Latest about Stephen Carpenter
In 2022, the guitarist announced he was sitting out any future international tours and has recently spoken out about touring-related anxiety
Carpenter teases the tones we can expect from Deftones' highly-anticipated upcoming album
Carpenter will continue to endorse ESP Guitars alongside the new models, which come in Snow and Shadow variants, as well as seven-string, eight-string and left-hand configurations
The Deftones guitarist’s new model lineup begs the question: are dual-brand endorsement deals the future for signature artists?
Bill Kelliher, Stephen Carpenter, Nergal, Lars Frederiksen and Javier Reyes all have at least one new guitar on the way from the LTD stable
“With everything going on in the world, I'm just not ready to leave home and leave the country yet,” the guitarist says
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
The guitarist once again shows off his insane rig in a fresh playthrough of the shoegaze-metal classic
