Diamond Eyes

by Deftones

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	05/25/2010
Label:	Reprise / Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624967330
Rank:	1169

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Diamond Eyes
2. Royal
3. CMND/CTRL
4. You've Seen the Butcher
5. Beauty School
6. Prince
7. Rocket Skates
8. Sextape
9. Risk
10. 976-EVIL
11. This Place Is Death

Disc 2

12. Rocket Skates
13. Sextape
14. Risk
15. 976-EVIL
16. This Place Is Death

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Deftones   Primary Artist
Frank Delgado   Sampling,Keyboards
Stephen Carpenter   Strings
Chino Moreno   Guitar,Vocals
Abe Cunningham   Drums
Sergio Vega   Bass

Technical Credits

Shaun Lopez   Mixing
Ted Jensen   Mastering
David Sylvian   Composer
Ryan Williams   Engineer,Recording
Nick Raskulinecz   Mixing,Producer
Keith Armstrong   Assistant,Mixing Engineer
Paul Fig   Engineer,Recording
Kevin Williamson   A&R
Chris Lord-Alge   Mixing
Deftones   Composer,Producer
Peter Svensson   Composer
Nina Persson   Composer
Nik Karpen   Assistant,Mixing Engineer
Andrew Schubert   Engineer
Frank Maddocks   Design,Creative Director
Brad Townsend   Engineer
Tom Whalley   Executive Producer
Joshua Minyard   Assistant Engineer
John Ross   Photography
David "Beno" Beneviste   A&R
Paul Figueroa   Engineer,Recording
Steve Levitin   Mastering