DEFTONES

Ohms REPRISE Sacramento’s atmospheric adventurers put one foot back on the ground IT’S RARE IN a career spanning more than a quarter of a century that a band could make as few missteps as Deftones have. The Sacramento alt-metallers have rarely let their lofty standards slip below essential, but, even though many were hugely onboard with the more ethereal, experimental post-rock vibes of 2016’s Gore, there were some murmurings of discontent from fans that the album sacrificed too much in the way of heaviness. If you were one of those people then Ohms will definitely go some way to placating you and your tastes, as long as you don’t expect Deftones to have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Opener Genesis is expertly pitched between the slow-burning mystique of…

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Metal Hammer UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2020

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