They were just like, “Where are the old Deftones at? Where’s the screaming?” It was a slow grower and there was a lot more to take in.'įor the upcoming Ohms, Chino spoke about moving back to their core sounds and writing processes:Īs a band, we were all getting along very well, and we were having fun. But I also remember a lot of our fans not liking it, or maybe not getting it. When we were done with the record, I remember us being proud of it. I think we wanted to dive into that a little bit, and see how we can really bring some of these sonics into our sound. 'At that time, I was listening to more electronic, breakbeat stuff, like DJ Shadow records, UNKLE records, trip-hop. But yeah, I hear our youth in that record.”Īs for the band's seminal 2000 release White Pony , he added: There are some moments in there that are pretty special. Sometimes there’s beauty in that, when you don’t know what you’re doing. My confidence as a vocalist, it hadn’t really blossomed at all.

“It’s probably one of my least favorite records of ours. Some excerpts include one of Chino's least favourites being their 1995 debut album Adrenaline, where he said: Deftones are gearing up to release their long-awaited ninth studio album Ohms on September 25, and now frontman Chino Moreno has given a review of all their records to date over at Uproxx, with some pretty interesting anecdotes about some older records.

List of deftones albums and years