Tempest (Deftones song)

"Tempest"
Single by Deftones
from the album Koi No Yokan
ReleasedOctober 9, 2012 (2012-10-09)
Recorded2012
Genre
Length6:05
LabelReprise
Composers
LyricistChino Moreno
ProducerNick Raskulinecz
Deftones singles chronology
"Leathers"
(2012)		 "Tempest"
(2012)		 "Swerve City"
(2013)

"Tempest" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones, released as the second single from their seventh album, Koi No Yokan. The song debuted on PureVolume's official website on October 3, 2012 along with a video featuring band members Chino Moreno and Sergio Vega giving some insight regarding the track. Its lyrical content is representative of the supposed end of the world that would have occurred on December 21, 2012, according to various myths related to the Mayan calendar.[3]

Peaking at No. 3 on the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, Tempest became Deftones' most successful single on that chart, surpassing "Change (In the House of Flies)", which peaked at No. 9 in 2001.

It was placed at No. 2 in Consequence's article "The Top 20 Deftones Songs", with the song described as containing "[e]xpansive textures, Shakespearian lyrics, and multiple all-time-great riffs rolled into one banger".[4]

Track listing

iTunes single
No.TitleLength
1."Tempest"6:05
Promo CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Tempest (Radio Edit)"4:31

Personnel

Deftones

Production

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Dean (November 19, 2012). "Deftones: Koi No Yokan". PopMatters. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ Cubarrubia, RJ (November 8, 2012). "Album Premiere: Deftones Unleash Angst and Tension in 'Koi No Yokan'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Pure Volume".
  4. ↑ Bogosian, Dan; Hadusek, Jon (April 6, 2016). "Deftones' Top 20 Songs". Consequence. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Deftones Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Deftones Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Deftones Chart History (Rock & Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Year-End Charts: Rock Airplay Songs (2013)". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
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