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- Summary: The latest full-length release from the California alt-metal band Deftones was co-produced with Nick Raskulinecz.
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- Record Label: Reprise
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Metal, Acid Techno
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Aug 21, 2025Even in the scheme of one of modern rock’s most consistent and treasured back catalogues, Private Music is in the upper most tier, a record that succeeds where its predecessor didn’t quite.
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Aug 20, 2025Deftones’ 10th album is a gift for fans old, new, and certainly finding them in the very distant future. Their peers can’t touch them.
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Classic Rock MagazineSep 17, 2025Single My Mind IS A Mountain may open the record in brash fashion, but by lush centre points Souvenir and CXZ, Deftones feel both comfortably themselves and completely unpredictable. [Oct 2025, p.72]
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Aug 21, 2025The band have since long cemented themselves as absolute songwriting savants in the genre and here on album number 10, they successfully build upon that legacy without skipping a beat. Though at times lacking ambition, the finest moments of Private Music are absolute all-timers – poised to throw a wrench into any “top 5 Deftones albums” list for the foreseeable future.
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Aug 25, 2025private music doesn’t exactly launch Deftones into any unexplored territories, nor does it reimagine the beloved band in any new light. But, as it turns out, Deftones don’t need to do either to squeeze their sound into 2025. All they really needed to do was refine their process, focus on what works, and come through with some compelling tunes.
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Sep 2, 2025At only 42 minutes, its greatest quality comes in the desire to put the album on constant repeat.
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Aug 20, 2025private music—like A Moon Shaped Pool and Fossora—is unlikely to draw in unconvinced listeners, but like those records, it shows them fully in control of their instantly recognizable sound, able to effortlessly bend it around whatever structures they put in its place.