Review by Daniel for Deftones - Around the Fur (1997)

This is a really solid metal album & a massive improvement on their debut. They got the production right this time & the song-writing is miles better. It's actually a pretty heavy record & the first couple of tracks are fantastic. I've always thought they sounded a lot like a metal version of Smashing Pumpkins & there's a lot of that here this time too. There's a couple of negatives in that I'm not a huge fan of "Headup" or the half hour of silence you have to skip through to get to the secret track at the end but I have no hesitation in giving it a 4/5. It's not quite as memorable as the follow-up "White Pony" but it's not far behind.