“Ohms” is a very perplexing release it has everything a great Deftones album should have, but it just fails to get there for me. I looked forward to this one so much, but it faded from my playlist way too fast. When it comes to “Ohms”, I disagree with most of the Deftones fanbase. The debut “Adrenaline” is Deftones most aggressive album, a youthful display with signs of the greatness to come. “White Pony” is regarded as the classic Deftones album, and it certainly is both ground-breaking and widely influential. I suppose my advice for understanding Deftones is to be patient and try different albums and songs. The first heavier Deftones songs that I liked were “Tempest” and “Leathers” from the “Koi No Yokan” album. I come from extreme music, but the song that eventually got me was “Sextape”, one of the dreamiest Deftones songs. Do you come from a heavier or lighter side of music? Starting out with Deftones and understanding them has a lot to do with where you come from. The band has a very broad scope of influences. Most people will find songs or albums that they like, and probably material that they don’t like as well. I lumped Deftones in with late-90’s nu-metal like Korn, Slipknot and System of a Down, and it’s something completely different. Yes, yes, yes! I disregarded the band for years and didn’t even listen to a song. I wouldn’t really consider them a metal band, as it’s simply too narrow, and the band isn’t listed on Metal Archives. Some genres Deftones have been described as are:Īll of them are correct, at least if you’re describing a particular song. And that also what makes the band so exciting. What genre is Deftones?īut what the hell is Deftones then? Oh, that’s very hard to say. There are nu-metal elements in their music and they broke through to the mainstream in the nu-metal era, but Deftones really are something else.
The first question that pops up from many metalheads is, “aren’t Deftones nu-metal?”.
Here, I’ll answer all the important questions about Deftones, and I’ll guide you to the songs and albums to start out with. More importantly, understanding Deftones – and why you should listen to them!
And even though it's a trick they've been pulling off for over 15 years now, it's one that remains, as always, impressive.I usually mostly talk about extreme metal on this site, so let’s change it up and talk about Deftones. While a lot of bands out there have been tinkering with the loud/quiet dynamic for decades now, what makes Deftones so special is their ability to do both at the same time, effectively blending the calm and the storm into a single sound. This allows you to fully appreciate the beautiful dynamic between songs like "Poltergeist" and "Entombed," which feel like a bomb and the resulting fallout, respectively, with the pummeling, bottom-end assault offered by the former giving way to the more open and melodic approach of the latter. This kind of push and pull between driving and drifting elements makes the album one that's best experienced by simply letting go and drifting wherever its currents take you. Always finding new ways to use old tools, the driving sounds on the album feel more like they're meant to envelop the listener than enrage them, with a sonic gulf - created by Chino Moreno's soaring vocals and Stephen Carpenter's shuddering, extended scale riffs - so large and inviting, it feels like the only option is to dive in and explore its depths. In their continued exploration of the intersection of heaviness and harmony, Koi No Yokan finds the band returning with a warm, dreamy sound that feels more like heavy dream pop or shoegaze than light metal. Though the band emerged on the fringes of nü-metal, one of metal's more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream, Deftones' steady shift toward a more artful, experimental sound has made them one of the more enduring and influential groups to come out of the '90s.
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