| Tempest | |
| Cover: | Tempest deftones.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Deftones |
| Album: | Koi No Yokan |
| Released: | October 9, 2012 |
| Recorded: | 2012 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 6:05 |
| Label: | Reprise |
| Producer: | Nick Raskulinecz |
| Prev Title: | Leathers |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Swerve City |
| Next Year: | 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. It's 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] It was featured in the trailer for the film Jack the Giant Slayer and an episode of The Following and in the film Furious 7.
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 Consequences 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]
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