Deftones - Hole in the Earth

 

Utterly essential, though still unfairly cursed as one of the catalytic bands to usher in that bombardment of nu-metal dross in the late 90s, Sacramento survivors Deftones look to the future with their first offering from forthcoming fifth album Saturday Night Wrist. Lyrically, Chino Moreno seems to allude to the internal strife suffered by the band while producing ...Wrist: "I hate all of my friends / they all attack sometimes" he howls in the impassioned vein of Robert Smith before Hole in the Earth's stuttered groove hits an inevitable crushing crescendo. A stellar return. [Johnny Langlands]