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Apr 11, 2016Gore ferociously asserts that Deftones haven’t lost any of their creative spark. If anything, their fire is blazing higher than ever.
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Apr 8, 2016Gore could be the Deftones’ best album, but you can earnestly say that about any album they’ve ever created and make a strong argument. If anything, it’s the most modern, and a statement that style and substance are not mutually exclusive. Gore has both.
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Jun 2, 2016Running at you full-steam ahead, seeing red and gutting you. This album is testament to the trials and tribulations they've endured and more so, how they've risen up.
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Apr 19, 2016This is a record of sweeping complexity, that captures the raw energy Deftones have always thrived upon without eschewing the benefits of an intelligent eye being cast over the production.
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Apr 18, 2016A solid album, one which, given time to explore its layers and textures, justifies investigations tenfold.
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Apr 14, 2016Largely flirting with conformity from a distance, Gore really comes into its own in the latter half, when Deftones open the silo doors on their buried missiles of epic melody.
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Apr 13, 2016This is not simply Koi No Yokan 2.0: if anything, its true parallel is White Pony, another moment in the band’s history that seemed to find them catching lightning in a bottle, condensing all of the elements that made their early sound so intriguing together with as-yet-unheard influences and producing a classic in the process.
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Apr 8, 2016Continuing to age gracefully, Deftones deliver an emotionally divided release with Gore, one that will continue to endear and swing with your own mood--however you're feeling.
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Apr 7, 2016A complex and ultimately rewarding listen.
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Apr 7, 2016Gore brings together light and dark, airy and grinding, in a way that makes these seemingly disparate qualities seem like natural allies.
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Apr 7, 2016Dragging their new wave and post-punk influences to the fore, the Sacramento crew have produced their most dynamic, adventurous and downright strange album in years.
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Kerrang!Apr 6, 2016All that you take in is that Gore is Deftones being Good Deftones. [9 Apr 2016, p.50]
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Apr 6, 2016While many of their contemporaries remain content with the particular style that brought them to the dance, Deftones never feared exploring new avenues to advance their sound; Gore represents their latest evolution.
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Q MagazineApr 5, 2016It's a beautifully dark album. [May 2016, p.107]
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Apr 5, 2016Abstract and startling, listen to the hefty groove of Prayers/Triangles or the slow blooming Phantom Bride and feel the earth move beneath your feet.
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Apr 5, 2016Gore is a triumphant reminder that a veteran act can continue to grow and still remain relevant.
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Apr 5, 2016Yet again, Deftones have created a real beast of a record while still showing glimpses of its heart.
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Apr 5, 2016His [guitarist Stephen Carpenter's] fleeting interplay with Jerry Cantrell's sprawling guest solo reaches past minor curiosity to become an essential encounter on a record with countless unfurling highlights.
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Apr 12, 2016Nothing short of a name change will likely convince skeptics at this point, but Gore proves that Deftones can remain vital as they are relevant, if they don’t kill each other first.
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Apr 25, 2016Gore is a listen as complex and engrossing as we’ve come to expect from Deftones, and they continue to be a band that matures organically, becoming more and more fluid in their own craft.
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Apr 14, 2016If we pretend that on some level this album doesn’t contain the cringe-worthy hetero-male angst of early-2000s rock, we’d be lying to ourselves, but the technical quality of the work renders it engrossing nonetheless, especially taken alongside its odd tenderness, its prescient cultural relevance, and its culmination of the fluidity of gendered tropes that ran throughout their career, where the concept of aggression becomes as much a floating signifier among a sea of textural dynamics as a reification of rage.
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Apr 12, 2016Twenty-one years later, they're keeping both themselves and their listeners on edge.
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Apr 8, 2016While Gore is far from impenetrable, it’s still evident that Deftones are the most interesting and esoteric thing the radio-festival circuit might dare touch.
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UncutApr 5, 2016Even by Deftones standards, their eighth album is hardly immediate. [May 2016, p.71]
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May 20, 2016There’s the odd filler track, such as Phantom Bride--an experimental shriekathon, which even guitar parts from special guest Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains can’t save--but those aside, Gore is an album with the depth and emotional range that Deftones fans have come to expect.
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Apr 15, 2016Despite the promise of first single "Prayers/Triangles," most of Gore sits in the latter category--a hillock of doomy pop that cowers beside the band's formidable peaks.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 108 out of 127
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Mixed: 11 out of 127
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Negative: 8 out of 127
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