System of a Down performs at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Aug. 17, 2024. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Despite the many legendary hard rock acts with a connection with the City by the Bay, it’s not a typical tour stop on the hard rock and…

The 60 best metal albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Deftones, Tallah, Loathe, Ulthar, Pyrrhon, Bedsore, Orthodox, Katla, -(16)- and Boris. Thirty down, 30 to go! We’re in the thick of our journey through metal in 2020. This is really where the true standouts start to come…

The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Caribou, The Chicks, Joji, Nathaniel Rateliff, Deftones, he Psychedelic Furs, Open Mike Eagle and Thundercat. Now we’re getting into the really good stuff. If you missed the still-good-but-not-quite-as-good stuff you can find 75-61, 60-51, 50-41, 40-31 and…

Grammy-winning band Deftones, from Sacramento, have launched a fundraising campaign called “Adopt-a-Dot,” where fans can make a charitable donation for one or more dots from the thousands of pixelated dots that comprise the cover art of their new album, Ohms. The album cover was created by Frank Maddocks. All…

Relegated to relative obscurity compared to the wave of bands they road in with, Deftones have always walked their own path. Sure, many consider White Pony (2003) to be the watershed Deftones album, but not once have these guys faltered in their pursuit of music they can call their very…

Having a reputation as “the Deftones of metalcore” is hardly a bad thing, but there’s far more to U.K. band Loathe. These guys run the emotional gamut, from sensual melodies to enveloping soundscapes, chaotic riffage and ferocious growls. It opens a lot of opportunities for conceptual growth, which I…

Sleep Token distinguishes itself with more than anonymity. Run by a mysterious mastermind known as “Vessel,” the project plays a combination of contemporary indie pop, tech-metal and post-rock as a form of worship. The object of worship is an ancient deity crudely dubbed “Sleep.” As the entity’s potency relegated…

Mike Shinoda woke up to a new reality in late July 2017, a few days before his band Linkin Park was set to embark on tour. He had lost his friend and longtime bandmate Chester Bennington to suicide. Just like that, everything changed. The floor fell out from underneath…

Photos: Alessio Neri CONCORD — The Deftones and Rise Against are co-headlinng one of the biggest summer tours in years, and brought their show to the Concord Pavilion Thursday. The show was opened by post-hardcore band Thrice and the solo project of Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance), Frank Iero and The Patience. The Deftones…