Ohms
by Deftones
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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 196 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 13 out of 196
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  1. ZzzGggg
    Jun 19, 2023
    9
    Рад, что они выпустили этот альбом. Он слушается цельно и оставляет только наилучшие впечатления. Spell of Mathematics для меня кульминация тут, но и остальные треки гармонично вписываются. Любимые Deftones не разочаровали, купил дискРад, что они выпустили этот альбом. Он слушается цельно и оставляет только наилучшие впечатления. Spell of Mathematics для меня кульминация тут, но и остальные треки гармонично вписываются. Любимые Deftones не разочаровали, купил диск
  2. teryaki
    Jul 17, 2022
    10
    One of my favorite albums of all time, I'm not a fan of metal but I absolutely love this album.
  3. Ffaj
    Apr 13, 2022
    9
    Лучший альбом со времён "Saturday Night Wrist". Здесь есть всё, за что многие полюбили Deftones: абразивное звучание, шугейз, пост-метал, настоящая альтернатива. Deftones всё ещё молодцы, "Ohms" – отличный альбом.
  4. tonalshift
    Jul 4, 2022
    10
    Incredible from these guys. I have been listening since 2003 and each album continues to show how well they can evolve. This record has a bit of everything from heavy, aggressive riffs in Radiant City, Urantia, Genesis, and The Link is Dead, to more atmospheric tracks that allow Chino to really shine, such as Ceremony, Error, and the title track Ohms.
  5. Deftones
    Jan 29, 2022
    9
    Ohms is nothing new or experimental. Ohms is years and years of Deftones refined. More polished but don't take that the wrong way. Ohms will bang you in the head and remind us all why Deftones are still at the top of the game.
  6. Thai_sen
    Jan 18, 2022
    6
    A year is over since the Release of Ohms.
    The Hype wasn‘t that real. As much i don‘t like the direction the Music is moving these days…but this Album lacks of catchy Riffs and short bangers …
  7. Apaatheticray
    Dec 15, 2021
    9
    Deftones never disappoints. Btw my favourite tracks are radiant city and error.
  8. Golbez
    Apr 14, 2021
    10
    This album as an album is fantastic, it even builds up to these incredible heights and doesn’t want to let you go, then unfortunately the album ends. Its one of the rare albums that you can repeat over from song one, a true masterpiece at a time when we need them the most. I won’t compare it to White Pony because these songs stand out one their own.
  9. IndianaParkWars
    Dec 27, 2020
    8
    10/12
    I've always liked Deftones and I'm glad to see their comeback. I love alternative metal and nu metal, so it's great to hear that style have a strong comeback. I also enjoy the shoegaze and industrial elements present that give a great feel across the whole album. The album definitely feel cohesive and linear from track to track, as if in one whole atmosphere, under the same filter.    10/12
    I've always liked Deftones and I'm glad to see their comeback. I love alternative metal and nu metal, so it's great to hear that style have a strong comeback. I also enjoy the shoegaze and industrial elements present that give a great feel across the whole album. The album definitely feel cohesive and linear from track to track, as if in one whole atmosphere, under the same filter.

    The only thing that I suppose I didn't like was that I didn't pick out many tracks that stood out. Everything felt better to me as a whole album. However, the one that I liked most if I had to choose was "The Spell of Mathematics".
    Regardless, I love their style, love his voice, and love the relaxed aggressive energy they bring out in their music.

