Diamond Eyes - Thoughts + reviews

[Jacob]

um, does Chino really come across as the kinda guy who calls things "ill", use "oh snap" and shortenes "I'm gonna" with "ima"? not to me. the language and way to type those twitter posts looks like a much younger person to me.

but I might be wrong.

[rock_n_frost]

after that sentence on that blog site, abe says ''this album is more heavy''

aaaw fuck my english...all i know is fuckin something

[whodunit?]

Chino wrote on his blog: quite possible we may have just written the heaviest song EVER!

http://twitter.com/chinowmoreno

bands always say that.

[wither-I]

deftones always say that.

[rock_n_frost]

but i believe it will be this time...

[mr.sinister]

Well steph is using an 8 string guitar. Try and not make that shit sound heavy.

[wither-I]

true. he could be a tad more inventie with his riff structuring though... and song structures altogether

[giantmunky7]

it is possible to make an album with an 8 string guitar NOT heavy i mean i have a bunch of seven string guitars and i dont always play heavy shit on them plus he was already tuning in F# on SNW i heard somewhere hes gonna tune in E but an octave LOWER then regular  which will probably sound like farts i tried it on my guitar and it sounded BAD.... not because my equipment either i have stephs seven strings and a peavy 5150 head with mesa cabs.... its good shit   


sooooo anyway my point is DONT think cause steph is playing an 8 string that the album is gonna be super heavy.....


i think if anything may give us clues that the album will be heavy its the chino said he's NOT playing guitar not that i dont love chino's song writing but he's not even a bit heavy.....except in size

[rainnyx4]

it is possible to make an album with an 8 string guitar NOT heavy i mean i have a bunch of seven string guitars and i dont always play heavy shit on them plus he was already tuning in F# on SNW i heard somewhere hes gonna tune in E but an octave LOWER then regular  which will probably sound like farts i tried it on my guitar and it sounded BAD.... not because my equipment either i have stephs seven strings and a peavy 5150 head with mesa cabs.... its good shit   


sooooo anyway my point is DONT think cause steph is playing an 8 string that the album is gonna be super heavy.....


i think if anything may give us clues that the album will be heavy its the chino said he's NOT playing guitar not that i dont love chino's song writing but he's not even a bit heavy.....except in size

Pretty sure that it's been confirmed that Chino IS actually playing guitar on the new album, despite what they originally said.

[wither-I]

he filled in after the fact, because otherwise he would hinder the process of writing the basics of a song

[rock_n_frost]

Pretty sure that it's been confirmed that Chino IS actually playing guitar on the new album, despite what they originally said.

yes its true...
and its gonna be cool..

[Hesperian Death-Horse!]

I'm really dying for this album. I've been listening to White Pony a lot lately and I just really want something that has that kind of freshness from the Deftones. I love SNW and Self-titled but there's something unexplainable about the mood of WP and I think it has a shitload to do with the production on the guitars and drums and well, the production all together. Something about the way that album was recorded and mastered makes it exist in a whole different auditory astral plane that I cannot find the words to accurately describe. I guess I just hope this album has that type of production to it, you know? Something that's just so crisp and spacey.

Fuck I don't know what I'm on about but anyhow I just had an olfactory recognition of pussy and it was great. That's all.

[Jesus2Chino]

I honestly have no expectations for this album in regards to how it will sound. I haven't even tried to speculate, and have put it in the back of my mind. I hope that makes it fresh in itself.

Much respect,
-Matt

[Hesperian Death-Horse!]

That's a good way to look at it. I just can't wait anymore. I want it to come out. I can' t believe we would have had it by now. Oh well. More important things have come up.

[anothermarine]

Hopefully is offers a little bit more variety than SNW.  I though Chino was extremely weak in Saturday Night Wrist when it came to his vocals performance.

[Jesus2Chino]

Not that I want to get into a debate, haha, but I really don't know why people are so hard on SNW. I think it's a great album, despite the drama and negative feelings behind it, it's solid. If anything I'd only get rid of Serge on Mein and maybe leave Pink Cellphone as a hidden track or B-Side and call it awesome. The Demos are great but on some of the more progressive tracks I have trouble imagining Chino's voice. Either way, I think it's a good effort.

Much respect,
-Matt

[anothermarine]

Don't get me wrong, SNW certainly did rock - but it was just missing the innovation behind White Pony and the enegry in S/T.  There only stand out songs that caught my attention were Riviere and Xerces, which were both brilliant in their own way.

It's hard to describe - it's like Chino had an identity crisis with how he wanted to perform the vocals on a majority of songs, and what we got as a finished product was vocal production that didn't mesh well with the sound.  To me it all sounded disjunct and out of place.  This is all my opinoin.

[defkitty]

I just hope all works out and something better than snw comes out. Not that it was bad, but it would be amazing to get another Around the Fur or White Pony. 

[deftonekid]

Still thinking that SNW is their weakest album. Just hope Eros doesn't sound like that.

[kameron632]

Still thinking that SNW is their weakest album. Just hope Eros doesn't sound like that.

with 8 string guitars.....prolly not