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Rolling Stone (p.124) – 3.5 stars out of 5 –“[I]t’s as dark as the Deftones have ever gotten, with sludgy stoner-rock bumping against prog-metal chops and scorched-earth atmospherics….” Spin (p.97) – 3 stars out of 5 — “[H]aunting soundscapes full of ominously chiming guitars, crashing percussion, and frontman Chino Moreno’s alternately melodic and guttural singing.” Entertainment Weekly (p.76) – “[The album] boasts some of the Deftones’ best out-and-out metal tunes to date; ‘Rats! Rats! Rats!’ in particular is every bit as urgent an unsettling as its title implies…” Alternative Press (p.192) – “Veering from caustic Tomahawk-esque extremes to deep-space, hyper-concussive lullabies, Saturday NIGHT WRIST proves yet again that Deftones have a corner on the transcendent-metal market.” Alternative Press (p.136) – Included in Alternative Press’s “10 Essential Albums Of 2006” — “[A]n album that’s b