Today I will present one of my favorite productions of this century and you can safely risk saying that even millenniums, an album by one of the bands that I still value and which left a huge mark on me both musically and personally in my life, I have never looked back to the world with the same eyes when "Be Quiet And Drive" fell into my ears for the first time..I will never forget this beautiful and positively changing moment in my existence... Okay, so an album with an interesting and deep name "Ohms". The band from Sacramento returned with this powerful album in 2o2o, more than two years ago, and the album is still fresh and - as my best friend said - quote "I think I'll go back to listening to discmen", this album is perfect for any medium: ))
The opening song "Genesis" epically brings the listener back into the very specific and unique world of Deftones, reeking of the extravagance of the vocalist Chino, but at the same time emanating the unanimous genius of these gentlemen who have been consistently developing and nurturing their truly unique style and atmosphere since the first album "Adrenaline", which gave a new a trend in the post-grunge world that was in the early '90s. Chino literally screams and tears him apart in every phrase of the track from the very beginning, the need to rise up like the proverbial Phoenix and stop using the head in a wrong way, and even being processed and controlled by what makes no sense in the natural perception of the environment, i.e. life just . "Ceremony" is an interesting approach to contemporary reality. A very demanding interpretation (as always with Deftones) and, above all, many-sided, everyone can approach the meaning individually. What strikes in the song is the transition to the chorus, where illusion is mentioned as a metaphor for the ways that people have chosen in everyday life. Through our exaggerated cyber life, we've become a bit of a ceremony...but, of what? "Urantia" is clearly an ode to some person who was very important in the author's life, leaving traces and memories that will be forever "To the grave," as Moreno sings at the end of the choruses. The song "Error" is about man's blind pursuit of 'everyday', in which we still encounter these evil snakes, but also this proverbial honey, however, wallowing in this mud of chaos without knowing why we are doing it? There is clearly a reference to a higher power here "Beyond the gates, outside the grid, We follow in your grace, But someday, the clouds will break, And we'll all drift through" "The Spell Of Mathematics" is another call to character/existence.. which poisons the author's life and drives him into the dark recesses of consciousness, but still strives to connect because he believes in love as the only thing that allows us to survive and lead to free space. "Pompeii" is a cry and a question to the higher power, why we forget and are forgotten by time, and we have received this gift of existence. This is also a warning for ourselves, we do not see what is on earth over time ... the cycle of birth, life and rebirth, as well as rebuilding. "This Link Is Dead" is not an easy piece of music to interpret. Clear suffering and even rage at someone who has failed and blinded the other person, which ends up leaving the bad relationship on its own. "Radiant City" is a kind of longing for space, a place where there is uncertainty and some toxicity, yet Chino sings that he would go there again, but in a good way? Another track where the imagination works at high speed. The penultimate "Headless" returns as if to the beginning, to the subject of control and violation of us humans by the 'dealers' in this world, Moreno even speaks metaphorically of entering the brainwaves, that we have come so far and are swimming in a bottomless lake, and our attempts to get out of it are futile, the way we do. The title "Ohms" positively closes the album despite all, with a melody that fills with power and energy, Carpenter's powerful riffs as always, Vega's pulsating bass at times, Cunningham's percussion as always as in a Swiss clock and somewhere in the background hypnotic electronics of Delgado. We are lost and it is too late for radical changes, we are devouring the days ahead and we should shake off this lethargy somehow. A beautiful but chilling manifesto at the end of the album.
The album, described as I felt it in a very short way. Certainly a brilliant position for longer reflections, because Deftones' music always leaves room for your own interpretation and your own answers to questions that arise while listening. One of the best albums that have passed through my ears and I recommend it very much, I come back from time to time, many memories - return to my fiancée ... hey and enjoy! Hear ya'll very soon... stay tuned.
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