Review 1 of 16

TroubledMind writes:

5of 5 Stars

Completely.
Soul searingly.
DIFFERENT.
Its astounding how many places this album has taken people around the world. The same song can be interpreted completely differently today, as from yesterday. It reeks of drug abuse, failed marriage and troubled times. The Deftones carve their own path, pioneering a concept called "cultural independence". Dark and strangely uplifting.

Oct 23, 2007 09:06:13

Review 2 of 16

tmacie writes:

4of 5 Stars

Ok so everything i have come to expect from Deftones appeared on this album. Something new something fresh. This album sounds like the one that should have followed White pony. The atmosphere of pent up frustration and Angst within the band is evident in this record. I give it four stars because i don't think that this is there best album. I think they have yet to make their best. I'm truly excited for their new album to drop. It will be legendary. With this record deftones gave a resonating yell "we are not done yet!" When and if deftones reach their peak it will probably be the one record that changes the way people approach music. Thanks deftones for not making the same record over and over again.

Oct 21, 2007 04:25:58

Review 3 of 16

Cali1961 writes:

5of 5 Stars

Saturday Night Wrist seems to me to approach something akin to a masterpiece.I do not want to over use the term , this is the first Deftones cd I have actually purchased.My teenage daughter turned me on to her collection of Deftones some years back. Being 45 it may be hard for some to imagine that I still like this genre,but alas I do. SNW is a journey to places in the musical universe I have never been.One track may make me feel as though I am eavesdropping on the thoughts of a twisted sociopath,while another track makes me think of life after death and soul travel. This album is a thoroughly stimulating listening experience. I hope this thing eventually sells billions....just think how much better the musical landscape would be if bands with this much talent were more popular.Thank you, Deftones for creating rich,dark,ethereal,excellent sonic art.

Jul 8, 2007 01:33:37

Review 4 of 16

CrackedLCD writes:

4of 5 Stars

A return to form following a disappointing follow up to White Pony. I was worried, I'd heard all sorts of stories about in band conflict and vocals being recorded in a completely different state to the rest of ther band, but thankfully they made a solid record. It doesn't quite match up to White Pony or Around The Fur but there are some gems in here - "Hole in The Earth" and "Beware" probably being the main highlights but "Cherry waves" comes pretty close. Also, Annie Hardy offers some nice little thoughts on the UK's Carling Academy music venues where, apparently, us Brits learn how to take our fair females up the wrong un!!! and according to her we don't have blow jobs!!! well i can catagorically state that it just isn't true ha ha ha!! if I ever tried to slip one in my birds arse whilst having a mosh i think i do myself an injury!!! A blowjob round the corner though, is a far more likey outcome, depending on the amount of alcohol consumed, just thought i'd clear that up...

Apr 3, 2007 07:16:25

Review 5 of 16

b4model writes:

3of 5 Stars

My unrelenting fixation with this band stems from my late teens. Nonetheless, I do not view them as infallible. In fact, I'm highly critical of them, often even find myself doubting whether I could uphold my opinion of White Pony as one of the greatest albums of all time. But I'm not going to mention THAT album's name again in this review, mostly because 'Saturday Night Wrist' is not worthy of such a comparison. Their self titled follow up to THAT album was, if anything, a solid performance. It was almost as if the band knew they couldn't top their previous effort , so why bother making it sound like they were trying to . But in spite of that, some their best work came from Deftones, Deftones. At times even suggestions of their maturity as songwriters were hinted at in songs like Minerva and Hexagram . Now this is one of my major issue with Saturday Night Wrist. Most of the songs here seem formulaic and a little too predicatble .Granted, there are moments though : The haunting Morrissey-esque cries of ' No, No ' in Xerces, the astounding pace of Mein , and Cherry Waves is simply stunning. The controversial Pink Cellphone is by no means the album's worst track - I find it quite ( for lack of a better word ) refreshing in the context of the album, and btw since when should The Deftones apologise for their lyrics? Rats! Rats! Rats! is the album's (forgive me for saying this ) token metal, screamo number which will have your archetypal 'tones fan creaming his pants It isn't bad either, BUT can you honestly compare it to the more intelligent, ungratuitously-heavy 'Hexagram' ? , come on !
The riff on the last track, Riviere, seems to have been nicked from one of the songs on Team Sleep's 'album that leaked' . Contrary to this, the album's opener ' Hole in the earth' sounds like nothing the Deftones / Chino has ever produced. It is without a doubt the best song on the record, maybe their best song ever!.Why can't the Deftones write more songs of this quality? They really do sound like a band in harmony and at the peak of their powers here, which is kind of ironic if you know what the song is about . The repetition of ' there's a hole in the earth!' somehow avoids monotony, and this is due to the dynamic counter melodies between the vocals, guitars and synthlines. Unfortunately in the case of most of the songs that follow,. monotony is exactly what they suffer from. The songs don't seem to try any new avenues or go off on any tangents , and once the first verse and chorus is over you pretty much know the rest of the song. This lazy approach to songwriting renders Saturday Night Wrist a good album as opposed to a GREAT album. If anything, SNW only serves as vindication for Deftones' harshes critics ( see the CokeMachineGlow review )

