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On this sixth and best effort, Deftones deftly flows from visceral alt-metal brutality to serene melodic beauty, displaying a raw intensity that's purely cathartic and a wounded sensitivity that's never mawkish. —
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Joss Stone flies as a free agent, alt-metal singer Ronnie Radke is free from prison, and Vanessa Carlton is the ultimate free spirit.
Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011
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On Friday, Korn's Jonathan Davis and Munky Shaffer joined Skrillex on stage, turning his punk-influenced electronica into a momentary nod toward alt-metal.
Coachella Highlights a New Era of Music Jim Fusilli 2011
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It detonates a brutalizing blend of industrial rock, alt-metal and metal featuring a three-guitar attack and the savvy, limber work of drummer Michael Martens.
A Garden Full of Axes Jim Fusilli 2012
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Most of the latter comes courtesy of inestimable singer Chino Moreno: If alt-metal frontmen can be divided into mopers and tantrum throwers, Moreno is definitely a moper.
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The band's thunderous new disc, "Diamond Eyes," will be leading this summer's not entirely welcome alt-metal comeback charge, but it's not the album the Deftones were supposed to make.
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Most of the latter comes courtesy of inestimable singer Chino Moreno: If alt-metal frontmen can be divided into mopers and tantrum throwers, Moreno is definitely a moper.
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The band's thunderous new disc, "Diamond Eyes," will be leading this summer's not entirely welcome alt-metal comeback charge, but it's not the album the Deftones were supposed to make.
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While the wave of new vintners in the 1970s included lots of investment bankers and doctors, colorful characters abound in this current expansion: Richard Childress, a former NASCAR driver and team owner, has a winery outside of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Maynard Keenan, lead singer for the alt-metal band Tool, started the Arizona Stronghold Vineyards to pursue his passion for wine.
A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008
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While the wave of new vintners in the 1970s included lots of investment bankers and doctors, colorful characters abound in this current expansion: Richard Childress, a former NASCAR driver and team owner, has a winery outside of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Maynard Keenan, lead singer for the alt-metal band Tool, started the Arizona Stronghold Vineyards to pursue his passion for wine.
A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008
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