Deftones - Private Music (August 22nd, 2025) Album • Page 23

Truth. This short roll out needs to be the norm!

 

i haven't loved anything deftones has done as much as i loved saturday night wrist. so needless to say this song put me on my ass. holy fuck.

 

Oh Good Morning Beautiful is such a good comparison. There's something about the dissonant chords with or without open strings that does recall their earlier material. S/T comes to mind because, to my ears, it feels like the album (along with Adrenaline perhaps) on which that particular guitar work popped up the most. I was also revisiting the Bob Ezrin demos yesterday and thought of Finger of Death's main riff.

I didn't realize Stef progressively stepped away from doing that. I haven't done a thorough check, but it does feel like he focused more on chunky power chords and sludgy riffs afterwards. Chino's increased guitar presence may have something to do with that change. They usually play complementary roles when both play guitar on a song, instead of having Stef filling up more space by himself.

I know Stef devalues his skills at times for giggles, by saying all he does is play one string riffs or chords. Despite their simplicity, you can't mistake them for another guitarist which is quite a feat.

 

a large part of what makes S/T my favorite is the guitar work on it, feels pretty distinct to me in their catalog in that regard.