In a sense, Ohms is a literal return to the band’s early days - the well-pedigreed producer Terry Date (Pantera, Soundgarden), who oversaw the first four Deftones records, is back in the fold after an absence of more than 15 years.

Their latest, Ohms (due out September 25), is their strongest work in years, a return to form that finds them reconnecting energetically with their heavy, hard-rock roots.

In the years since then, Deftones have continued to put out acclaimed albums that have put them outside the metal mainstream. Around the time that many of their peers peaked on rock radio, Deftones put out 2000’s White Pony, an art-metal masterpiece that forever altered their career trajectory. But the genre classification never fit comfortably, as Deftones drew from a much wider range of influences than just metal or hip-hop - including everything from electronic to shoegaze to classic ’80s alternative rock - and also because of their longevity. Sorry, not sorry.When Deftones broke out in the late ’90s, they were frequently lumped in with the era’s nu-metal acts. But Starfish is unquestionably the height of the Jacksonville rednecks’ powers. There’s an argument that their 1997 debut Three Dollar Bill Y’all$ (or even 1999’s Significant Other) are the better Bizkit albums. Even still, this is the record so many people look back on as an encapsulation of the era (CS&THFW set a new sales record for a rock band) and wonder, ‘What the fuck were we thinking?’ Plus, with maximum-impact tracks like My Generation, Rollin’ and Take A Look Around still detonating venues and rock club dancefloors around the world, it’s not exactly easy to forget.

An album title that literally refers to a human anus. A whole set of liner notes’ worth of utterly bewildering lyrical choices (' Ben Stiller, you are my favourite motherfucker…'? ' Hey kid, take my advice: YOU DON’T WANT TO STEP INTO A BIG PILE OF SHIT'?!?!) That MTV VMA performance of Livin’ It Up where Fred Durst joined Christina Aguilera onstage. In one sense, Limp Bizkit’s third LP marked the absolute nadir of the nu-metal phenomenon.

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