Don’t call them shoegaze. It’s futile to try to define them at all. For 37 years, Deftones have avoided all blanket assumptions — especially nu-metal, where they may have been lumped forever ...

“Our first time at the Forum was 1995, opening for Ozzy Osbourne,” Deftones singer Chino Moreno said, sweating through his T-shirt before the first of two sold-out crowds. “It was f— crazy.

2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Deftones’ debut album, and somehow the band feels more popular, more influential, and more current than ever. Between the re-evaluation of nu metal and the ...

Prepare to have your face melted off. Deftones just announced a 2025 North American tour with special guests The Mars Volta and Fleshwater that will send the trio to arenas all over the U.S. from ...

Fans of the Sacramento, California-founded hard rock act Deftones have long known that the band is one of the best of its kind. Though lumped in with the nu-metal craze of the late 1990s ...

The list of Deftones’ accomplishments over the past three decades reads like a checklist of rock stardom: Millions of records sold, world tours, Grammy Awards recognition, network TV appearances ...

It was pumping, literally and figuratively, through MGM Grand Garden Arena unabated Saturday for the Deftones’ first concert in Las Vegas since 2022 and the sixth stop on their global tour.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 15: Chino Moreno of Deftones performs at Pier 17 Rooftop on May 15, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) It’s always a wild ride when the Deftones ...

And who knows? Maybe Deftones will break out some new material at the show. They've certainly been working on it, as the band wrapped up the musical portion of a new record back in April.

Some 30 years after they released their debut album “Adrenaline,” alt-metal band Deftones will headline the largest local arena show of their career when they play Minneapolis’ Target Center ...