“Hearts/Wires” has beauty and feels honest. There was obviously a lot of care and dedication in making each instrument stand out yet blend harmoniously together. Let’s talk about some good aspects, shall we? The album sounds wonderful and there is a plethora of tones that make each song interesting aurally. Alas, it doesn’t have the same powerful effect as it did on Saturday Night Wrist. While both Moreno and Carpenter later explained that these comments may have been taken out of context, it’s impossible to deny that there is a tension on Gore. In a way, it’s a lot of this back and forth. Moreno himself stated that there was competition in the studio. It wasn’t what I was expecting or wanting.” It wasn’t the style or the sound I was hoping we would take. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter admits in an interview, “… I didn’t want to play on the record to begin with,” later adding, “ When we were coming up with ideas and writing the songs, the stuff that was being written, you know, the other guys’ ideas, I wasn’t too interested in it. Much like Saturday Night Wrist, Gore sees a band that is at odds with each other. The band acknowledges that there were strained relationships during this time, although that anger, that discord, ended up fueling the music and creating something really special.įast forward to 2016 and the band is now on the verge of releasing their eighth studio album Gore. The album took two years to write and record, during which vocalist Chino Moreno went through a divorce as well as suffering through drug addiction.

In 2006, Deftones released Saturday Night Wrist, an album that was met with critical praise but came during a tumultuous time.

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