Revolver Magazine has released its 2025 Awards Issue, and Deftones were chosen as Artist of the Year. The magazine features many important bands this year, including Sleep Token and Knocked Loose, but Deftones received one of the main highlights.
Revolver highlights the band’s Private Music LP, calling it one of the key reasons for choosing Deftones as Artist of the Year. The magazine also points to the newest edition of Dia De Los Deftones, which once again showed how the band can bring together different styles, artists, and fans in a unique way.
Instead of focusing on studio updates or upcoming releases, Revolver mainly comments on what Deftones have already done recently. The Private Music LP and the festival’s latest version were enough to show how active and creative the band has been. According to the magazine, these two moments helped reinforce Deftones’ role as a group that can honor its history while still doing new and interesting things.
