Deftones
Diamond Eyes
Reprise
[Three and a half stars]
Jun 10, 2010
The Deftones’ sixth album is inspired by tragedy: a car accident in 2008 that left bassist Chi Cheng barely conscious. The results recall the convulsive pummel of 2000’s White Pony, which remains the standard for the thinking man’s dreadlock metal. Frontman Chino Moreno sings about Cheng ”” and sometimes to him. Usually, though, his 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.
