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, from their seventh studio album, '' Koi No Yokan''. The song debuted on

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's official website on October 3, 2012 along with a video featuring band members

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and Sergio Vega giving some insight regarding the track. The song'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

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. It was featured in the trailer for the film ''

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''. Peaking at No. 3 on the US

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, Tempest became Deftones' most successful single on that chart, surpassing "

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", which peaked at No. 9 in 2001. The song has been described as

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. It was placed at No. 2 in ''

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s article "The Top 20 Deftones Songs", with the song described as containing " pansive textures, Shakespearian lyrics, and multiple all-time-great riffs rolled into one banger".

Track listing

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Stephen Carpenter Stephen "Steph" Carpenter ( /ˈstɛfən/ ''STEF-ən''; born August 3, 1970) is an American musician, known as the co-founder and a guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings an ...

Abe Cunningham Abraham Benjamin Cunningham (born July 27, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the alternative metal band Deftones. Life and career Abe Cunningham was born in Long Beach, California. When he was young, his family moved ...

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* Sergio Vega - bass Production *

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- producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2012 singles Deftones songs 2012 songs Reprise Records singles Song recordings produced by Nick Raskulinecz Songs written by Stephen Carpenter Songs written by Abe Cunningham Songs written by Chino Moreno Songs written by Sergio Vega (bassist) Songs written by Frank Delgado (American musician)