Graphic Nature could easily be featured one White Pony. Next song, Entombed is simply beautiful and perfect material for a single. Poltergeist, starting with odd handclaps leading into a heavy Carpenter Riff, drives the heavy vs soft game on. The man simply can create moods with his organ. Leathers verses is one of the heaviest in Deftones history, fighting with the dreamy chorus created by Chinos beautiful voice. Starting with Swerve City as a bouncy, poppy opener, Koi No Yokan beautifully delivers Deftones signature move: the dynamics. There is not one song which doesn´t fit into the album, each song has its place and is loveable from start to finish. Also, the production seems to be improved regarding Diamond Eyes. It´s pretty dark, flows really good as a whole album (nearly every song connects with the next) and adds a huge amount of atmosphere to it. Koi No Yokan takes out the strengths of each of these albums since White Pony and leaves out the above criticized points. Diamond Eyes did not have this weak points but lacked in depth, atmosphere and textures. The Selftitled was too dark (for me), SNW had great songs, but did not succeed with its experiments (Mein with Serj, Pink Cellphone). Lucky enough Deftones never tried to create a White Pony 2, they wrote Albums which obviously fitted in their current status, always covered in a more (Selftitled) or less (Diamond Eyes) dark atmosphere. Each output got compared to 2000s masterpiece White Pony. It is Deftones seventh album in a row which simply does not disappoint. Each output got compared to Expectations were high for Koi No Yokan.

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