“You’ve Seen the Butcher” is one of the sexiest songs in the world to me. It changes all the time, but this one always pulls me back into its clutches, and that is mostly down to this track. So here it goes, my Perfect 10 tracks by Deftones: Track 1: “You’ve Seen The Butcher”, Diamond Eyes (2010)ĭiamond Eyes is my favourite album by Deftones I think. I’ve spent three whole days antagonising over this list (and I might have cheated, but don’t tell anyone). Literally all their music is so great to me that this was one of the toughest decisions I’ve ever made. I won’t fight because honestly, I don’t think they’ve ever done a bad song. If you know Deftones better than you know your own mother, then come fight me about my Perfect 10 picks. Stop what you are doing right now (actually don’t because you’re reading this) but after this listen to the following tracks and then download their entire back catalogue if you don’t already own it. If you think this band are anything like the horror that is Limp Bizkit, then no.

Deftones’ first two albums, Adrenaline and Around The Fur are pretty standard (but outstanding) Nu-Metal albums. If you think of Pablo Honey and The Bends, they are pretty standard (but outstanding) indie albums. They aren’t given the moniker the Metal Radiohead for no reason.Ī Metal Duran Duran would be a more apt description, at least musically, but Radiohead is a good comparison when it comes to how the bands’ styles have changed over the years. Maybe the UK doesn’t give them as much love and that’s why I feel that way? Despite the Nu-Metal scene being long dead (thank God), I think, certainly here in Britain, that they’ve always been considered a Nu-Metal band, which they definitely are not. Deftones are an absolutely huge band, yet they still feel kinda underrated.

Top deftones albums