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It unlikely that at any other point in their careers that Deftones<\/a> could have sold out the 3Arena<\/a>. <\/p>\n Not after their breakout album Around the Fur, not after their eye-wateringly expensive self titled recording which went straight to number two on the US billboard, and not after their 2020 record Ohms.<\/p>\n The last time the experimental rockers played a headliner in Dublin<\/a> it was in the comparatively humble surrounds of Vicar Street, which has just over a tenth of the capacity of the 3Arena. <\/p>\n What happened? In short, TikTok. <\/p>\n With their distorted bass lines and lush arrangements, Deftones became unlikely viral stars of the social media platform and were introduced to a whole new generation of metal-heads who, luckily for them, are still able to see the musicians up close and sweaty in a mosh pit. <\/p>\n Snippets of tracks such as Change (In The House of Flies) and Sextape have breadcrumbed Zoomers, and their 17.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify speak to that.<\/p>\n US rapper Denzel Curry and the post-hardcore band Drug Church might seem like unlikely openers for the metal group but Deftones claim many musical heirs. <\/p>\n To veteran alt-metal fans, Curry perhaps seemed like an odd choice, but for younger rockers, his propulsive energy exploded on to the stage in a fiery cascade, with tracks such as Ultimate and Walking, which lit fans. <\/p>\n