Not to mention, they curated, launched, presented, and headlined their own festival, Dia De Los Deftones, in 2018. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 in 2016, moving over 71K units first-week and marking their highest chart position in 13 years. Following the success of Diamond Eyes and Koi No Yokan, Gorelanded at No. The quintet’s career spans three platinum albums - Adrenaline, Around The Fur, and White Pony - as well as a 2001 GRAMMY Award, a gold album Deftones, and countless critical plaudits. Adopt-a-Dot has raised over $108,000 to benefit the UC Davis Children’s Hospital and Crew Nation to fund lifesaving research and pediatric services, as well as support the music industry’s vital crew members, whose livelihoods have been impacted by COVID-19.įormed in Sacramento, CA during 1988, multi-platinum GRAMMY Award-winning Deftones are an influential alternative presence with ten million records sold worldwide as of 2020. The innovative philanthropic initiative enables fans to donate and become a part of the Ohms album by having a chance to adopt one or more of the 12,995 pixels that comprise the LP cover-art (designed by Frank Maddocks). 13 years on, looking forward to another new record and another couple of shows.Last month, the quintet introduced a charitable fundraiser called Adopt-a-Dot. Bought both singles on CD and vinyl and started going to every show I could. Around this time I became a fanboy for life. I can distinctly remember where I bought it on the day it was released and then travelling home and poring through the inner sleeve before my first listen. It holds a special place for me though as it was their first new release after I'd become a fan. It alternates as my favourite album with Around the Fur and White Pony. Seething in its aggressive parts (When Boys Telephone Girls) and then hauntingly melancholic (Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event). In overall terms though, for me, Deftones is the heaviest record by a distance.

On the other hand, Diamond Eyes and Koi No Yokan have the arguably heavier guitar parts but much cleaner production and the songs are almost too melodic in parts to be truly, crunchingly heavy. In my opinion, Adrenaline is the most rough and raw sounding. Interesting reading all the different takes on what makes a song/record 'heavy'.

Top 10 deftones albums