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A long four years separate Diamond Eyes from Saturday Night Wrist, four years that were sadly packed with peril for Deftones. Bassist Chi Cheng suffered injuries so severe in a November 2008 auto accident the band took a hiatus, eventually honoring prior touring commitments by hiring Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega, and eventually cutting a full album with him on board and scrapping a near-completed album in the process. Given this serious trauma, it’s only logical that Diamond Eyes functioned as musical therapy for Deftones, but the surprise is that it has little downcast lyrical angst-mining, preferring atmosphere to bloodletting. Naturally, there is quite a bit of roiling darkness here -- they’re Cure-loving metalheads, it’s in their blood -- but there’s shade and light, control of texture, with the band deepening rather than expanding. 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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Keith Armstrong, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Nik Karpen, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Paul "Fig" Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Paul "Fig" Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Paul "Fig" Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Paul "Fig" Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings - Paul Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings - Paul Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings - Paul Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Paul "Fig" Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Paul "Fig" Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Paul "Fig" Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Andrew Schubert, AdditionalEngineer - Brad Townsend, AdditionalEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Writer, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums, Writer - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Paul "Fig" Figueroa, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Stephen Carpenter, Writer, Strings
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar - Nina Persson, Writer - Peter Svensson, Writer - Shaun Lopez, MixingEngineer - Ryan Williams, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals - Stephen Carpenter, Strings - Steve Levitin, MasteringEngineer
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar - Shaun Lopez, MixingEngineer - Ryan Williams, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals - Stephen Carpenter, Strings - David Sylvian, Writer - Steve Levitin, MasteringEngineer
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Sergio Vega, Bass Guitar - Shaun Lopez, MixingEngineer - Ryan Williams, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Frank Delgado, Keyboards, Samples - Deftones, MainArtist - Abe Cunningham, Drums - Chino Moreno, Guitar, Vocals - Stephen Carpenter, Strings - MARK TROMBINO, Writer - Mike Kennedy, Writer - John Reis, Writer - Rick Froberg, Writer - Steve Levitin, MasteringEngineer
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
Album review
A long four years separate Diamond Eyes from Saturday Night Wrist, four years that were sadly packed with peril for Deftones. Bassist Chi Cheng suffered injuries so severe in a November 2008 auto accident the band took a hiatus, eventually honoring prior touring commitments by hiring Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega, and eventually cutting a full album with him on board and scrapping a near-completed album in the process. Given this serious trauma, it’s only logical that Diamond Eyes functioned as musical therapy for Deftones, but the surprise is that it has little downcast lyrical angst-mining, preferring atmosphere to bloodletting. Naturally, there is quite a bit of roiling darkness here -- they’re Cure-loving metalheads, it’s in their blood -- but there’s shade and light, control of texture, with the band deepening rather than expanding. 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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:41
© 2010 Reprise Records ℗ 2010 Reprise Records
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