Koi No Yokan

2012, Nov 13

Apple Spotify Alternative Metal 99 Highly Rated Reprise The Needle Drop 6/10 NME 4/5 Paste 7.5/10 Kerrang! 5/5 DIY 4/5 All Music 4/5 The Skinny 4/5 Blabbermouth.net 8/10 Slant 4/5 Pop Matters 9/10 Spectrum Culture 65% music OMH 4/5 Sputnikmusic 4.4/5 The Irish Times 5/5

DIY 4/5 The most remarkable quality of the band’s seventh effort though, seems to lie in the fact that they are so willing to push their own boundaries.

The Skinny 4/5 Storming out of the gate with Swerve City – a brutally sexy sledgehammer of a song, and hands-down their best opener since White Pony's Feiticeira – Deftones sound like a band brimming over with piss and vinegar on album number seven. Koi No Yokan may be a defiantly unprogressive collection, but that doesn't render its emotional effect any less explosive.

Blabbermouth.net 8/10 On their previous album, "Diamond Eyes", the DEFTONES turned more than a few heads for reinventing a few of their crunky wheels. Dynamics were a large part of that album's success, making it one of the DEFTONES' most crucial releases along with "White Pony" and "Around the Fur". This year, they come...

Slant 4/5 Koi No Yokan further solidifies Deftones’ status as far and away the most long-lasting and consistent act of the maligned sub-genre from which they came.

The Irish Times 5/5 KoiNo Yokan Reprise *****