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Diamond Eyes
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Album Info
Label: Reprise
Release Date: 04 May 2010
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock
Summary
The sixth album for the rock band was recorded and released as a substitution (with Sergio Vega on bass) to Eros which was put on hold when bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a serious car accident.
Also By This Artist: Deftones Saturday Night Wrist White Pony
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
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Sputnikmusic
Diamond Eyes is wild and serene, and I can honestly say its Deftones' best album to date.
Read Full Review >Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
Diamond Eyes is full of layers and dimensions, making it an auditory treat that listeners will want to continue to indulge themselves in. This is an album you can blast from my car stereo and then later dissect through headphones.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
Diamond Eyes is more concise than 2006's "Saturday Night Wrist" because it streamlines (or disposes) much of that album's sonic excesses while still delivering taut songs. [June 2010, p.101]
BBC Music
These 11 tracks flow fantastically, sounding like products of a focused period of writing and recording, completed over a relatively short space of time.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Above all, it’s a mature album: Deftones skirted the obvious response to their tragedy, realizing that the left turn is a more rewarding journey.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
In essence this is their most fluid recording, unbroken by exploratory concerns.
Read Full Review >Rock Sound
It’s the stellar-sounding closer ‘This Place Is Death’ that perfectly demonstrates the striking yet violent contrasts that make album number six a masterpiece.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
As armistice appears to exist on this sixth album; the more ethereal elements of the band's sound have been reined in, but so has much of the agresion, resulting in a smoother ride that allows Moreno's melodic ear to shine and seduce. [Jun 2010, p.123]
Filter
Diamond Eyes does not disappoint when it comes to strong, powerful and unexpected material.
Read Full Review >cokemachineglow
Diamond Eyes incorporates all the same basic tropes as every Deftones record before and almost certainly after it, but here, for the first time in ages, they’re crafted and performed with more than mere hints of the assuredness and pummeling hooks of their one (yes) great record—a full-course meal to the last decade’s worth of scattered crumbs.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Granted, freedom to roam does come standard with Deftones, as do the many chunky and graceful tendencies of Diamond Eyes. What matters is that the band can still find different—and fun—ways to combine and contrast it all.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
The first third feels like primal-scream therapy, with frontman Chino Moreno howling himself even rawer than usual. More original are the quieter numbers that show off Deftones' subtleties.
Read Full Review >Billboard.com
The set is full of the Deftones' usual energy and showcases singer Chino Moreno's knack for alternating between screams and sweet vocal delivery over heavy, complex guitar work.
Read Full Review >Spin
Blissed-out and surreal, featuring queasy slides between loud and soft, it's a work of patient design and bloody fantasy. Brutal beauty abounds, but for the first time, Deftones are imitating rather than exploring.
Read Full Review >Slant Magazine
When Diamond Eyes isn't trying quite so hard to be a great record, though, it ends up being a pretty good one.
Read Full Review >musicOMH.com
Diamond Eyes is an impressive offering from a mainstay band whose time should have already come and gone.
Read Full Review >Mojo
Musically this is the most satisfying Deftones album in a decade, welding their patented post-hardcore crunch with their noted love of twisted, Cure-styled melody. [June 2010, p. 92]
Rolling Stone
Usually, though, Chino Moreno's lyrics go for cathartic images (shaking coffins, fading faces) set to chopping riffage, whirlpool distortion and dark, soaring melodies that sound more like the Cure than Korn.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 40 User Votes
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