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Rating: Although not very accustomed to the second part of Deftones' career (the one from the revolutionary "White Pony" onwards), I listened to this latest "Saturday Night Wrist" quite pleasantly because I am now aware that the sound of albums like "Adrenaline" and "Around The Fur" almost certainly won’t be revisited again. So, at peace, I listen to the Deftones at the end of 2006 and am impressed. This time the change of direction is somewhat more pronounced than in the previous self-titled album, here we very well explore some melodic crossover, industrial, and trip hop (even though the latter is not new), all with the immense love that Camillo "Chino" Moreno has always had for new wave (Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, etc.), and his voice reflects this. The aggressive vocals are very rare, and what reigns is his melodic side.
It begins very well with "Hole In The Heart," with a stunning voice, moments of pure psychedelia, and furious and heavy guitar breaks influenced, as always, by Helmet and Pantera. For me, it's the best on the album. More on the coordinates of nu metal is "Rapture," with a nice heavy riff, scratchy voice, hard and syncopated drums - another good song. Another nu song is "Beware" although a bit flat, it features beautiful melodies and a cadenced rhythm with pleasant electronic touches. Although, as mentioned, a bit predictable, it is still very beautiful, especially for Moreno's "clean" vocals. A technological introduction for "Cherry Waves," a song that reflects trip hop, with beautiful bass parts somewhat like Fieldy (for those who don’t know, the bassist of Korn) and a very catchy chorus. A too long tribal interlude (a good 2 minutes and 28 seconds, not as if they were Soulfly) for "Mein," which can be skipped because it features rather ridiculous and too epic choruses for being Deftones. The post-hardcore influences of the Fugazi are picked up with "u, u, d, d, l , r, l, r, a, b, Select Start," a nice song in which they move fast with very compact and sharp guitars. The instrumental (except for some echoes of Moreno) "Xerces" resurrects the riffs of "Around The Fur" but unites them with a more rock-oriented attitude, for a song rich in beautiful melodies.
We return to the hardcore basin with "Rats!Rats!Rats," with a truly moving central melodic break. "Pink Cellphone" is a melodic rock ballad sung by Moreno and a woman (???), do not ask me who she is because I do not know, but she has a beautiful voice, a track a bit too sappy, but beautiful. From the "romantic" sound of "Pink Cellphone" we move to the crazy "Combat," a cheerful mix of certain thrash speeds and lively and cheerful trip hop, especially for its brief duration it can be considered an interlude. Experimental rock infused with psychedelia and a good dose of grunge are the last two songs: "Kimdracula" and "Riviere," which are also quite decent. In short, compared to other more or less recent nu metal comebacks, that of Deftones, albeit delayed, certainly does not pale compared to the albums of Soulfly, Mudvayne, Korn, and Slipknot, to name a few.
A work that is not very fast and driven but calmer, more thoughtful, and quite engaging, a must-buy for lovers of experimental rock and nu sounds.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Hole in the Earth (04:53)
Can you explain to me how
You're so evil (how?)
It's too late for me now
There's a hole in the earth (a hole in earth)
There's a hole in the earth (a hole in the earth)
I'm out...
Can you explain to me now
If you're still able well...
I think you know the truth
There's a hole in the earth (a hole in the earth)
I'm out
I hate all of my friends
They all lack taste sometimes
There's a hole in the earth
I'm out...
There's a hole in the earth
Please take a bow...
This is the end (somewhere)
This is the end
Somewhere...
There's a hole in the earth
There's a hole in the earth
I hate all of my friends
I'm out...
There's a hole in the earth
Hey...
Somewhere
02 Combat (04:34)
This time the finger's pointed right at you!
Whose side are you on?!
Whose side are you on?!
I ask you what side since you pointed it out
Whose side are you on?!
Whose side are you on?!
A waste of time if you don't believe
Can't decide till you've hit the ground
Make your mind because you're holding me down
(And I want to get down)
This time the finger's pointed right at you!
Whose side are you on?!
Whose side are you on?!
I asked you what side since you pointed it out
Whose side are you on?!
Whose side are you on?!
A waste of time if you don't believe
Can't decide till you've hit the ground
Make your mind because 'cause you're holding me down
(And I want to get down)
Don't think that I don't know 'cause I do
Nice try
Guess that's what you're really like. Like
Let something out, say something else
Decide whose side you're on
Whose side are you on?! Decide. Go on.
04 Cherry Waves (04:54)
A sea of waves
We hug the same plank
Just as I rehearsed over in my brain
The waves...
Suck...
You in
And you drown
If like you
Should sink down beneath
I'll swim down
With you...you....
You hang the anchors over my neck
I liked it at first
but the more you laughed
The crazier I came...
The waves...
Suck....you in
Then you drown...
If, like, you
Should sink down beneath
I'll swim down with you....
Is that what you want?...
You....
Is that what you want?...
Waves...
Waves...
it's like...
If like you
Should sink down beneath
I'll swim down with you!
Is that you want?
With you...
Is that what you want?
You?
You...
Escape...below...
06 Mein (04:31)
I've looked outside
But I, never wandered out
I'd like to pull you into me
Intercept you in between
But I, never wandered out
Outside
That way I'll always stay away from you
I've looked inside
But I, never wandered in
I'd like to pull it into me
Intercept you in between
But I, never wandered in
Inside
That way I'll always stay away from you
The universe, breaking us down
That way I'll always stay away from you
16 Xerces (04:03)
Universe
Surrounds you
When you're ready it waits
For us to leave this earth
Come on, they're calling your name out
I don't know
I could stay or leave
Either way
Cause the comet can take us
All the way through
Goodbye
Safe, heaven, new
I'll be waving
Goodbye
Return
To see
Everything looks the same
I don't know if the change it made was grave
Cause the craving remained the same
Goodbye
Safe, heaven, new
I'll be waving
Goodbye
I'll be waving, goodbye
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By Ginky
One of the best tracks on the album.
Surely this atrocity is the worst thing ever conceived by Chino and company.
By sephiroth
I could compare the latest effort from Deftones to a pill that induces emotions that seem entirely genuine or utterly fake.
The band has partially abandoned the elements of the predecessor and drawn heavily from the experiments of White Pony.
By maz74
MASTERPIECE!
music to travel through the metropolitan night without a destination...
By Ginoleo
Delgado, the keyboardist, manages to create dreamlike atmospheres where Chino’s voice sings like a long lament, sometimes melancholic, other times angry.
I feel like saying it’s better this way, S.N.W. lives with its own soul and in its thousand facets cannot undergo sorts of comparisons.
