Sergio Vega – bass, backing vocals (2009–present) Stephen Carpenter – lead guitar (1988–present)Ībe Cunningham – drums (1988–1990, 1993–present)įrank Delgado – keyboards, samplers, turntables (1998–present) Their latest release, titled Gore, was released in 2016.Ĭhino Moreno – lead vocals (1988–present) rhythm guitar (1999–present) The band released Diamond Eyes and Koi No Yokan in 20 respectively. Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega, who had filled in as a touring member to replace Cheng, later became his permanent replacement. After Cheng's accident, Deftones halted production on Eros.

As a result, he was left in a minimally conscious state until his death in 2013 of cardiac arrest. In 2008, while Deftones were working on an album tentatively titled Eros, Cheng was involved in a traffic collision. Its completion was also delayed by personal issues within the band, some of which influenced its material. The follow-up, Saturday Night Wrist, was released in 2006 after a temporary falling out within the band due to creative tensions. While the group's critical success continued, sales proved to be lackluster compared to White Pony. Their self-titled fourth album was released in 2003. White Pony was the band's first of three albums to be certified platinum in the United States. Its lead single, 'Change (In the House of Flies)', is the group's most commercially successful single, and the album track 'Elite' won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. It showed a transition away from the band's earlier sound into a more experimental direction. The band found even further success with their third album, White Pony, in 2000. The album and its singles reached chart positions, and the album was the band's first to receive certification from the RIAA. Their sophomore album, Around the Fur, was released in 1997. Promoting the album by touring exhaustively with other bands in the scene, Deftones managed to gain a dedicated fan base through word of mouth. After the lineup settled in 1993, the band secured a recording contract with Maverick Records, and subsequently released their debut album, Adrenaline, in 1995. They are sometimes dubbed 'the Radiohead of metal' by critics.ĭeftones have released eight albums since their inception. The band is known as one of the most experimental groups to have come from the alternative metal music scene. The lineup remained stable for fifteen years, with the exception of keyboardist and turntablist Frank Delgado being added in 1999.

During the group's first five years, the band's lineup changed several times, but stabilized in 1993 when Cunningham rejoined the group after his departure in 1990 by this time, Chi Cheng was the band's bassist. Formed in 1988, the band was founded by Chino Moreno (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Stephen Carpenter (lead guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums) and Dominic Garcia (bass). Deftones - Studio Discography (1995 - 2016)ĭeftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California.

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