"You've Seen the Butcher" is the fourth official single by Sacramento, California

Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

 based alternative metal

Alternative metal

Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...

 band, Deftones

Deftones

Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...

, from their sixth studio album Diamond Eyes

Diamond Eyes

Diamond Eyes is the sixth album by American Alternative metal band Deftones, released worldwide on May 4, 2010 through Warner Bros. and Reprise Records...

. The song is unique among modern rock singles for its use of an unusual time signature. The video was premiered via Myspace

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 and MTV2

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 on October 28, 2010 and was directed by Jodeb Films

Jonathan Desbiens

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.

To support funding for bassist Chi Cheng

Chi Cheng (musician)

Chi Cheng, is a Chinese American musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the American band Deftones.-Personal life:...

, the drumset and keyboard used in filming the music video were auctioned.

Music video

The music video shows the band playing in a worn out library, which appears to be floating in the air, whilst library books rain down from the sky. The band are frequently shown performing the song seemingly catching the attentions of nothing but attractive young women. The women form a crowd around the band as they play, and progressively get more and more aggressive with the band and start grabbing them, one even rips Chino

Chino Moreno

Chino Moreno is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and contributing guitarist of Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project bands Team Sleep and Crosses....

's shirt. When the song reaches the bridge, blood starts pouring from the ceiling of the library, spraying both the band and the young ladies. At the end of the video, it shows a bloody drenched Deftones. It has received relative airplay on MTV2

MTV2

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's AMTV

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.

Track listing

1. "You've Seen the Butcher" - 3:31
2. "You've Seen the Butcher" (Midnight Airport Version) - 3:11
3. "Birthmark" (live) - 4:07

Personnel

Deftones

• Chino Moreno
  Chino Moreno
  Chino Moreno is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and contributing guitarist of Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project bands Team Sleep and Crosses....
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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• Stephen Carpenter
  Stephen Carpenter
  Stephen Carpenter is an American musician known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings and dissonant chord voicings, as well as stock power chords in polyrhythms...
  
   - guitars
  Electric guitar
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• Abe Cunningham
  Abe Cunningham
  Abe Cunningham, , is an American musician, he is the drummer of the alternative metal band Deftones. He is known for his use of ghost notes and other technical drumming techniques.-Biography:...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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• Frank Delgado - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , samples
  Sampler (musical instrument)
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  , turntables
• Sergio Vega
  Sergio Vega (bassist)
  Sergio Vega is an American musician. He is the former bassist of post-hardcore band Quicksand, which originated in New York City in 1990. In 1995, Quicksand disbanded, although they reunited again in 1997 to tour with Deftones...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
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Production

• Nick Raskulinecz
  Nick Raskulinecz
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   - producer
  Record producer
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Chart history

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock Songs (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	17
US Rock Songs Rock Songs Rock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the airplay of songs on alternative, mainstream rock and triple A radio stations. The first chart was published in the issue dated June 20, 2009. "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day was the first number-one song. The Rock Songs...  (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	34

External links

• Deftones release video for “You’ve Seen The Butcher”
• DEFTONES: 'You've Seen The Butcher' Video Released
• Deftones: Post Still From “You’ve Seen The Butcher” Video Shoot