Deftones

Sacramento-spawned experimental metallers.

Deftones are...

• Camillo 'Chino' Moreno - vocals
• Stephen Carpenter - guitar
• Chi Cheng - bass
• Frank Delgado - turntables
• Abe Cunningham - drums

Formed back in 1988 (albeit not in their current five-person line-up), Deftones have been challenging preconceptions about the metal genre ever since their 1995 debut, Adrenaline. Their breakthrough album, Around The Fur (1997), saw them step up to the international stage; the album spawned the hit singles 'Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)' and 'My Own Summer (Shove It)'. The band's next LP, 2000's White Pony, was a more ambient affair than any preceding material - it was met by confusion in certain critical circles, but is generally regarded as one of the finest left-of-centre metal releases of the last decade. A single, 'Back To School', received a lot of MTV play, and is included on certain editions of White Pony.

The band's self-titled 2003 album saw them continue to push away from typical metal structures - although riffs were still heavy, and vocals coarse, many more atmospheric facets became obvious. In 2006 the band release Saturday Night Wrist, their fifth long-player. It's preceded by a single, 'Hole In The Earth'