Two Way Mirror is a Minerva tribute.

Ayyy White Hot, one of my favourite songs from them. I agree with dawn of war on most accounts, like I hear a loose connection to deftones but they have their own sound.

Hot take though, I don't really love it when they do songs that are full on softer, except two-way mirror. I like their heavier side.

A lot of them actually don't sound like Deftones (people act like Thornhill are the second coming of Deftones lmao, don't get that at all) but tell me the :57 second mark isn't a dead ringer for Chino:


It's an imitation for sure, but a pretty damn impressive one IMO.

Honestly I don't hear deftones at all in there music and always found that a stupid take, I love them, I like the screams I love everything about them, even the chill songs but I just don't hear thr deftones people are talking about, like all this "deftones sounding" music is just shoegaze that sounds nothing like thr "inspiration" surr there's entombed and like ending of error but that's not even really shoegaze. Sorry if this is like random it makes sense to me

Quote from: LG95 on May 02, 2025, 06:58 AMI don't like that Loathe song at all. Why do none of these Deftones-inspired bands actually have the confidence to write an actual song? They're all throwing shit at a wall...here's a synth crescendo, here's a stank riff, here's an industrial bit, here's a melancholy clean vocal section, here's a jazz bit, here's a Blade Runner synth bit.

Sleep Token are the worst for it because their genre smashing is so turgid and mawkish and dreary and contrived, but some of the others aren't much better.

Two Way Mirror stood out because it was an actual song with an actual hook.

I agree. Most of their stuff just sounds like generic noise to me. Their most Deftones sounding songs are genuinely GREAT though. ie:Two Way Mirror, Sad Cartoon and Is It Really You. Just wish they were more consistent.

They sound pretty good.
But I just don't get into the Deftones inspired stuff. I'm happy for people who enjoy what they like though.
Nothing scratches the itch for me unless it's Deftones. It's really annoying for me because I WANT to have something to fill the void.

Bump.
Does anyone (read this and) know the name of the hidden track on 'Leitmotif'?

Dredg - 'Running Through Propellers'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMOJYFxYZXQ

I don't like that Loathe song at all. Why do none of these Deftones-inspired bands actually have the confidence to write an actual song? They're all throwing shit at a wall...here's a synth crescendo, here's a stank riff, here's an industrial bit, here's a melancholy clean vocal section, here's a jazz bit, here's a Blade Runner synth bit.

Sleep Token are the worst for it because their genre smashing is so turgid and mawkish and dreary and contrived, but some of the others aren't much better.

Two Way Mirror stood out because it was an actual song with an actual hook.

Loathe will help hold me over. One of the few new Deftones-influenced bands I actually like.