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Beware is one of their absolute best and heaviest

 

I don’t get that at all. The end is heavy, riff-wise but that’s about it. Def one of their best tho.

 

I was referring more to the end of the song. Should have been more specific hah

 

Feel like Rapture needs a mention in this convo as well. I think production holds it back but it's a pretty fucking brutal song.

 

Poltergeist, more so that nasty riff than Chino’s vocals though.

 

When Girls Telephone Boys is their most brutal song imo

 

buhhh

 

love it when stef makes the 7 string go brrr

 

That heavy riff in Gauze tho

 

Self Titled this morning. I know its the popular single and all, but I love Minerva so much.

 

Minerva is great. I love the wall of sound the guitars create. Same reason I love Battle Axe so much. Both are so big or heavy, just not in aggressive ways.

 

"Minerva" is top 5 'tones no doubt

 

Bloody Cape is so good

 

Good Morning Beautiful gets my pick for underrated gem on that album. Gorgeous song.

 

What about the moment Goon Squad kicks in? Can't sit still when it happens.

 

drumming is incredible on it.

 

Yes!

 

One thing I have always appreciated about Abe is his creativity and restraint on the bass drum. Hardly ever uses double pedal and doesn't necessarily lock in with the guitar like a ton of other heavy bands. Gives so much life to the songs.

 

Abe is definitely one of the more creative drummers I’ve listened to. He adds a lot of unique flourishes to songs (The way he pings the bell of the ride in the second verse of Good Morning Beautiful comes to mind). He has interesting ways of doing fills as well and I love the way he’ll end sections at times before going into new ones. He creates a sense of urgency in his playing style. There’s a pretty cool video on YouTube of a drummer explaining and showing how great of a drummer Abe is.

Plus, there are Digital Bath and Passenger, which are all you really need to know about how awesome he is.

 

Can you link it? I'd love to see that.

 

Very cool, thank you.

 

This conversation makes me want to pick my ten favorite Deftones songs from a drumming perspective

 

Do it

 

top 10 Abe songs no order

Digital Bath
What Happened To You?
My Own Summer
Knife Party
Risk
Mein
Rapture
Needles and Pins
Rx Queen
Hole In The Earth