Hexagram (song)

"Hexagram" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones. It was the second single released from their eponymous fourth studio album. The cover art for the single is a work titled "Bandaged Love" by artist Elliott Rae.^[3]

"Hexagram"
Single by Deftones
from the album Deftones
B-side	"Lovers"
Released	August 26, 2003 (2003-08-26)[1]
Genre	Alternative metal[2]
Length	4:09
Label	Maverick
Songwriter(s)	Stephen Carpenter Chi Cheng Abe Cunningham Frank Delgado Chino Moreno
Producer(s)	Terry Date
Deftones singles chronology
"Minerva" (2003) "Hexagram" (2003) "Hole in the Earth" (2006)

Music video

The black-and-white music video 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 Chino Moreno lying on the floor during the moody bridge. Audio for the video was taken entirely from the studio recording 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 underground-oriented Headbangers Ball and Uranium in late 2003.

Reception

In reviewing Deftones, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic 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".^[4] Betty Clarke of The Guardian negatively criticized Moreno's rough vocals on the song for its melancholic nature.^[5]

Cover versions

In 2010, German metalcore band War from a Harlots Mouth recorded a cover of the song.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hexagram"	4:09
2.	"Bloody Cape"	3:36
3.	"Lovers"	4:11

All tracks are written by Deftones

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Scotland (OCC)[7]	72
UK Singles (OCC)[8]	68
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[9]	11