The Deftones have released eight albums since their inception.
=== Deftones (20022005) ===Deftones began work on their fourth album under the working title Lovers
Carpenter created the band's name by combining the hip hop slang term "def" (which was used by artists such as LL Cool J and Public Enemy) with the suffix "-tones," (which was popular among 1950s bands such as the Delltones and the Harptones)

