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"I showed up with Tibetan Singing Bowls, some percussion instruments and champagne, and asked them permission to do some experiments." The strange story behind Deftones and Maynard James Keenan's incredible collab, Passenger

One of the best metal collaborations of the 2000s featured two unique creative forces joining forces

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“Me and Chino rowed a lot when we were working on it. It was a really abrasive process”: Deftones' White Pony was one of the first metal masterpieces of the new millennium. Its creation was anything but smooth sailing

Resident riffmaster Stephen Carpenter minced no words in this 2000 interview, rolling his eyes at “our friends” Korn, and even – before walking it back – calling his bandmate's guitar-work “awful.” Still, though, he was proud of the band's “really awesome record”

Guitar World

"You don’t go to therapy once and they tell you how to not feel a certain way." Deftones' Chino Moreno explains why his sobriety is a work in progress

The Deftones vocalist has been sober for three years

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Deftones’ Chino Moreno once helped Max Cavalera bury Soulfly’s debut album on Native American ground to give it “Indigenous power”

“It was kind of crazy, but fun at the same time,” Cavalera says of the unhinged endeavour

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“It’s something I say in one of the songs – ‘The separation starts here’”: How ‘the Radiohead of metal’ broke free from nu metal to blaze their own unique trail

The story of one of the 90s most pivotal albums

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“I’m gonna play it with you and I’m gonna stay out of your way as much as I can”: The A-list comedy superstar who teamed up with two nu metal bands for the weirdest collaboration of the early 2000s

The nu metal era was a weird time

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“We got off stage, he came up to all of us and was like, ‘You guys, I’m really sorry that I played so bad’”: Chino Moreno opens up on how Stephen Carpenter’s health problems forced him to play more guitar on Deftones’ new album

Carpenter’s undiagnosed type 2 diabetes forced Moreno to step up to the plate and get more involved in writing private music’s guitar parts

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“I’d been living in a dark room, drinking and taking drugs, and I was done with music. My heart was too broken to think about it”: This frontman overcame death and the loss of his band to make one of the 90s’ essential metal songs

Max Cavalera reveals how heartache led to one of Soulfly’s greatest anthems

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“One of my favourite things about Robert Smith is his ability to really convey the sadness”: the eight best Robert Smith guest spots

The Cure leader is no stranger to a guest vocal, as this prime selection of his finest cameos proves

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“I wanted to sculpt something off-kilter, a shape that’s equal parts eye-candy and ‘what the hell is that?’”: KHDK has made killer pedals for Scott Ian, Chino Moreno, Gary Holt and more – now it is making electric guitars, with artist collabs coming

KHDK Electronics supremo David Karon debuted his new designs at Guitar Summit, in Mannheim, and while they are not all über-metal, the "all pointy" Model 101 certainly is... metal

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"We're not trying to make sexualised music." Deftones' Chino Moreno on the nu metal revival, conspiracy theories and whatever the hell Baddiecore is

Deftones might be nu metal elder statesman, but they've never been more popular - or influential

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“One of the biggest artists in the world knew who we were. It was awesome!”: Deftones got their first major record deal because Madonna liked their music

The California alt-metal band released their first five albums via Madonna’s label, Maverick

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“It’s flattering. Do I think that we are? Not necessarily”: Chino Moreno reacts to Deftones being called ‘the Radiohead of metal’

Thanks to their constant evolution and introverted sound, the California metal band have been compared to the UK alt-rockers multiple times over the years

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"It's more important than ever": Deftones designer Frank Maddocks on the enduring power of the album cover

Here's why iconic album art still matters

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"I was like, 'I can't handle this.'" Deftones' Chino Moreno reveals why he gave up booze

Chino Moreno has been sober for three years now

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We told Deftones singer Chino Moreno what ‘baddiecore’ is and this was his response

The frontman reacts to his band being at the forefront of a new, sexed-up metal genre also featuring Sleep Token and Bad Omens

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Chino Moreno says that 'lost' Deftones album Eros "will most likely never see the light of day"

Don't hold your breath waiting on a release date for 'lost' Deftones album Eros

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Deftones singer Chino Moreno: ‘I’ve got hundreds of drawings of myself in my house’

Ahead of their 10th album, Private Music, the vocalist of the Californian alt-metal heroes answers your questions on covering Sade, loving Duran Duran and his terrifying time in Sunday school

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Not even Chino Moreno knows why Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter isn’t touring overseas anymore: “It’s still something that I feel he is figuring out”

Carpenter announced his intention to stop playing international shows with his alt-metal band in 2022

Guitar World

“I still don’t have an answer… It’s sad, I want him onstage with us at every show”: Even Chino Moreno doesn’t know why Stephen Carpenter isn’t touring with Deftones

Carpenter stepped away from touring duties in 2022 and hasn't played any overseas shows since

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Deftones - Private Music review: the most complete and essential album Deftones have made in a very long time and the perfect record for their late-period career renaissance

Deftones are arguably bigger than ever - and to top it all off, they've made an absolute beauty of a new album

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Post your questions for Deftones frontman Chino Moreno

Ahead of new album Private Music being released, the vocalist with the alt-metal titans will answer your questions

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“There is some really bad-ass stuff on that album”: This legendary alt-metal band are sitting on an album recorded at the height of their success – but it may never come out

Guitar World

“An arresting, unsettling, sometimes unpredictable effect – and in that sense it nails the Deftones brief”: KHDK Digital Bath review

This signature stompbox recreates one of Deftones’ dreamiest tones – but is it more than just a one-trick (white) pony?

Guitar World

“I’m more interested in putting in stuff that I’m unfamiliar with and trying to be more than just the power chord. But I still end up back there, that’s the problem”: Stephen Carpenter shares his power chord addiction as Deftones announce new album

In a candid conversation with Zane Lowe, Stephen Carpenter and Chino Moreno describe how they search for soundscapes instead of songs – while Carpenter reveals his long-lasting guitar tone influences

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