Kicked off by the powerful crescendo that is ".Execute" and ending with the blistering track "All Hope Is Gone" the album is a cohesive statement about the world today and truly cements the band as one of Rocks heavyweights.
While living on houseboats in Sausalito, California, Deftones broke away from nu-metal and recorded the melodic highlight of their career, a moody album born of sex, Sade, and cocaine.