Deftones - Koi No Yokan (Gatefold) (LP)

2012 album from the Northern California-based Hard Rock/Alt-Metal band. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, with Nick Raskulinecz (Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, Rush) who also produced their 2010 album Diamond Eyes. Though the band emerged on the fringes of nu-metal, one of metal's more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream, Deftones' steady shift toward a more artful, experimental sound has made them one of the more enduring and influential groups to come out of the '90s. In their continued exploration of the intersection of heaviness and harmony, Koi No Yokan finds the band returning with a warm, dreamy sound that feels more like heavy dream pop or shoegaze than light metal. Always finding new ways to use old tools, the driving sounds on the album feel more like they're meant to envelop the listener than enrage them, with a sonic gulf -- created by Chino Moreno's soaring vocals and Stephen Carpenter's shuddering, extended scale riffs -- so large and inviting, it feels like the o