Mar 28, 2007 04:17:40

Review 6 of 16

laxdulac22 writes:

2of 5 Stars

I was severely disappointed with the Deftones latest Crapfest. I was really hoping against hope for another White Pony (fat chance) to be honest I would have settled for another adrenaline, but they couldnt deliver. I get the whole experimentation thing, really, I do. I just think that the self titled Deftones record was experimental and shitty enough that they should have gone back to their roots. The deftones( with the exception of Abe Cunningham) are not talented enough to branch out into the Pink Floyd-esque style their going after. Incubus did it, but Incubus is chock full of awesome band members, cant say the same for the Deftones. The deftones latest release is incoherent at best, and what a major mistake it was to put Hole in the Earth as the opening track. This track is hands down one of the best songs in the last ten years by any band, period, but the rest of the album can not deliver. I really hope that the 'tones find themselves again cuz i dont know if I'll be able to stand another stinker.

Nov 27, 2006 14:37:48

Review 7 of 16

ohwee420 writes:

5of 5 Stars

I think this album goes along with all the other albums, they kick ass

Nov 16, 2006 00:55:38

Review 8 of 16

ddcross5x writes:

2of 5 Stars

The Deftones strike again. The latest album from the Deftones hit record stores on Halloween, the perfect date to release an eerie experimental metal album.

The Deftones are a nu-metal band from Sacramento, California. Deftones consist of Chino Moreno (vocals, guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums), Chi Cheng (bass) and Frank Delgado (turntables/keyboards).

The Deftones are legends in their own time. The Deftones are credited as one of the fathers of the nu-metal movement or what critics call rage rock.

The Deftones first landed on the music scene in 1995 when they released their debut album ‘Adrenaline’. The album had moderate success with ‘7 words’ and ‘Bored’ being minor hits with the alternative crowd.

The band’s second album ‘Around the Fur’ was released in 1997 and grew to become a huge hit being certified as Gold in 1999. Tracks ‘My Own Summer (Shove it) and ‘Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)’ were major hits. ‘My Own Summer (Shove it) was a song also featured on the ‘Matrix Soundtrack.’

The Deftones reached their maturity when they released their third album, ‘White Pony’ in 2000. The album debuted No. 3 on the Billboard 100 Charts and reached multi-platinum status. The major hit on this album was ‘Change (In the House of Flies),’ which was featured on the ‘Queen of the Damned Soundtrack.’ The Deftones also received a Grammy for Best Metal Performance for the song ‘Elite.’

In 2003, the Deftones started to go downhill with the release of their self-titled fourth album. The first single ‘Minerva’ was a great disappointment to metal heads. The song was airy, melodic and slow paced lacking the primal energy of previous albums. The band made up for ‘Minerva’ with their second single ‘Hexagram’ a song worthy of head banging.

I first heard songs of the new album in September at the Family Values Tour and sadly I must say it put me to sleep. With the newest album ‘Saturday Night Wrist’ the band has almost completely abandoned metal.

The first single ‘Hole in the Earth’ has that airy, melodic, stellar, slow paced sound first heard in ‘Minerva.’ The only songs off the album that may save the Deftones from the ridicule of metal heads are ‘Rapture,’ ‘Rats! Rats! Rats!’ and ‘Beware.’ These songs have the typical nu-metal sound; fast paced, tribal drumming, bass guitars in drop D and a vocalist who sings with a raw primal scream. Interesting enough, the album features a song titled U, U, D, D, L, R, L, R, A, B, Select, Start a widely used Konami video game cheat code.

The Deftones of the past sound similar to other nu-metal artists such as KoRn, Staind, and Taproot. This new sound coming from the band is somewhat unique yet it does remind me of Incubus another band to go from hard and heavy to a more melodic sound.

Nov 12, 2006 15:02:19