Deftones-Koi No Yokan

2012's Koi No Yokan ("Love's Premonition") is the dynamic seventh full-length effort from alternative metal band Deftones, recorded in Los Angeles, CA with Nick Raskulinecz (Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, Rush) who also produced the band's 2010 album Diamond Eyes. The 11-song set is the second consecutive album without founding bassist Chi Cheng who continues to recover from a near-fatal car accident that occurred in 2008. Deftones' ability to take their sound to the extremes is as accomplished as ever here, ranging from the pounding opener "Swerve City" to the raging lead single "Leathers" to the mesmerizing "Tempest" and the cosmic "Entombed."