Deftones
American alternative metal band
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| November 4 2024 | Deftones announced a headline show at Crystal Palace Park in London for June 29, 2025, with supporting acts Weezer and High Vis. |
| September 2024 | Deftones announced their first headlining tour since 2022, scheduled for 2025 in North America. |
| April 2024 | Chino Moreno announced that Deftones had completed instrumental tracking for their tenth studio album, with vocals still pending. |
| 2022 | Fred Sablan joins as bassist and Lance Jackman as guitarist. Stephen Carpenter begins intermittent touring. |
| 2022 | Won Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording for 'Passenger' (Mike Shinoda Remix) |
| 2022 | Nominated for Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards for the song 'Genesis' |
| 2022 | Nominated for Best Rock Performance at the Grammy Awards for the song 'Ohms' |
| May 20 2022 | Lance Jackman was announced as a temporary replacement for Stephen Carpenter during the band's 2022 European Tour. |
| April 2022 | Fred Sablan joined the band as Sergio Vega's touring replacement. |
| January 2021 | Bassist Sergio Vega left the band after seeking official membership status. |
| 2020 | During an interview with Metal Injection, frontman Chino Moreno expressed his personal and musical dissatisfaction with the album. |
| October 2020 | Deftones announced a 20th anniversary reissue of White Pony, to be released in December, packaged with a companion remix album Black Stallion. |
| September 25 2020 | Ohms album was officially released. |
| September 22 2020 | Deftones launched the 'Adopt-a-Dot' campaign, allowing fans to digitally sponsor a dot from the Ohms album cover via charitable donation. |
| September 17 2020 | The band released the second single 'Genesis' from the Ohms album. |
| August 21 2020 | Deftones released the first single 'Ohms' from their upcoming album. |
| August 19 2020 | The band teased the release date and title of their ninth studio album, Ohms. |
| April 2020 | Deftones announced they were mixing their new album, reuniting with producer Terry Date for the first time since the unreleased Eros album in 2008. |
| May 2018 | Deftones embarked on a South American tour with support from Quicksand and Deadly Apples. |
| 2017 | Chino Moreno revealed Deftones had begun writing material for their ninth studio album, planning for a potential 2019 release with a different musical direction. |
| 2016 | NPR Music retrospectively reviewed the album, noting its 'trip-hop nuances' and highlighting the band's varied musical catalogue. |
| June 7 2016 | The second official single 'Phantom Bride' was released, featuring a guitar solo by Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains, which was noted as unusual for a Deftones song. |
| April 8 2016 | Gore was officially released, marking the band's new album after working with producer Matt Hyde. |
| April 3 2016 | Deftones released the single 'Hearts / Wires' before the album launch. |
| March 16 2016 | The band released the single 'Doomed User' ahead of the album's release. |
| February 4 2016 | Deftones released the first single 'Prayers / Triangles' from their upcoming album Gore. |
| February 2015 | The band completed the drum tracks for their new album, with Moreno describing it as a 'heady record' with multiple moods. |
| April 13 2014 | On the first anniversary of Chi Cheng's death, Deftones released the track 'Smile' from the unreleased album Eros on YouTube, which was subsequently removed by Warner Music Group two days later. |
| March 2014 | While Chino Moreno was touring with his side project Crosses, the rest of Deftones began writing a follow-up to their album Koi No Yokan. |
| 2013 | Nominated for Best International Band at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards |
| May 2013 | Won Revolver's Golden Gods Award for Album of the Year for 'Koi No Yokan'. |
| May 2013 | Chino Moreno announced that the previously shelved album 'Eros' might now be released following Chi Cheng's death. |
| April 13 2013 | Chi Cheng died in a hospital in Stockton, California, after falling into cardiac arrest, more than four years after his 2008 accident. |
| November 12 2012 | Released the album 'Koi No Yokan', which received universal acclaim with a Metacritic rating of 86 out of 100. |
| August 30 2012 | Announced their album 'Koi No Yokan', which would be released by Reprise Records. |
| July 28 2012 | Deftones performed two new songs during a live performance: 'Rosemary' and 'Roller Derby' (later renamed 'Poltergeist'). |
| March 29 2012 | Stephen Carpenter revealed in an ESP Guitars YouTube interview that Deftones were working on a new record, with producer Nick Raskulinecz returning to work on their seventh studio album. |
| October 25 2011 | Deftones released The Vinyl Collection 1995–2011, a limited edition collection with only 1,000 copies produced. |
| June 7 2011 | Around the Fur was certified RIAA platinum. |
| April 16 2011 | For Record Store Day, Deftones released the LP 'Covers', featuring cover songs including tracks originally by the Cars, the Cure, and Sade. |
| May 4 2010 | Deftones released their sixth album Diamond Eyes, which was produced by Nick Raskulinecz and featured a more optimistic approach compared to their previous work. |
| March 15 2010 | The band debuted their radio-ready single 'Diamond Eyes', which received positive reviews from fans and critics, with comparisons to their Around the Fur album style. |
| February 23 2010 | Deftones released their first single 'Rocket Skates' as a free download on www.gunsrazorsknives.com for their upcoming album Diamond Eyes. |
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