Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Dot Music | (8/10) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Allmusic | |
| Q | |
| Playlouder | |
| Sputnikmusic | |
| Spin | |
| The A.V. Club | C |
| E! Online | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
Deftones was well received by critics earning an aggregate rating of 74 on Metacritic. The music website Sputnikmusic gave it a perfect score and praised the band for have returned to their heavy sound without leaving behind their experimental side, lauding also Moreno's abstract lyrics and the band's musicianship.
Q magazine also praised the album, giving it four and a half out of five stars, stating: "In a genre considered creatively bankrupt, this is genuinely new metal." Dot music considered the album "an important leap forward for the band" while Rolling Stone stated: "This is metal that crushes, then soothes; collapses, then soars... Deftones just blows open the possibilities." In contrast, reviewers from sites such The A.V. Club or Allmusic, although giving it a positive score, criticized the band for have returned to their heavy style, instead of the more soft and artistic style of its predecessor: the White Pony album.
Spin magazine also give it a positive score, but complained about the album's notable darkness saying: "On their fourth album, Deftones are sad as hell, and they're not gonna take it anymore; this is less an 11-song album than a single long-form mope." A mixed review came from Playlouder, which, while praising the band's musicianship, criticized Moreno´s high screamed vocals.
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