Led by Moreno’s incredible vocal control, the band ripped through quieter, more tender moments with splintering, yet accessible, screeches. During the early years, the band embraced a heavy nu metal sound, but with the release of the bands third studio album White Pony (2000) the band.

Heavy strobe lighting, surreal projections on levitating panels and an impressive, hoisted LED light fixture provided the perfect backdrop for the floor-rumbling performance. The band made up for lost time with electrifying energy and hastily transitioned from one song to the next.

Fresh off a couple of Grammy noms for Best Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance, the band was finally able to tour earlier this year with special guests Vowws and Gojira to promote Ohms, Deftones' ninth album, stopping in North Texas this week for the first time since 2017.įor fans dressed in sea of black band T-shirts and packed into The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory - some shirts fresh from the merch table stamped with this tour’s slogan, “Goon Squad,” and some well-worn and loved from tours passed - the performance was worth the wait. The momentum and buzz they’ve conjured up album after album came to a halt when their tour was postponed twice over the past two years because of the pandemic. Chino Moreno’s nü-metal band has stood the test of time, and 25 years after releasing their debut album, Deftones was set to hit the road to promote its newest release Ohms back in 2020. Deftones’ ‘Ohms’ is the 2020 Album of the Year Graham Hartmann Published: DecemReprise Twenty years after releasing their landmark White Pony, and 10 years following the.

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