"Hexagram" is a song by the American

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, and the second single from their eponymous fourth album. The cover art for the single is a work titled "Bandaged Love" by artist Ashley Macomber.

Music video

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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

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lying on the floor during the moody

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. Audio for the video was taken entirely from the

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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

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-oriented '' Headbangers Ball'' and ''

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'' in late 2003.

Reception

In reviewing ''Deftones'', Stephen Thomas Erlewine 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".

Covers

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recorded a cover of the song.

Track listing

All tracks written by Deftones. # "Hexagram" – 4:09 # "Bloody Cape" – 3:36 # "Lovers" – 4:11

Charts

References

{{authority control Deftones songs 2003 singles Songs written by Chino Moreno 2003 songs Maverick Records singles Song recordings produced by Terry Date Songs written by Stephen Carpenter Songs written by Chi Cheng (musician) Songs written by Abe Cunningham Songs written by Frank Delgado (American musician)