Deftones’ sophomore bow, 1997’s Around the Fur, had no real bars, per se, but its aggression and imagery played just as well at Warped Tour, Ozzfest, skate parks, mosh pits, and other places where metalheads and hip-hop fans tangled dreads. What’s more rap-metal than lead singer Chino Moreno dropping in on Korn’s 1996 album Life Is Peachy to help cover Ice Cube’s “Wicked.” In both chronology and sound, Deftones’ 1995 debut Adrenaline was stuck between stations: not quite rap enough, but somehow missing out on the inconceivable moment when stone-faced post-hardcore acts like Helmet and Unsane were the subject of seven-figure bidding wars. But Deftones were once undoubtedly rap-metal. White Pony may have transcended the dubious genre by fashioning a truly new form from post-hardcore, industrial, trip-hop, shoegaze, ambient electronics, and synth-pop. It also created a context where Deftones could make an album about sex, drugs, and druggy sex that cemented their reputation as rock’s most unmarketable weirdos. Yet, this was the music that moved millions of units during a prosperous time for the music industry. Retrieved June 28, 2021.Nu-metal was angry music-some of it sourced from childhood trauma and the despair of rural and suburban America outside the so-called monoculture some of it sourced from the toxic masculinity ingrained in that monoculture. ^ 'Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100'.^ 'Deftones Chart History (Canada Rock)'.^ 'Deftones Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)'.^ 'Deftones Chart History (Hot Hard Rock Songs)'.^ 'Deftones Chart History (Mainstream Rock)'.^ 'Deftones Chart History (Alternative Airplay)'.'Deftones Announce New Album 'Ohms,' Share Video for Title Track'. ^ Daniel Kreps and Althea Legaspi (August 21, 2020).

'Deftones Announce New Album Ohms, Share New Song'. ^ 'Grammy Awards 2022: Deftones, Dream Thater, Gojira, Mastodon Among 'Best Metal Performance' Nominees'.'Deftones' 'Ohms' is the 2020 Album of the Year'.

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