Deftones

As one of the progenitors of the '90s nu-metal movement, Deftones embrace their individual influences to create an artistic, alternative metal hybrid that balances beauty and brutality. As one of the first groups to alternate heavy riffs and screamed vocals with more ethereal music and hushed singing, they quickly evolved beyond the nu-metal scene, influencing a generation of musicians with their trio of platinum-certified early albums: 1995's Adrenaline, 1997's Around the Fur, and 2000's seminal White Pony. In the 2000s and 2010s, they pushed their sonic boundaries even furth...