Diamond Eyes - Thoughts + reviews

[Jacob]

I finally listened to the album with some proper headphones on last night. and all I can say is OH MY GOD! got to hear much more of Sergio's bass and he does a tremendous job imo. and Frank's effects were even more in-your-face and totally awesome. this is his best work with the band to this day, no question about it. I especially love what he does in Royal and YSTB.

[jesusinabowlofdirt]

if its frank only on this album effect-wise, then its not just his best work, he stepped up big time to a WHOLE other level i never heard him on.if the booklet would say it had some additional musicians or additional engineer/blip blop guy on his department i wouldnt be surprised.
but if its just his melodies,sounds,background sounds etc then im very very impressed

[anguria]

Wow as a designer I wasn't happy with the type, but dug the photo. Now knowing it is a stock photo saddens me. (maybe there is some sort of explanation for it, cost wise).

Or maybe because it's a fuckin' excellent picture and they thought it would be perfect for the album..

I don't get what's wrong with the picture being from stock. It's awesome,  probably the best cover they've ever had (ok, exception made for Like Linus  ). I must say that I never really appreciated Deftone's covers. White Pony is still their best album to me, but the cover is not appealing at all and is way too minimal for such a huge album.

[jesusinabowlofdirt]

White Pony is still their best album to me, but the cover is not appealing at all and is way too minimal for such a huge album.

thats whats so great about it. its classy,minmal and and full of confidence

[Jacob]

if its frank only on this album effect-wise, then its not just his best work, he stepped up big time to a WHOLE other level i never heard him on.if the booklet would say it had some additional musicians or additional engineer/blip blop guy on his department i wouldnt be surprised.
but if its just his melodies,sounds,background sounds etc then im very very impressed

I'm pretty sure it's only Frank. everything sounds like him, if you compare to what he's done before. I think the production itself makes a big difference too - on previous records his sounds haven't been nearly as obvious all the time, only of a few songs. remember how it took a live recording of WGTB for people to realize Frank's awesome work in it?

[deftones86]

White Pony is still their best album to me, but the cover is not appealing at all and is way too minimal for such a huge album.

thats whats so great about it. its classy,minmal and and full of confidence

Yea pretty much saying we dont need to win you over with clever album art , we let our music do that. its my favorite album art because its classy,minmal and and full of confidence

[jesusinabowlofdirt]

im impressed with all the sounds on de, but for example that sound in the chourus of diamond eyes, those sounds barley heard is too professional to be him (of course i could be wrong and i hope so) .. he to me is more of a sound guy who plays the crappy synth in rapture or those notes on wtgb, which is awesome, but those are kind o f prominent melodies, there too much barley heard shit on this thats amazing and booster for the songs. that sort of stuff producers know

[TheShade1989]

Speaking of Frank, I pretty much never heard any of his sounds except for on this album a few times, so that's a big deal. Part of the reason might be because I have very crappy headphones, but maybe I just hear it without noticing it. A lot of the time I though some distorted guitar sounds were his effects, so, what do I know? He definitely had a lot more on this album though.

[jesusinabowlofdirt]

Speaking of Frank, I pretty much never heard any of his sounds except for on this album

[pixElsblUr]

to be fair I think Franks sounds are a bit more clear and amplified from previous work, but have definitely always heard Frank's synths.

[gui]

Speaking of Frank, I pretty much never heard any of his sounds except for on this album a few times, so that's a big deal. Part of the reason might be because I have very crappy headphones, but maybe I just hear it without noticing it. A lot of the time I though some distorted guitar sounds were his effects, so, what do I know? He definitely had a lot more on this album though.

please, next time you listen to digital bath or change, listen to it more carefully.

and this is 2 exemples on tons of songs. But this is the songs that made me open my eyes on Frank's work. on ATF i wasn't aware too much about it. (though his work on my own summer is easily hearable now)

Frank made Change the classic it is now, without him the song isn't half as good.

[jesusinabowlofdirt]

when i finally get to open the booklet and find out there is no more owls in there, and i dont see anymore names regarding the sounds/effetcs than frank,then i will be glad.maybe it shouldnt matter as long as it sounds good but if i found out warner payd some other pro's to help out ..
...or if i found out "u know those amzing effects at d.e? its really the dj from linkin park who did most of em" it would take a lot of the joy from it. i dont think it would be so strange if frank played his ilttle melodies and then some other producer guy added some sounds to it.

[deftones86]

Maybe Frank kind of built more of an artist touch with his work with Crook in Decibel Devils?

[Hidalgo]

mindset of a killer!!!!!!!!!!!

[punkflop01]

if you order a copy - you'll get the track. 

[Caín]

if you order a copy - you'll get the track. 

no credit card. i wish i could go to itunes with this.

[TheShade1989]

Speaking of Frank, I pretty much never heard any of his sounds except for on this album a few times, so that's a big deal. Part of the reason might be because I have very crappy headphones, but maybe I just hear it without noticing it. A lot of the time I though some distorted guitar sounds were his effects, so, what do I know? He definitely had a lot more on this album though.

please, next time you listen to digital bath or change, listen to it more carefully.

and this is 2 exemples on tons of songs. But this is the songs that made me open my eyes on Frank's work. on ATF i wasn't aware too much about it. (though his work on my own summer is easily hearable now)

Frank made Change the classic it is now, without him the song isn't half as good.

Nah, those two I hear them on, as well as some others, but for the most part I couldnt hear them really. Like I said, maybe my headphones suck, but I hear them a lot more on DE, so, no idea.

[snw9]

some kind soul please hook me up with M83 remix

Deftones should release a b-side instead of a remix. I would rather buy it without the remix.

[Hidalgo]

RS M83 is pretty cool. techno. reminds of the spawn sound track sorta, and that's a good thing

[Hidalgo]

just listened to it again. i've listened to DE 4 times now, and it is incredible. trying not to overplay it, but they really stepped up to the plate and sent this one YARD!!