    ALBUM ARTWORK: The artwork is nice. It's a cool pixelated and checkerboard style with a detailed drawing of eyes over it. It's all monochrome, which is nice as it adds to the industrial and atmospheric texture of the album. The cover is nothing particularly striking but I do like it.
    Artwork review: 8/12    … Expand
  10. SuperWooper
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    It has flashes throughout the album that remind me of the high points of 'White Pony,' but doesn't quite live up to it in terms of a full album. Still very decent though.
  11. Marco2020
    Dec 6, 2020
    10
    As far the only 90’s numetal group that constantly evolve. The album is perfect - best musician craftmanship and very well produced (with the old friend)
  12. RafaJime
    Nov 24, 2020
    10
    One of the best rock albums of the year. Maturity has bode well for this band and it shows with the creation of their most complete album to date.
  13. YoungSinatraIV
    Nov 2, 2020
    10
    Deftones man. This album easily competes with White Pony. Every listen it’s get better and better. Songs like Genesis, The Spell Of Mathematics, and Radiant City have choruses that give you a floating into space feeling. The lyrics in just about every song are cryptic and so well done. It’s honestly mind boggling how 20+ years into their career they can make a masterpiece album likeDeftones man. This album easily competes with White Pony. Every listen it’s get better and better. Songs like Genesis, The Spell Of Mathematics, and Radiant City have choruses that give you a floating into space feeling. The lyrics in just about every song are cryptic and so well done. It’s honestly mind boggling how 20+ years into their career they can make a masterpiece album like this. This is why I think Deftones is ONE of the the best rock bands ever. Longevity is everything.… Expand
  14. Pompeji
    Nov 2, 2020
    10
    Masterful performance, raw, emotional, devastating, its deftones at its finest .
  15. cucko0
    Oct 30, 2020
    9
    This album easily proves that Deftones is still able to make good music. It is a typical Deftones album : it has some pretty songs, some heavy songs and the combination of both. The production is good and the album itself is better than Gore in all aspects. Their bassist and turntablist did an amazing job, better than expected. Now you can really feel their input on those songs.
    Fav.    This album easily proves that Deftones is still able to make good music. It is a typical Deftones album : it has some pretty songs, some heavy songs and the combination of both. The production is good and the album itself is better than Gore in all aspects. Their bassist and turntablist did an amazing job, better than expected. Now you can really feel their input on those songs.
    Fav. Tracks : Ceremony, Urantia, Radiant City and Error.    … Expand
  16. Ivasivir
    Oct 20, 2020
    10
    a masterpiece, new sounds with the same essence of deftones
    The best album they've released in a long time
  17. kantoochris7
    Oct 20, 2020
    10
    This is the best post-2006 Deftones record and it's practically not even close. This is one of the best records the band has ever made, it's at least in their top 3. If you enjoy Deftones' music, if only just for the popular albums like Around the Fur and White Pony, you will probably enjoy this record as well.
  18. triangles50
    Oct 14, 2020
    2
    Kinda dissapointed , very inconsitent álbum with a few great songs and , the mayority doestn clic , firt time un 20 years i AM not in love with an álbum released by this band
  19. PlinyDaIll
    Oct 9, 2020
    6
    Of all sections on metacritic, the most ridiculous is often music. The scores are always at least 50 for even mediocre garbage.

    I don't understand Deftones' appeal. They were decent when they started, they haven't made any progress. Change is still their best song and crowning achievement. An album without any songs as good or even close to as good as that song should deserve an 88, or    Of all sections on metacritic, the most ridiculous is often music. The scores are always at least 50 for even mediocre garbage.

    I don't understand Deftones' appeal. They were decent when they started, they haven't made any progress. Change is still their best song and crowning achievement. An album without any songs as good or even close to as good as that song should deserve an 88, or more than White Pony. Then again didn't the recent Slipknot album get great reviews? Why? Do people not listen to anything but basic butt rock and then finally listen to something moderately creative and then say "WOW OMG HOW AMAZING". This is clearly not. Yes there are worse bands, many of them. It's good that they've kept going and kept it metal and hard. But this ain't no 88 and ain't changing anyone's mind about Rock that any other decent album could have.

    Come on, what happened to actually creative metal/rock? What on this album couldn't Deftones done 20 years ago? Nothing. The melodies, the instrumentation, everything is pretty boring. It doesn't matter how many times you change stuff slightly, it doesn't effect that the overall songs don't capture any magic.They don't have a good overall structure. The feeling is kept creepy and uneasy but unless you happen to be watching something creepy and atmosphereic while listening, it's not going to amaze you. Math rock and Prog rock/metal changes a lot and is complicated, doesn't change that most of it is mediocre, besides gems like Spiderland and Sugar Ros for math/post rock, or obviously many of the great prog bands.

    Yes they've captured a feeling with instruments. Next time, make some great hooks that have some emotion too. Just pack interest into your music. Give it a point besides wankery. You old a-holes.

