The thing that sucks so bad too is the songs on both Koi No Yokan and Gore are actually really cool songs ideas they just sound like shit from the mix/master that was done to them.

The entire album just sounded so hollow, which broke my heart. That low, snappy, warm, groove was still missing from the mix. So when the band announced 2016’s GoreI was more worried than excited and when the band dropped the lead single “Prayers/Triangles” what I worried about came true.

At the time I just chalked it up to a miss by the band after 6 nearly perfect albums. It was missing that Deftones warm low-end groove. It really threw me off and it took me so long to figure out why I wasn’t in love with Koi No Yokan like I was with the previous albums. However, something very unexpected and weird happened, the low end disappeared from the mix and the band lost that ‘snap’ they had to their rhythm. I was initially so thrilled for a new album and excited to see what Sergio Vega would do bass wise on his second album with the Deftones because he killed it on his debut with the band on Diamond Eyes. That is until recently when 2012’s Koi No Yokandropped. I used to wait feverishly when new albums would get announced and when they would drop they wouldn’t leave my rotation for months if ever. I first saw them live in 1998 and have seen them 15 times live in total. I personally have been a die-hard fan since Around the Fur dropped in 1997.

If you’re new to this site then you may not know the obsession for Deftones and all things Chino Moreno that goes on here at B.G.M.

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