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Deftones recruit Freddie Gibbs, Turnstile and Phantogram for third annual Dia De Los Deftones
By Matt Owen published
The event returns after a two year Covid-induced hiatus, and will take place at San Diego's Gallagher Square on November 5 with a host of special guests

Watch Gojira and Chino Moreno perform a crushing cover of Sepultura’s Territory
By Matt Parker published
The Deftones frontman joined the French metal heroes onstage during the last show of their joint Spring tour

Sergio Vega on his exit from Deftones and new "revolving-door" project
By Amit Sharma published
The Quicksand bassist reveals why his time with the alt-metal titans had run its course, and details his plans to work with guest musicians including Every Time I Die's Keith Buckley

Stephen Carpenter pulls out of Deftones' upcoming international tour dates
By Sam Roche published
“With everything going on in the world, I'm just not ready to leave home and leave the country yet,” the guitarist says

Deftones recruit former Marilyn Manson member Fred Sablan as new touring bassist
By Sam Roche published
Sablan has been perfoming with the band alongside a mysterious new touring guitarist

11 crazy guitarist signature products that have nothing to do with guitar
By Jonathan Horsley published
Hot sauce, Sharpies and things to make you smell nice – the guitar world’s signature products are not just gear and merch

Deftones part ways with longtime bassist Sergio Vega
By Sam Roche published
“I really started to need something stable – it was clear there was no opportunity for growth for me,” Vega says

Deftones’ Stephen Carpenter explains why he’s always preferred being a rhythm guitarist rather than a lead player
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The eight-string-toting riff machine also revealed what made Anthrax his favorite thrash-metal band and why he considers himself Deftones’ “odd man out” in a new episode of Ernie Ball's String Theory

Deftones bassist Sergio Vega opens up Reverb Shop for studio- and tour-played gear
By Matt Owen published
The Deftones and Quicksand bass player will be selling a range of guitars, basses and other gear that saw use throughout his illustrious career

Foo Fighters, Mammoth WVH, AC/DC, Black Pumas, St. Vincent, H.E.R., Dream Theater nominated for Grammys
By Jackson Maxwell published
Chris Cornell, Deftones, Arlo Parks, Gojira, Mastodon, Weezer, Paul McCartney, Joe Bonamassa, Japanese Breakfast and Cedric Burnside were also among the nominees
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