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74 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: This self-titled release is the fourth studio album for the California alt-metal outfit.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Q Magazine
    90
    In a genre considered creatively bankrupt, this is genuinely new metal. [Jul 2003, p.102]
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  2. Dot Music
    80
    It is an important leap forward for one of the few American metal bands left who care about the form's emotional evolution.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    A modern, commercially-viable, carefully crafted rock record that also sounds violent, deranged and desperately, incurably sad all at the same time.
  4. Blender
    60
    Its densest aural jungle so far. [#17, p.136]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
  1. Joseph-ScottA.
    10
    This is an incredible album. And very underrated. The Deftones created an incredibly emotive and artistically relevant record with this, their self titled release, as though they were re-inventing what Deftones were. It sounds blissed out, willingly obscure and unforgiving with it's hard bite at times. it is one of my favorite albums of the 00s. It can also be seen as a brilliant alternative of Loveless.… Expand
  2. CalR
    8
    The Deftones most underrated album, partly due to the bands lack of innovation in the release but also because it had the difficult task of following on from White Pony. 'Needles and Pins', 'Minerva' and 'Hexagram' keep the consistency on an album which struggles to reach the heights of its predecessor.… Expand
  3. RainZ
    6
    this is not a best album what i wanted to hear, but at all it is quite normal... maybe just a bite quiter then i hope...
  4. chuckyo
    1
    I hated this record. Why are all these people talking about how innovative it is?? It's just the same old crap (screaming, simple guitars) that's all over the radio these days. White Pony was MUCH better. At least it didn't sound like the exact same song being played ten times in a row like this CD.… Expand

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