Deftones Band • Page 174

Rivière is tops me for, but yeah all those songs are so good.

 

Cherry Waves is an all-timer for me. I’m glad that one caught a second wind

 

Beware and Hole in the Earth are the ones on SNW for me, but I’ve also got big love for Cherry Waves, Rivière, and Xerces

 

Beware def for me

 

Hole in the Earth might be their best opener.

 

that's right

 

Hexagram is my favorite Deftones song period so it def wins that contest for me. outside of that it’s a real tough call, they consistently knock it out of the park with their openers.

 

Swerve City is pretty good too, and even though I know it wasn't originally on the album and the band kind of looks down on it, I have a soft spot for Back To School.

 

They've generally done a great job of opening tracks. My Own Summer, Diamond Eyes, Genesis all S tier songs.

 

Too many good openers to name a best one. My Own Summer, Hexagram, Hole in the Earth, Diamond Eyes, Swerve City… I mean come on. Even the ones I didn’t mention are good to great.

 

Yeah they really do have consistently excellent openers.

 

Hex
Hole
Feiticeira/My Own Summer
Diamond Eyes
Genesis
Swerve City
Prayers/Bored

 

Really can’t decide between Swerve City, Hexagram, and Hole In The Earth. All such strong openers

 

Feiticeira. I've been a Deftones fan for about 15/16 years or something, and that song blows me away even more than it did when I was an impressionable 13 year old.

All the bands now, the rock bands, the metalcore bands, who write whole songs or sections in songs trying to ape Deftones will never fucking write a song that, in combination, is as fluid, and graceful, and heavy, and trippy, and creepy, and huge, and cool as Feiticeira. The dingy, eerie masochistic imagery on top of that instrumental bed, with that somehow frenzied yet effortless liquid vocal performance, is magic. Everyone's on the top of their game on that song.

 

100%. That opening riff is pure magic.

 

It's the swagger too; the hazy intoxicated swagger. When Abe, Stef, and Chino lock in on that, it's unbeatable.

 

Feiticeira is on most days my favorite song from them. That and Lhabia.

 

Oh I love Lhabia. Underrated gem

 

Lhabia is so sick. I think MX is also kind of underrated living in the shadow of having Damone attached to it, which is such a fan favorite.

 

Feiticeira is probably my favorite opener overall, but My Own Summer might win based on Abe's drum intro alone. So simple and so badass.

 

Abe's intro on My Own Summer is so goated

 

It really introduces you to his signature snare sound in a very isolated way. It's perfect.

 

My Own Summer is a GOATed into track. It’s really a slap in the face of “look what you’re getting into.” At least that’s how it felt when I first listened to that album in high school

 

We are NOT letting this man slide on doubling down with the flat earth shit!

 

Who cares