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DEFTONES – ‘private music – album review

With nu-metal era nostalgia currently a thing, the timing of a new Deftones album is logical move. That said, the band have always been pretty regular with their releases but the gap between their previous effort ‘Ohms’ and new record ‘private music’ has been the longest in their career.

Whilst that gap between releases still isn’t that long in the grand scheme of things, that and the apparent renaissance of heavy music both lend themselves to a sense of revitalisation of the band on this album.

Indeed, the thing that perhaps deserves the most praise on this record is how the band have managed to sound fresh whilst delivering the peak Deftones sound exactly as needed to capitalise on the current focus on them.

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Pre-release singles ‘my mind is a mountain’ and ‘milk of the madonna’ gave tantalising glimpses of what to expect on the eleven track full-length and the album itself very much lives up to those created expectations.

The droning heaviness of the band is again all-encompassing and is a timely reminder of why the band were always operating on a different plane from their supposed contemporaries. This is another Deftones album designed as a singular piece of work and the flow between tracks is masterfully handled to make this an album in the truest sense.

This release is perfectly timed and excellently executed. Whether you are an old school fan or one of those just now discovering the band – this album will land incredibly well!

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