Deftones
The huge wall of sound that we do, the explosiveness of the drums crashing through guitar riffs, guitar chords or entire sections, all comes from Deftones. Additionally, this band inspired me to sing at more of a whimper rather than a forceful diaphragm voice over this huge wall of sound, and let the volume come from the microphone doing its job. This allows for our blend of metal or post hardcore or whatever to have a rather intimate sonic quality to it, as opposed to just reproducing what you’d hear at a basement rehearsal.
