Eat Dust LP – Deftones: Adrenaline

Legendary debut album by the Deftones, the band that has crafted a style all of their own. Call it what you want: emo-core, alternative, nu-metal…the Deftones seemed the most unlikely quartet to come out on Madonna’s Maverick Records. The music is agro, abrasive, and damn near primal from the disc’s first few seconds. Tool-like whisperings of frontman Chino Moreno can bring the mood from disconcerting to downright dangerous in seconds. Heavy, chunky guitar riffs, mad raps, and testy tempo changes make this a must-have for fans of whisper-to-a-primal-scream alterna-rock.