Deftones - Private Music (August 22nd, 2025) Album • Page 43

just occurred to me that ecdysis has some very Around the Fur (the song) riffing going on

 

Absolutely

 

This is me experiencing the new Deftones while in the cloudz

 

This is me as well

 

This album is incredible. Crazy how they have maintained such a high level of quality throughout their career, I can genuinely say that I enjoy all of their albums, not a single dud there

 

As someone who has never gotten into the Deftones is this a good place to start?

 

I would say yes. It’s a great album and feels like a culmination of all their albums, in a pretty succinct package. You can look up a “greatest hits” after that to see what you’d want to dive into next.

I’ll list a few from each album:
Ohms - Error, Radiant City, Ohms
Gore - Prayers/Triangles, Hearts/Wires, Rubicon
Koi No Yokan - Poltergeist, Entombed, Rosemary
Diamond Eyes - Diamond Eyes, You’ve Seen the Butcher, Rocket Skates
Saturday Night Wrist - Hole in the Earth, Cherry Waves, Kimdracula
Deftones - Hexagram, Minerva, Bloody Cape
White Pony - Digital Bath, Change, Passenger
Around the Fur - My Own Summer, Be Quiet and Drive, Headup
Adrenaline - Bored, 7 Words, Engine No. 9

 

imo I still think White Pony is probably the best starting point tbh. just if you do start with it, listen to the version without Back to School as track 1.

 

This will likely indicate that I have too much free time on my hands but every once and awhile I like to make chronological playlists of specific song numbers from every album.

What that means because I can’t describe it very good is putting all the album openers on a playlist in chronological order and repeating for the rest of the songs (example below). Also a fun way (to me lol) to reconnect with songs I may have forgotten about over the years and/or to see how different the styles and execution of the songs are.

4th song on each album:

1. Nosebleed
2. Around the fur
3. Rx Queen
4. Good morning beautiful
5. Cherry waves
6. You’ve seen the butcher
7. Poltergeist
8. Geometric headdress
9. Error
10. Infinite source

 

Same! Haha.

 

I’ve definitely done this with Coheed before, where I listen to all of track 1, all of track 2, etc. It makes a discog listen a little less taxing.

 

Or do, it's great stuff! Choose your own adventure!

#dozensofus

 

I'll fight the band on this. I'm not joking.

 

It’s an okay enough song but so out of place on White Pony, especially as an opener.

The intro to “Feiticeira” is so iconic. The riff, the way the drums come in, the way Chino’s vocals come in. Just perfect.

 

I disagree, and I've mentioned all this before, but I was introduced to the album with Back To School on. The way it hits hard right out of the gate is not at all dissimilar to future Deftones openers, and the dichotomy between it and Pink Maggit as bookends is sublime. The story about its creation is neither here nor there.

 

Yep. Go backwards, skip Gore and circle back to it sometime after Self-Titled imo. I love that album, but it feels distinctly different from the rest of their discography.

Is "Rubicon" my favorite Deftones closer? Folks...it's probably "Ohms" if I'm being real, but let's just say it's up there.

 

Thinking about this song in the context of fatherhood in the past 24 hours has hit me like a ton of bricks

 

I think unless you’re very tolerant of nü/rap metal, Back to School is going to turn you off immediately. it gives the wrong impression of what the album is going to be and fucks the tone all up imo. Feiticeira is much more reflective of the tone of the rest of the record. on a record where the band is really spreading its wings and trying to distance themselves from the nü-metal label and create something that stands out amongst their peers, Back to School contradicts that and makes them sound like they’re trying to fit in with the trends of the time (because that’s literally what they were told to do in making it). I think the song is fine and catchy, but also a little goofy and clearly something the band finds kind of embarrassing and lacking integrity and (most importantly imo) not part of their intended vision for the record.

 

100% ^

 

the original album already has the perfect opener anyway

 

Feiticiera is the ultimate vibe setter with an iconic air drum intro and Back to School is maybe like. my 78th favorite Deftones song, easy pick

 

Chino has gone on record that he doesn't regret writing the song, even if it's true that they asked for it to be left off the re-release. And they still play it live now and again, so they're clearly not embarrassed to include it in their work.

Also, I love nu-metal. It's not sonically out of place on the disc among the heavier cuts like Elite or RX Queen, and it fits in as a step from the sound of their previous albums before they explore new territory. In addition to all the other reasons I provided.

 

RX Queen is one of the heavier cuts? I never knew

 

Fine I’ll say it. Back to school isn’t a good song

 

Infinite source is top 10 deftones. Album is AOTY material