Deftones - Private Music (August 22nd, 2025) Album • Page 12

That Zane Lowe interview was absolutely incredible. I was locked in the whole time, and usually an hour plus long band interview is daunting for me.

steph is such an odd bird, but I’m glad they work together to allow him to operate in the band with all his idiosyncrasies, because I do think his guitar work is integral to who Deftones are. They mention “grateful” a lot in that interview, and I really feel that as a long time fan, just grateful they’re still together, grateful the output is quality, but also grateful to just see that they found a healthy way to create and tour with each other, and that the shows seem incredible and potentially sounding better than they ever have.

Glad to live in an era where bands I discovered when I was 11-12 are still releasing impactful music and touring while I’m in my mid 30s.

the bits where Steph hadn’t heard the full album sequenced but Zane had, and him not knowing the song titles aside from their working titles was pretty funny. I feel like Steph even said something like, “I’ll learn it and figure it all out when it comes out”.

 

It's weird. I can't tell if I like or love the new song? It's almost going to depend on what comes after. I'm kinda viewing this song as a table-setter or support piece than a showstopper, if that makes sense.

 

I've listened to the song 4 times and get nothing out of it. I can't remember what it sounds like at all after hearing it. Weird feeling when everyone else likes it.

 

insane paragraph after insane paragraph in this, i know nothing about deftones but i'm obsessed

 

Second morning with this song lodged in my head. I just want to be listening to it. Genesis, with which it shares some traits, to me now seems almost pedestrian in comparison.

 

Right there with you. It just sounds like a half-hearted amalgam of a bunch of better parts from their recent albums. Which I liked!

Hopefully in context of the album I’ll like it more. Just happy these guys are still going strong after all these years.

 

basically right now i am finally getting really into deftones

 

i'm listening to around the fur it's REALLY good!!!!!

 

Yeah I’m feeling the same about it. Like, it feels like an h'orderve and the new album is gonna be like a full three-course meal with dessert

 

I am really loving the new song, personally. I loved Ohms but honestly this feels like it builds off the best aspects of that record and feels refreshingly to-the-point, a la Swerve City. I like that they essentially reserve what would be the chorus in any other Deftones song for the bridge section and don’t repeat it. love Chino’s vocal performance, I feel like Steph has more energy than he has in a while, Abe is killing it as usual… it’s about as much as I could ask for from this band in their 50s(!!!). like seriously think it’s worth keeping in perspective that this band is in that age bracket, think of what any other legendary band was doing at this point in their career and it probably pales in comparison.

hell yes it is!! Self-Titled juuuust barely edges it out for my favorite, but I do think ATF is their most “perfect” album (most people will say White Pony but I disagree). in general I feel like the band is just firing on all cylinders, like they’re all giving ferocious performances, it’s bottled lightning.

 

Pulled the trigger on the pink variant.

 

i'm doing a discog run and have decided I think the ending of Bloody Cape is Abe's masterpiece. the lone double kick with the quick upbeat/downbeat switch, those four slammin quarter note kicks in a row, every creative decision there goes for maximum impact, don't think you could write the drums for that part any heavier if you tried

 

Self-titled has some of Abe’s best drum work. The double bass he pulls out in When Girls Telephone Boys still gets me hyped

 

Reminds me how much they emphasized their collective love for drums and beats on Zane Lowe's interview. I'm not a drummer (though I can air/teeth drum to some of their stuff) but if I had picked that instrument up as a kid, I would've looked up to Abe so much

 

His drumming on Error is super catchy

 

impossibly hard for me to narrow his best moment down to any one section or full song for that matter but you give a great argument here.

I do think ATF and SNW are his best full album performances. the former bc it feels so raw, urgent, and primal, and the latter bc it features imo his most technical performance and it kinda feels like he’s trying some new things here and there throughout.

 

I've played drums for over 20 years. A few months ago, I was listening to the self-titled on my headphones and decided I'd go to my kit and play along.

On paper, most of that stuff isn't too hard to play. But making it feel right? Deceptively difficult. I was way off.

 

Abe standouts for me, off the top of my head:
Digital Bath (favorite snare sound ever)
Knife Prty
Bloody Cape
Beware
Xerces
You've Seen the Butcher
What Happened to You?

 

Always loved the toms on Ihabia.

 

feels like Abe is trying to beat your ass on Rickets

 

The drum sounds on ATF are godly. The toms sound amazing, the “different snare on each song” thing is cool too

 

Terry Date was on one hell of a run in the 90’s.

 

apparently My Own Summer’s drum sounds are Terry’s favorite he’s ever gotten, according to interviews I have seen/read from him.

 

I believe it. That snare is crisp as fuck

 

That was the first Deftones song I ever heard. I was 12. Hooked from that day on.

I asked for ATF for Christmas that year and my mom put a piece of construction paper over the cover so my little siblings wouldn’t see it.