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Deftones: from our very first show ever to a sold-out return
Deftones played the very first show ever at the Heineken Music Hall/AFAS Live in 2001. 25 years later, the band returned to a sold‑out AFAS Live, delivering an unforgettable performance with their hits, emotional energy, and stunning visuals. Check out the photos and news articles below to relive the concert!
Deftones play the blistering heavy track "Change (In the House of Flies)" against a projection of a red, scorching sun. Singer Chino Moreno appears as a silhouette, singing as if we’re all about to be burned alive on a scorched earth. And with that strange, ambivalent voice of his, sometimes melodic and plaintive, almost crooning, then suddenly bone‑chillingly loud, with a scream that leaves the sold‑out AFAS Live frozen. This is stunning. - Volkskrant
Over thirty years later, the world looks a lot grimmer, but in the front rows of the sold‑out AFAS Live, seemingly nothing has changed. There, the same type of teenagers are still going wild, moshing and screaming all the daily—and this time global—troubles out of their system like therapy. - NRC
Perhaps the greatest lesson from an amazing and, above all, uplifting show is this: genres and styles don’t matter. What counts is that what’s being played is authentic, comes from the soul, and can completely move you emotionally. - Volkskrant
Photos made by: Ferdy Damman