"Hexagram"
Single by Deftones
from the album Deftones
B-side"Lovers"
ReleasedAugust 26, 2003 (2003-08-26)[1]
GenreAlternative metal[2]
Length4:09
LabelMaverick
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Terry Date
Deftones singles chronology
"Minerva"
(2003)		 "Hexagram"
(2003)		 "Hole in the Earth"
(2006)

"Hexagram" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones. It was the second single released from their eponymous fourth studio album. The cover art for the single is a work titled "Bandaged Love" by artist Ashley Macomber.[3]

Music video

The black-and-white music video for "Hexagram" showed excited fans entering a building to watch a live performance of the song. As such, the majority of the video focused on this performance, with small exceptions like a shirtless, incapacitated Chino Moreno lying on the floor during the moody bridge. Audio for the video was taken entirely from the studio recording until the very end, which featured live crowd noise.

In contrast to the single's minimal radio play, the "Hexagram" video earned significant rotation on the more underground-oriented Headbangers Ball and Uranium in late 2003.

Reception

In reviewing Deftones, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "Hexagram", the album's opener, "hits hard—harder than they ever have, revealing how mushy Staind is, or how toothless Linkin Park is".[4] Betty Clarke of The Guardian negatively criticized Moreno's rough vocals on the song for its melancholic nature.[5]

Cover versions

In 2010, German metalcore band War from a Harlots Mouth recorded a cover of the song.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Deftones

No.TitleLength
1."Hexagram"4:09
2."Bloody Cape"3:36
3."Lovers"4:11

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[7] 72
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 68
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[9] 11

References

  1. ↑ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". FMQB. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ Hart, Josh (May 14, 2013). "Magnificent Seven: The 10 Greatest Seven-String Guitar Songs of All Time". Guitar World. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kavi Gupta Gallery - Ashley Macomber". Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Deftones – Deftones". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  5. ↑ Clarke, Betty (June 4, 2003). "The Deftones | Music". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "War From A Harlots Mouth - Simon". Metal Kaoz. February 4, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. September 28, 2003. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. September 28, 2003. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. September 28, 2003. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
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