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Deftones' Stephen Carpenter showcases his 5-string bass chops in new Needles and Pins playthrough
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The 2003 cut, taken from alt-metal titans' self-titled album, features two bass guitars

Watch Stephen Carpenter tear through Deftones’ Ceremony in new guitar playthrough video
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Deftones release up-close footage of Stef with his 2021 guitar rig and scrunchie-wrapped ESP eight-string

Stephen Carpenter shreds in this rare Deftones Public-Access TV performance from 1992
By Sam Roche published
Watch the band's performance of dub/reggae-influenced pre-Adrenaline track Answers now

Deftones: "The bass is a very forward-charging instrument, and it has to be for me to enjoy playing it"
By Ellie Robinson published
Nine albums down, the alt-metal assassins in Deftones continue to reinvent themselves – and the sound that made them one of the world’s most enticing musical outfits to begin with

Did Bring Me the Horizon lift a Deftones riff for their latest track?
By Richard Bienstock published
It’s not the first time BMTH have been accused of musical theft

Tony Iommi unravels the enduring legacy of Black Sabbath in Australian Guitar #140, out now!
By Australian Guitar published
Plus plenty more in our epic final issue for 2020!

Deftones' Stephen Carpenter unleashes his heaviest riffs yet in new Sol Invicto side project
By Richard Bienstock published
Latest track, A Reason for Being, also features members of British proggers SikTh

From eagerly awaited metalgaze to searing blues-rock: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Sam Roche published
The hottest cuts from Deftones, Tyler Bryant, Steve Lukather, Emma Ruth Rundle/Thou and more
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