Sorry but i have to edit my last review. At first i gave this album the benefit of the doubt and rated it 4 stars but after multiple listens it has failed to grow on me, unlike the great White Pony did. The album is just boring and overly noisey. Who mixed this thing? You can barely hear the vocals at all, they're buried under all the sludge. Some songs brake away from the monotony such as the explosive opener "Hexagram" which is as melodic as it is brutal. "Bloody cape" would be a good track on Around the Fur. And contrary to most fans beleif, "Anniversary.." is a wonderful ballad which almost makes up for the horrible failure of "teenager" on White Pony. The rest of the album just sends me to sleep, including the My Bloody Valentine sounding "Minerva". Overall, Deftones is a dissapointing album. It lacks both the emotion of Around the fur and the growing vision of White Pony.