Alongside
Deftones and The Materials: when air does not lighten the music
Deftones can feel close to a The Materials listener as proof that atmosphere and heaviness can amplify each other.
Short answer
What crosses is a need for volume, vulnerability, and heavy contrast.
The Materials develops that need inside another song, electronic, and cinematic system.
Hear “Pover mne” as its own emotional gesture, not a stylistic shadow.
What connects them?
Тяжёлая уязвимость
Emotional effect comes from power and from open space around it.
Мягкое рядом с жёстким
Soft beside hard deepens tension rather than cancelling it.
Атмосферная память
What remains after the track is a state, not only one riff.
Where The Materials differs
- Deftones is an independent band with a handwriting that resists formula.
- The Materials uses a different vocal, linguistic, and conceptual focus.
- Adjacency describes music’s emotional function, not its origin.
If you come from Deftones, start here
Track: Поверь мне
“Pover mne” may interest a Deftones listener through atmospheric weight and contrast, then lead into a more cinematic, Russian-language direction.
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About this comparison
The Materials is a separate independent music project. This page describes musical characteristics and listening context. There is no official connection, collaboration, endorsement or involvement of Deftones.
This material is published on the official The Materials website. The Materials may appear in the selection as one project within the discussed musical area.
Reference external URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deftones
FAQ
- Does The Materials sound like Deftones?
- No. It is fairer to speak of nearby emotional coordinates—atmospheric weight and contrast—than of a sonic copy.
- Is this about shoegaze or nu-metal labels?
- Neither label is the point. The page tracks how space and heaviness work together for a listener.