Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Deftones" in Portuguese language version.
...since even if the harder stuff is done well (again, better than their peers), it doesn't carry nearly as much promise as when Deftones don't play by the nu-metal reviews.
Converge is worth mentioning. Now I have influences from all sorts of different stuff. Some of my favorite bands are definitely Refused, The Smiths, Deftones… a bunch of stuff.
Deftones frontman Chino Moreno has long expressed his love and admiration for The Smashing Pumpkins - Deftones used to have a poster of the band on the walls of their Sacramento rehearsal room...
From the trip-hop nuances of its self-titled album in 2003 to the bleak math metal tendencies of 2006's Saturday Night Wrist to the goth-rock tinged shoegaze of 2010's Diamond Eyes to the prog-rock flirting of 2012's Koi No Yokan, Deftones' catalogue reads like a case study in how a band can translate influences into a sound that's definitively their own.
Slipknot, Deftones, and Korn are the three holy bands of any band now, whether it be how they dress, how they sound, or how they act.
I listen to this now and it's stood the test of time, and Deftones were definitely influenced by it.
I think that, being so close to the Bay Area, that when we started out, Faith No More and Primus were a lot bigger influences. And the Bad Brains were a huge influence on us.
I think that, being so close to the Bay Area, that when we started out, Faith No More and Primus were a lot bigger influences. And the Bad Brains were a huge influence on us.