let's do a poll: is Deftones nu-metal?

ya

Si

I would say some of their albums are

i think them old and first albums is nu metal, but not the newest ones like koi no yokan, of course theres some songs that are nu metal in these albums but most of the songs is not nu metal

some of their music is n some of them aren't (^_^♪)

half yes half no

adrenaline, around the fur and white pony yes. every album after that they evolved into different sounds.

first two albums definitely yes, then they started to drift toward a more shoegaze-y sound so its hard to say. but adrenaline and atf are pure nu-metal

grey area, they have songs in loads of different styles. But i'd say yes.