Their most accessible work since 2000's White Pony, Ohms offers listeners plenty of substance to grab on to: for the first time in a while, tightly executed songs take precedence over heady ideas, resulting in a deeply effective and satisfying experience that balances their eras. Reuniting with producer Terry Date, the man behind their first four efforts (five, counting the unreleased Eros), the band attacks with full power, reinvigorated, hungry, and at a creative apex. But when you do, you learn a little bit more, and then you can start making little adjustments, maybe you wake up a little bit happier the next day, or just make better decisions.At the dawn of their fourth decade together as a band, alt-metal stalwarts Deftones crafted one of the best albums in their catalog, Ohms. A lot of people need to do that, and it’s not the easiest thing to do. It’s just about how, if you’ve made a decision and it didn’t make you feel good, then how do you change that? You hold yourself accountable. And I’m not mad at them, I’m probably mad at myself when I know I can do better.

A lot of times I’m not able to hold my composure and I’ll be a dick to my closest friends or family sometimes. As you can tell from some of the songs that I’ve written over my time, my emotions have always kind of been all over the place ( laughs). “I had times where out of nowhere I’d be mad. “I think a lot of people deal with this, but at some point if you’re unhappy, or you’re sad, lonely or angry,” he says. Speaking about the new album in this week’s Cover Story, singer Chino Moreno revealed that the recent past has seen him taking a look at himself and working out how he can continue to learn about being Chino.

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