    You want good, creative rock that actually has a point? Listen to Soundgarden, or any great grunge band like Nirvana or Alice in Chains. Listen to Dinosaur Jr. or Husker Du or NiN or god forbid even listen to Tool. (Tool is probably more boring than Deftones but at least they manage to include hooks into a lot of their songs, and their songs actually have coherence.)

    Tired of these over-emoting chubby Alanis Morrisette boys. Nu-metal is dead, and so is your career (I wish). In their prime Deftones were only slightly better than Linkin Park or Papa Roach at being creative, and generally worse at making good melodies. Think about that. Yet no one gave standing ovations to Chester Bennington until he tragically committed suicide. Their song Change (in the house of flies) is like the one fly who felt amazing after getting it's wings clipped and the rest of their catalogue are the other turd flies.

    i mean this album isn't that bad, but holy hell. 88? This score would only make sense if it were some dogwhistle or if Chino did "personal favors" for 19 different reviewers (He was tired after the sucking for some of them and did a pisspoor job which is why not all the reviews are high).

    The users are stupider than the pros though. I don't think Chino has lasting power to make it through all of them, so suffice to say this is just a case where (like Tool) they have a rabid but really dumb fanbase. But not enough people care about Deftones to downvote them to hell like Tool or ICP... speaking of Tool their new album has an 81. While 10,000 Days has a 68. Because... people are so hungry for new good rock music that they're handing out high reviews like hotcakes during the quarantine. Look at Slipknot, same thing. Low IQ reviewers. Have some standards.

    One user called this "dystopian"... not really. This is just like all their other music. That's like me calling a Prince album "sexually liberating". Yeah, no **** bruh.

    Another said "they reinvented themselves"... I guess. Didn't they always do slightly different styles of music, but basically depressing rock/metal? You want to see reinvention, look at Faith No More. Look at many other bands (classically, just look at Beatles, the Kinks, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin... they did tons of different kinds of music, even though they were rock bands). Don't look at Deftones.

    You guys are all midwits who give this high reviews, or you have an amazingly personal connection to the work. Otherwise, what the hell? 9.0??? This deserves 100 10 reviews? Is everyone high in quarantine?

    "The songs grow on you"... listen to anything and you'll begin to remember and memorize it. Sounds like Stockholm syndrome. How about do your goddamn job as musicians and put some hooks in so I want to listen twice? Slits.

    Chino's voice is really boring. I think only weak people identify with him. He always sounds breathy and his screams are just screechy. I've been next to people with constipation who have more emotion in their howls than little chubby Chino.

    "most surreal and atmospheric sounds that bind you to a plane unknown up until now by deftones AND music in general..." Smoke a doobie/microdose on LSD you lame turd.    … Expand
  20. DrBlahBlah
    Oct 6, 2020
    0
    What is this derivative, inane garbage? And why do most people seem to like it? I am baffled. This kind of music was boring 20 years ago. Now it's just offensive.
  21. musikman91307
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    One of their best projects in years, and an upscale in production makes this for an other worldly experience. Deftones stands as one of the most unique and sexual sounds ever to exist.
  22. Jeffrey84
    Oct 2, 2020
    10
    Going to have to give this more time but it might be as good as white pony. This is a fantastic record.
  23. ViceAVersa
    Oct 2, 2020
    7
    Though not as good as their old albums, it comes fully close to the old sound Terry Date has provided Deftones in the good old days of their discography. Sure, it was a slow burner for me, but amazing none the less as the more I listen, the greater it becomes.
  24. Pumpkins2222
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    They done it again!! Fantastic...gets better with multiple listens! Wish there had been a slow track but otherwise this is a step up from Gore with all the band's talents clear and present!
  25. 1488
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
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  26. Mahamudra
    Sep 29, 2020
    5
    I can´t see any resemblance with the magistral white pony here. I´m a deftones fan since 1997. This album is filled with songs that aren't memorable.. that sounds muffled. It´s like if the band wants to scream but something is blocked. The songs are dragged one after another, like Gore. There isn't a single song I want to keep listening, like happen with other deftones albums that are notI can´t see any resemblance with the magistral white pony here. I´m a deftones fan since 1997. This album is filled with songs that aren't memorable.. that sounds muffled. It´s like if the band wants to scream but something is blocked. The songs are dragged one after another, like Gore. There isn't a single song I want to keep listening, like happen with other deftones albums that are not Gore or this one. I don´t know what is the problem with their creative process.. but it´s been years that they keep reproducing and recycling (in bad fashion) a packaged product of their past glories.. I can only hope there's still time for a CHANGE.… Expand
  27. je117
    Sep 29, 2020
    7
    Ohms is a pretty good album in some senses. It nicely mixes key aspects of previous Deftones efforts. It has Koi No Yokan’s elegance, Diamond Eyes’ riffing, Gore’s experimentation, SNW’s oddness and Self-Titled’s brutality and melancholy.

