Resident Evil: Retribution 3D hits theaters on Friday. In anticipation, electronic artist Bassnectar is now streaming the end-credits track which features Deftones singer Chino Moreno. “I was thrilled to be a part of scoring this,” Bassnectar says, “and wanted to make a beat that dropped like a wall of bricks to knock people back in their seats at the movie’s sudden and dramatic end. Chino put together the lyrics in a poem that felt like a slow motion dream, and somehow the two sensations works in tandem: falling backwards in a dream while getting blown back by a wobbling wall of sound.” Listen to the song below, and let us know what you think in the comments.
]]>Deftones’ Chino Moreno
William Shatner
Hellyeah and Pantera’s Vinnie Paul
Rob Zombie and John 5
Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler With Wendy Dio
Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro
Mike Portnoy
Machine Head’s Robb Flynn and Static-X’s Wayne Static
Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares
Judas Priest’s Scott Travis
Brian Posehn
DevilDriver’s Jeff Kendrick
Murderdolls’ Wednesday 13
Whitesnake’s David Coverdale
It’s pretty obvious from diverse albums like White Pony and last year’s outstanding Diamond Eyes that the Deftones love plenty of music that falls outside the standard boundaries of hard rock and metal. That embrace of a wide spectrum of sounds contributed to their recent nomination for Album of the Year at the 2011 Revolver Golden Gods for Diamond Eyes. Here, singer Chino Moreno—who was himself nominated for Best Vocalist at the award show—shares just a few of the many non-metal albums that he loves and that have influenced his music, both in the Deftones and in his side project Team Sleep.
The Cure
Pornography
(Elektra, 1982)
“That’s my favorite Cure record; lyrically, that record has influenced me through a lot of the things that I’ve done. I was like 15 and living with my Grandma, and one day I sat and listened to it and wrote out all the lyrics for the record. They’re totally sick!”
Helium
No Guitars EP
(Matador, 1997)
“When we were recording Around the Fur, I was staying right on the Sound in Seattle. Every morning, I’d wake up and listen to that CD, and look out at the snow on the mountains. I was like, ‘Damn! I want this girl to sing on our album!’”
Mogwai
EP+2 EP
(Matador, 1999)
“I went to see Mogwai at the Fillmore, and that was both the loudest and quietest concert I’ve ever been to. They’ll start from a teeny little melody, and then build this wall of delayed-out guitars—by the end of the song, the shit’s caving your chest in! I love that extreme, combination of violent guitar shit and beautiful shit.”
My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
(Warner Bros., 1991)
“When were doing White Pony, I played Loveless for Terry; I was like, ‘I want to get the record to sound like this!’ After the first song, he looks over and goes, ‘Are you kidding me? That’s the most coked-out fucking mix I’ve ever heard!’ It’s just a wall of guitar, and it’s beautiful for that reason.”
Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream
(Virgin, 1993)
“Billy Corgan’s vocals were more soothing when Butch Vig produced him; after that, he started to get all fucking whiny. But he definitely influenced Team Sleep in the beginning. A lot of that guitar shit on that record is beautiful. When we play live, that whole wall of guitar thing that he had is what we try to go for—heavy, but also soothing, like it hugs you.”
Check out “You’ve Seen the Butcher” off Diamond Eyes below: