Diamond Eyes
by Deftones
- Type: Album
- Released: 4 May 2010
- Label: Reprise
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:12
- Community rating: 4.11/5 from 54 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Forged in the wake of tragedy and emerging from profound uncertainty, Diamond Eyes is a statement of defiant vitality. With bassist Sergio Vega integrated into their core, Deftones eschewed the darkness of their shelved Eros project for a sound that is both crushing and luminous. Producer Nick Rasculinecz captures a focused, in-the-room immediacy, pitting Stephen Carpenter鈥檚 immense, down-tuned grooves against Chino Moreno鈥檚 soaring, ethereal melodies. The result is a sonically dense yet remarkably lucid album, a cathartic rebirth that balances visceral heaviness with moments of transcendent, hard-won beauty.
Genres
Descriptors: volatile, male vocalist, atmospheric, melodic, rhythmic, harsh-vocals, uncommon-time-signatures, violence, fantasy, hedonism, groove-oriented, dynamic, textured
Tracklist
- Diamond Eyes (03:08)
- Royal (03:32)
- CMND/CTRL (02:25)
- You've Seen the Butcher (03:31)
- Beauty School (04:47)
- Prince (03:36)
- Rocket Skates (04:14)
- Sextape (04:01)
- Risk (03:38)
- 976-EVIL (04:32)
- This Place Is Death (03:48)
Credits
- Chino Moreno - vocals, guitar
- Stephen Carpenter - strings
- Abe Cunningham - drums
- Frank Delgado - keyboards [keys], sampler [samples]
- Chi Cheng - Member
- Sergio Vega - bass
- Fred Sablan - Member
- Chino Moreno - Member
- Stephen Carpenter - Member
- Frank Delgado - Member
- Abe Cunningham - Member
- Fred Sablan - Member
- Chi Cheng - Member
- Sergio Vega - Member
- David Benveniste - a&r
- Kevin Williamson - a&r [for warner bros. records]
- ITB - booking [agent - rest of the world]
- Mike Dewdney - booking [agent - rest of the world]
- Creative Artists Agency - booking [north american agent]
- Jenna Adler - booking [north american agent]
- Marlene Tsuchii - booking [south american agent]
- Frank Maddocks - creative director [creative direction], design
- Bill Head - crew [deftones touring crew]
- Eddie Kercher - crew [deftones touring crew]
- Juan Gonzales - crew [deftones touring crew]
- Ken Denson - crew [deftones touring crew]
- Scott Farris - crew [deftones touring crew]
- Sean Bates - crew [deftones touring crew]
- Ted Whitacre - crew [deftones touring crew]
- Andrew Schubert - engineer [additional engineering by]
- Brad Townsend - engineer [additional engineering by]
- Tom Whalley - executive-producer
- Jeffrey Light - legal
- Myman, Abell, Fineman, Fox, Greenspan & Light, LLP - legal
- David Weise - management [business management]
- David Weise & Associates - management [business management]
- Sue Davidian - management [business management]
- Velvet Hammer Music And Management Group - management [worldwide representation]
- Ted Jensen - mastered by
- Chris Lord-Alge - mixed by
- Nick Raskulinecz - mixed by
- Keith Armstrong - mixed by [assisted by]
- Nik Karpen - mixed by [assisted by]
- 13th Witness - photography by [band photo]
- John Ross - photography by [owl photos]
- Paul Fig - recorded by, engineer
- Deftones - written-by [all songs written by], performer [all songs performed by]