![]() ![]() Giving the album 3 out of 4 stars in her 1996 review, Los Angeles Times critic Sandy Masuo praised the album's nuance and blend of musical extremes and various influences: "On the outside, Sacramento's Deftones are all pummeling rhythms and high anxiety, but delving further into the music turns up some surprising nuances: traces of post-punk pop, tinges of rap, a pinch of industrial grit. Critic Katherine Turman wrote in January 1996, "If this is what heavy metal is evolving into, it's a damn good thing". The rhythms are crisp and crafty and the vocals resonate both fury and sensitivity in a way that's similar to, but far more blatantly metallic than Nirvana". In 1995, Jon Wiederhorn of Pulse stated that " Adrenaline pitches between gloom-saturated melodies and explosive riffs, lashing out like a sleep-deprived paranoiac awakened by noisy neighbors. #DEFTONES ALBUMS IN ORDER TRACKLIST PROFESSIONAL#Reception Professional ratings Review scoresĪdrenaline was praised for its new, innovative sound, with critics initially comparing it to a diverse range of acts such as Helmet, Nine Inch Nails, the Cure, Korn, Nirvana, and the Smashing Pumpkins. ![]() They also opened for Kiss on their Alive/Worldwide Tour. ĭeftones performed heavily throughout North America to support the album, going on tours with Handsome, Korn, White Zombie and Super 8 (whose vocalist helped discover Deftones). 9" was also featured in the film Law Abiding Citizen. Music videos were released for "7 Words" and "Bored". It was followed by "Bored", issued as the second promotional single on April 4, 1996. "7 Words" was released as the first promotional single from the album on December 17, 1995. Musically, Adrenaline has been described as alternative metal, post-hardcore, and nu metal. Frontman Chino Moreno felt that Adrenaline was recorded "really fast", and he performed all his vocals live with the band in the room using a hand-held Shure SM58 microphone. We'd been playing most of those songs for quite a while, and we were just so happy to be making a record that we didn't really think a whole lot about making the songs better". Regarding the recording, drummer Abe Cunningham said, "At the time we did the first record – which I really like and think is good – you can tell the band was really young. Chi Cheng filled the void as bassist, and the band recorded a four-track demo soon afterwards. When Cunningham left Deftones to join Phallucy, another band from Sacramento, Garcia switched instruments and became the band's drummer. They recruited bassist Dominic Garcia some time after, and the band became a four-piece. The trio began playing regularly in Carpenter's garage around 1988. When Moreno learned that Carpenter was a guitarist, he set up a jam session with Cunningham, who played drums. Carpenter was a fan of heavy metal Moreno was interested in hardcore punk bands such as Bad Brains as well as post-punk and new wave bands such as Depeche Mode and The Cure. McClatchy High School together, and participated in the city's skateboarding scene. Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham and Chino Moreno were high school friends. ![]()
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