Deftones - Around The Fur

Around The Fur is the second studio album by American alternative metal band Deftones, originally released in October 1997 via Maverick Records.

Around The Fur the follow-up to Deftones' passionate, aggressive debut album Adrenaline, sees the California quartet expanding on the sheer rage of their earlier work, adding new, more sinister shades to their already extreme sound. The opening "My Own Summer (Shove It)”, serves as an introduction to the album's sonic theme: sinewy guitars and eerie whispers alternate with fast, violent crunch.

Sepultura's Max Cavallero contributes guitar and vocals to "Headup”, while "MX" finds singer Chino trading off vocal lines with Annalynn Cunningham, (wife of Deftones' drummer Abe) in an acerbic take on the rock star mentality.

Vocal acrobat Moreno attacks a variety of styles: his breathy, psychotic recitations sound downright industrial, while the album's calmer, more brooding moments show his gift for haunting melody. Behind him, guitarist Stephen Carpenter's heavy wall of sound is astoundingly muscular, yet inspiringly agile.

When Deftones' hellish fury hits full tilt, as it always does on this album, Moreno's voice erupts into screams which are best described as otherworldly, transforming this intense musical firestorm into a hurtling juggernaut of aggression.

The songs "My Own Summer (Shove It)" and "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" were released as singles with accompanying music videos. The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1999, and was later certified platinum in 2011.

This album is a 2024 repress on black vinyl housed in a single pocket sleeve with a printed insert, pressed in Europe via Maverick Records.