Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist (part 2)

Well it leaked as some might already know and all Iâ��ve got to say is WOW! The review at drownedinsound couldn’t be any more accurate. Although Iâ��ll disagree with Chino’s original press statement of:

"It’s far more aggressive than, you know, our last few records, I’d say. I think we kinda just went in this time and just started writing, and obviously, all the stuff that came out was just way aggressive. That’s what kind of made it fun. It was weird being out in Malibu, which is like a sunny place, a happy place, and we just started making some straight evil music. We’ve spent a lot of time going into it and making it something special, we’ve spent a lot more time on it than on our last record so it’s going other places" - Chino Moreno

Agreed it is evil music and it is aggressive but not in the conventional sense of what people were expecting, resembling Adrenaline or Around the Fur. I’d say the album is definitely more an emotional kind of aggressiveness or evil. The music while in some tracks is breaching death metal and is some of the heaviest music Iâ��ve heard from the Deftones it’s not consistent enough throughout the whole recording to label it as an ‘aggressive & evil’ album.

Any fans of Team Sleep are sure to be in for a treat with this album as songs bare a lot of resemblance to their sound, though admittedly this was expected.

For you true Deftones fans I�m sure you will also be pleased and while it might take a few listens for you to truly appreciate the sound as it might of back when you first heard White Pony or the self titled album. Persist with it and be an objective listener because in time it will grow on you just like White Pony and the self titled albums did lasting with you forever.

I won’t go too deeply into each track as I feel the drownedinsound review was more than perfect. However make sure you listen to â��Pink Cellphoneâ�� right the way through for a rather vulgar laugh brought to you by Annie Hardy.