    Keyboardist/Sampler Frank Delgado is out front and centre, and his blade-runner inspired synths are a welcome addition to Deftones’ sound. He is at    Ohms is a pretty good album in some senses. It nicely mixes key aspects of previous Deftones efforts. It has Koi No Yokan’s elegance, Diamond Eyes’ riffing, Gore’s experimentation, SNW’s oddness and Self-Titled’s brutality and melancholy.

    Keyboardist/Sampler Frank Delgado is out front and centre, and his blade-runner inspired synths are a welcome addition to Deftones’ sound. He is at his most impressive on Genesis.

    I was pleased that Chino Moreno has increased his use of vocal harmonies, which are very beautiful and ear-catching, especially in tracks like Ceremony and Urantia. His vocal performances are great for the most part. Like on Koi No Yokan, he straddles the line of over the top on some tracks (Genesis’ chorus), but it is undeniable that he is a master at work. His lyrics, on the other hand, I found to be at times pretentious, melodramatic and too on-the-nose (“I believe your love beholds the sacred key to life” on The Spell of Mathematics, “we’re turning time inside out” on Genesis). I did like them better at times (I found his resignation to his powerlessness over his feelings for this other person on Radiant City to be poignant), but I didn’t appreciate how thematically it seems to be more or less the same romantically-frustrated, sexually-preoccupied angst concerning his significant other that we have been hearing since ’95. Headless felt a particularly lazy take on this subject matter. At least it ends on a positive note with him reaffirming his dedication to his relationship on Ohms.

    Stephen Carpenter’s guitar tone is probably the most brutal it has ever been, and it sounds amazing. The shrill rattle and deep fizz on Error is a standout. Sonically, he sounds great throughout the whole album. From a writing perspective, the harmonic riffs on The Spell of Mathematics is probably his most impressive. At other times it feels as if the riff-writing well is running dry. Ceremony, Error and Headless all feature sections where pretty much just one chord is repeated. Ohms starts out as almost a carbon copy of Hole in the Earth, before descending into monotony. The riffs on Pompeji are about as cliched metal as you can get. Generally these sections are alleviated by the quality of his tone of other members filling the space, but Stephen's emotive chords have always been alongside Chino's voice a key ingredient for Deftones' sound and when he sounds uninspired the tracks undeniably suffer.

    Abe Cunningham’s drumming is up to his usual standards but there are no tracks where he really steals the show as he often has done on past efforts (e.g. Rocket Skates, Mein, pretty much all of White Pony). The closest he gets is probably his frantic 16th note hi hat playing on This Link is Dead. His 16-bar, solo-esque moment to shine in The Spell of Mathematics was a little underwhelming: he didn’t really groove out with a wild mixture of rhythms as I expected him to.

    Bassist Sergio Vega does a solid job. He is largely drowned out by Stephen’s distorted 9-string, but at times when Stephen holds a single chord Sergio will fill the space quite skillfully with melodic playing.

