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"Minerva" is a song by the American band Deftones and the lead single from their self-titled fourth studio album. Despite the album as a whole containing some of the band's heaviest work to date, "Minerva" itself has an uplifting alternative metal sound and has also been described as shoegaze.[2][3][4] In 2016, Consequence of Sound placed "Minerva" at No. 12 in its article "The Top 20 Deftones Songs", with Jon Hadusek claiming that "[in] a way, Deftones brought shoegaze to the alternative metal mainstream with 'Minerva', a crushingly heavy, textured jam indebted to Siamese Dream-era Smashing Pumpkins and Hum [...]".[2] The song charted at No. 9 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, No. 16 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart[5][6] and No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart.[7]

"Minerva"
Single by Deftones
from the album Deftones
B-side	"Sinatra" "Sleep Walk"
Released	April 22, 2003[1]
Genre	Alternative metal shoegaze
Length	4:17
Label	Maverick (9362 42627 2 5)
Songwriter(s)	Stephen Carpenter, Chi Cheng, Abe Cunningham, Chino Moreno, Frank Delgado
Deftones singles chronology
"Digital Bath" (2001) "Minerva" (2003) "Hexagram" (2003)

Music video

The music video for "Minerva," directed by Paul Fedor,[8] is notable for its similarity to Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii concert film.[9] The band is featured playing the song in a desert-like landscape backed by various amplifiers and other stage equipment. It was filmed near the Salton Sea in southern California in 2003, during a sandstorm. The filming process itself was fraught with problems, as the sand caused problems with the recording equipment and lighting setup. The shoot eventually took 22 hours to complete, with Abe Cunningham saying that "[the shoot] sucked" and Chi Cheng calling it "terrible", but conceding that "it [is] a trippy video. I actually like it a lot".[10]

Track listing

1. "Minerva" – 4:17 (Deftones)
2. "Sinatra" – 4:34 (Hamilton - Helmet)
3. "Sleep Walk" – 2:30 (Farina/Farina)

Appearances in other media

"Minerva" appeared on the soundtracks for True Crime: Streets of LA and NHL 2004. It was also featured on the soundtrack for the 2005 remake House of Wax.[11]

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[12]	50
Scotland (OCC)[13]	16
UK Singles (OCC)[14]	15
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[15]	9
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[16]	16
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[17]	20

References

На других языках

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- [en] Minerva (song)

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[es] Minerva (canción)

"'Minerva'" es una canción de la banda estadounidense Deftones, perteneciente a su cuarto álbum de estudio de título homónimo lanzado el 22 de abril de 2003, siendo su primer sencillo. A pesar de que el álbum en su conjunto contiene algunos de los trabajos más pesados de la banda hasta la fecha, "Minerva" en sí tiene un sonido de metal alternativo estimulante y también ha sido descrito como shoegaze.[1][2][3]

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[ru] Minerva (песня)

Minerva — песня американской метал-группы Deftones, выпущенная из четвёртого одноимённого студийного альбома в качестве сингла. Несмотря на то, что альбом в целом содержит некоторые из самых тяжёлых работ группы на сегодняшний день, песня «Minerva» звучит воодушевляюще, как альтернативный метал, и её также называют шугейзом[1][2][3]. В 2016 году «Consequence of Sound» поставила песню «Minerva» под номером 12 в списке «20 лучших песен Deftones», а Джон Хадусек заявил, что «в некотором смысле, Deftones принес шугейз в альт-метал мейнстрим с «Minerva», сокрушительно тяжёлыми как эра Smashing Pumpkins и Hum [...]»[1]. Песня попала в чарт в Billboard Alternative Songs номер 9, номер 16 в Mainstream Rock Tracks[4][5] и под номером 15 в UK Singles Chart[6].

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