Deftones, daga Sacramento, California, ya kawo sabon sauti mai nauyi ga talakawa. Kundin su na farko Adrenaline (Maverick, 1995) ya sami tasirin mastodons na ƙarfe kamar Black Sabbath da Metallica.
Amma aikin kuma yana nuna tashin hankali na dangi a cikin "Engine No 9" (wanda suka fara fitowa daga 1984) kuma sun shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo mai ban tsoro a cikin waƙoƙin "Fist" da "Haihuwa".
Yayin da kundin mafi yawan ya kasance a cikin inuwar abokan hamayyarsa Korn da Nirvana, ƙungiyar ta nuna mafi balagagge hanya don magance matsalolin tunani a cikin waƙoƙin su.
Deftones ci gaban rukuni
"Around The Fur" (Maverick, 1997) yana faɗaɗa kewayon sautin ƙungiyar tare da waƙoƙi kamar "Rani na (Shove it)", "Rickets" da "Ku Yi Shuru da Tuƙi" waɗanda ke juya fushi da zalunci zuwa kiɗa na gaske.
Mawaƙi Chino Moreno shine dalili na farko na sauraron kundi: salon muryarsa yana ƙara gyare-gyare da dacewa a cikin wannan aikin.
"Adrenaline" da "Around The Fur" sun kasance hits ga tsararrakin da ke sauraron grunge mai ban sha'awa. Tare da "White Pony" (Maverick, 2000), Deftones ya sami sauti na al'ada da juzu'i. Drummer Abe Cunningham da bassist Chi Cheng sun kafa duo mai ƙarfi da dabara. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter da DJ Frank Delgado suna ƙara launi zuwa muryoyin Chino Moreno.
Zaluntar kiɗan mai ban sha'awa yana haɗuwa tare da zurfafa da kalmomi masu zurfi, waɗanda ke da alaƙa da keɓancewa da neman ma'anar rayuwa. Inda Korn da Kayan aiki sune kiɗan samartaka, Deftones manyan masana falsafa ne.
Alal misali, da shiru da creepy abun da ke ciki "Digital Bath", wanda aka rera kamar a mafarki, shi ne ainihin fitacciyar waƙar falsafa.
Tare da kundi na gaba, Around the Fur, Deftones har yanzu suna daidaitawa tsakanin sauti mai nauyi da lyricism. Amma kuma suna karkata zuwa ga yanayin sauti na pop.
"White Pony" - aikin studio na uku na band, ya zama mafi nasara a kasuwanci. A cikin wannan kundi, ƙungiyar ta ƙara bayanin kula na kallon takalma da tafiya-hop. Saboda haka, rikodin ya zama wurin farawa band daga classic sauti na nu karfe.
Girmama duniya
Kundin na gaba mai taken kansa yana da wakoki tare da muryoyin motsin rai ta Chino Moreno akan manyan riffs na guitar. Rikodin ya kai lamba 2 akan ginshiƙi na Billboard 200. Wannan watakila shine mafi kyawun sakamakon mawaƙa a duk kasancewar Deftones.
A cikin Oktoba 2005, Deftones ya fito da saitin diski guda biyu na rarities da tsoffin rikodi, kuma sun dawo bayan shekara guda tare da sabon kundi mai cikakken tsayi, Asabar Dare Wrist.
A 2007, Deftones fara aiki a kan wani aiki da ake kira "Eros", wanda ya kamata ya zama na shida album. An ajiye kundi na har abada a lokacin da bassist Chi Cheng ya yi hatsarin mota mai tsanani wanda ya sa shi suma. A cikin 2009, Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega ya maye gurbin Cheng kuma ƙungiyar ta koma yawon shakatawa da yin rikodin kundi.
Ko da yake shirin "Eros" ya kasance har yanzu ba a sake shi ba kuma yana tara ƙura a kan shiryayye, a cikin 2010 ƙungiyar ta fitar da sabon kundin "Diamond Eyes". Cheng wani bangare ya murmure a cikin 2012 kuma ya dawo gida don gyarawa.
Amma bai yi kyau ba don fitowa a albam na bakwai na ƙungiyar, Koi No Yokan, wanda aka fitar daga baya a waccan shekarar. Duk da murmurewa, Cheng ya mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya a ranar 13 ga Afrilu, 2013, yana da shekaru 42.
Faɗuwar rana na kerawa
A cikin 2014, don tunawa da ranar tunawa da mutuwarsa, Deftones ya fito da waƙar "Murmushi" daga kundin da ba a saki ba "Eros". Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ƙungiyar ta dawo tare da kundi na takwas Gore, wanda aka saki a cikin Afrilu 2016.
Membobin ƙungiyar da kansu suna magana game da ƙarancin wannan aikin da yanayin farin ciki, sabanin duk bayanan da suka gabata.