    For me the standout track is The Spell of Mathematics which feels like a murky sequel to Kimdracula, and is despite some imperfections a classic Deftones track we have not seen the likes of in some time. Others I particularly enjoyed were Urantia, Error and Headless. There were no tracks that I really didn’t care for, but I had mixed feelings about the rest of them and found a few to be quite mediocre, like Ceremony, Genesis and This Link is Dead. I felt overall that what Ohms lacks is hooky material. Sure Deftones have come with some new tricks like Blade Runner synths, 9-string guitars and seagulls, but at times these feel like superficial additions to make up for the fact that many of the melodies and riffs are just not that interesting or emotive. Of course as a Deftones album it’s still very solid and well-crafted, and as my favourite band I hold them to a very high standard, but I think Ohms is probably their least impressive outing to date.    … Expand
  28. LucienAlejandro
    Sep 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Deftones kickoff another decade with yet another amazing album. 2000's White Pony, and 2010's Diamond Eyes, and now 2020's Ohms. Ohms feels like a culmination of Deftones's entire discography and then pushes their boundaries further. Ohms immediately pulls you in with it's opening track Genesis. The soothing, yet spooky synth and slow guitars hook and wrap you in for a whole 50 seconds before the rest of the band comes rushing in with powerful guitars, drums, and bass and off they go. Ceremony and Urantia is the closest one can say is textbook Deftones, . And that's not a bad thing at all. Deftones signature sound is classic, unmistakable and really damn good. But these two tracks just feel more grandiose and of a larger scale. Error harkens back to the Nu-Metal scene. The chunky groovy guitars and headbanging beat is makes you wanna mosh like it's 1999. It's like Adrenaline, all grown up. The Spell of Mathematics is easily one of the bands best songs. Classic Deftones sound but the the boundaries are pushed further. It's dark, moody, and dystopian, but gorgeous. A tremendous track that ends with finger snapping that is such an odd choice to end the song with, but it just works. Pompeji is simply put beautiful and powerful, like a storm out at sea. Deftones have always been able to blend their serene beautiful soundscapes and crushing guitars, bass and drums with Chino's voice that can go from soothing croon to blood chilling screams. The synth intro to This Link is Dead belongs in a Blade Runner movie. And Chino's pen game is on point throughout the whole album but especially on this song about a relationship gone sour. Radiant City feels like a rollercoaster or joyride. High thrills followed periods of calm only to rev up again just as you're feeling comfortable. Things slow down a pace with Headless. Some might say that this is the low point of the album, and I'd be inclined to agree. However this low point would still be a high mark on any band or artist's record. And if it is a low point it seems to be so by design as the penultimate song slows things down to bring in the closing track Ohms. On its own the song seems like quite the departure from what we expect from Deftones. But it is a pleasant departure and in context of the whole album makes complete sense as it is in my opinion a perfect closing track to the album. An album that is, for the most part, dark, moody and dystopian but Ohms closes the album leaving you feeling uplifted and hopeful. If I have any complaints about the album it is that I simply want more of it. Despite that only two songs, Ceremony and Radiant City, are under 4 minutes, the songs and album feel like they go back quickly and leave you wanting more. Another thing that is not necessarily a complaint, but rather something that just isn't on the album, is a "gentle" or "soft" song. Instead almost every track on this album has parts that sound like Sextape, or Digital Bath, but there's no song that is specifically dedicated to that particular aspect of the bands repertoire. I wish there was because they are so damn good at making those types of songs, but the album is in no way ruined by lacking it. Ohms is one of Deftones best albums, which is saying a lot considering every album the band has released has been fantastic. They did not disappoint and in fact exceeded their already high standards.

    10/10    … Expand
  29. charlesxx
    Sep 28, 2020
    10
    There are no fillers, all the songs are bangers on their own and still need each other on the album so it works, the title track even sounds better once you hear the whole 9 tracks before you get there, every band from now on should take a few notes from this, Deftones have made their best album, glad to say so far.
  30. ObscureNis
    Sep 28, 2020
    10
    An absolute masterclass in alternative metal. Sludgy, sensual, brutal, thoughtful.
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Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. No Ripcord
    Oct 23, 2020
    70
    Is Ohms the return to form that meets expectations? Well, yes, even if the tunes haven't changed so much as the vastly-superior production has (with producer Terry Date back into the fold). But it also reinforces the fact that Deftones have stuck to a back-to-basics formula through all these years; the only difference now being that everyone else is taking notice.
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  2. Uncut
    Oct 16, 2020
    80
    It's at times crushingly heavy, but there's a cerebral knottiness to the arrangements, and Chino Moreno's vocal boasts a windswept melancholy harking back to the new romantics. [Dec 2020, p.29]
  3. Paste Magazine
    Oct 1, 2020
    80
    Arguably, Ohms is at first blush nothing new for Deftones. What it is is an engrossing refinement of what they’ve become over years of risk-taking and experimentation.
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