Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	86/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	9/10
AllMusic
BBC Music	favorable
Drowned in Sound	9/10
Kerrang!
Loudwire
NME	8/10
Slant Magazine
Spin	7/10
Sputnikmusic	4.4/5

Koi No Yokan is the seventh studio album by American alternative metal band Deftones. The album was released by Reprise Records on November 12, 2012 in the UK and November 13, 2012 in the United States.Koi No Yokan was met with acclaim from professional critics on release and debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, with sales of 65,000 copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has sold over 200,000 copies to date in the US. Koi no yokan is a Japanese phrase translating to "premonition of love".

Band frontman Chino Moreno characterized the album as "dynamic" with a full range of noise, noting an increased contribution of ideas by bassist Sergio Vega compared to their previous record, Diamond Eyes.

A major change in the recording process came with the use of the Fractal Audio Systems Axe-Fx preamp/effects processor, which creates the sound of multiple outboard amps and pedals and allowed for different tones. Vega said the group was able to "bring Fractal into hotel rooms and run it into software and record ideas and flesh them out later". The group tracked guitar, bass and vocals, then recorded drums and replaced the guitar, bass and vocals. Vega confirmed that "everything was organic".

Described as having an "alternative metal vibe", the music incorporates experimental elements from the band's previous albums Saturday Night Wrist (2006) and Diamond Eyes (2010), incorporating elements from metal (including doom metal and groove metal), alternative rock, shoegaze, dream pop, post-rock and prog rock.

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