 Battle-Axe
2 Lucky You
3 Bloody Cape
4 Anniversary of An Uninteresting Event
5 Moana