5.18.10 marks the arrival of the long-awaited Deftones record, Diamond Eyes. For those unfamiliar with the backstory, the band's longtime bass player, Chi Cheng, we as nearly killed in a car accident in the fall of 2008. He has since then been in a semi-conscious state, but is making great progress. At the time of the accident, the band had basically completed an album slated for an October 2009 release, tentatively called Eros. After Chi's accident, the band shelved Eros and started writing and recording a whole new record. So far, the title track and first single, Rocket Skates, have been released via the band's website and YouTube. Personally, I think it's amazing. It shows continued growth and maturity and says "fuck you" to the naysayers who always dismissed them as "nu-metal" shitrock.
For whatever reason, the embedding on the video will not let me post it here, but if you want to see it, go to YouTube and type in "deftones diamond eyes" and look for the one that says "full song with lyrics" It's got a creepy-assed white owl on the cover (which is apparently also the album cover, which kicks ass because owls fucking rock - they look gentle and nice, but in reality they're voracious hunters who will claw your eyes out and serve them as hors d'oeuves.
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