Their most accessible work since 2000's White Pony, Ohms offers listeners plenty of substance to grab on to: for the first time in a while, tightly executed songs take precedence over heady ideas, resulting in a deeply effective and satisfying experience that balances their eras.

Reuniting with producer Terry Date, the man behind their first four efforts (five, counting the unreleased Eros), the band attacks with full power, reinvigorated, hungry, and at a creative apex. You guys think that Saturday Night Wrist is a better album than Adrenaline? Are you fucking kidding me? Is this a joke? Did a new school fan make this list? SNW is the only Deftones album I hate! It seems like they catered too much to the mainstream and were just a tad too soft on that album.At the dawn of their fourth decade together as a band, alt-metal stalwarts Deftones crafted one of the best albums in their catalog, Ohms. WP - ATF - DE - SNW - s/t - A (best to still damn good)ĭE still 3 on strength of knife p/passenger/be quiet/summer White Pony is overrated, Diamond Eyes is the best Poor production mars this perfectly good debut album, but it is an excellent foundation on which deftones

It but more due to overwhelming quality in the records ranked above it. The reason this album is here is not due to a lack of quality in This albums lowly spot on this list is deceiving. The album that set deftones apart from their nu metal peers and massive step forward for them stylistically.ĭeftones continue to grow and develop as this recent masterpiece is testament to.ĭeftones most straightforward and rocking album, great for driving.Ī bit of a dissapointment as it followed the classic white pony but in retrospect this album is very strong and This list was exceedingly difficult to assemble as each album is top quality.

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