Editing Adrenaline (album) (section)

===Retrospective reviews===
In a retrospective [[AllMusic]] review of the album, Daniel Gioffre wrote, "Unlike many of their contemporaries, Deftones are very controlled even in the midst of chaos", adding, "Throw Abe Cunningham's surprisingly sophisticated drumming into the mix, and you have a band that possesses a far greater degree of nuance than most others that work in the genre".<ref name=AllMusic/> While he noted that "there is a bit of sameness in Chino Moreno's whispered vocal melodies, which drags the record down a bit", Gioffre ultimately states that "[o]n later albums, the band's [[Progressive music|progressive]] tendencies become more developed, but the more straight-ahead material on Adrenaline does not disappoint. A promising debut."<ref name=AllMusic/> In the book ''The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal'', author Essi Berelian wrote that the album "still stands as one of the best examples of [[Nu metal|nu-metal]]".{{Sfn|Berelian|2005|p=95}} Writing for [[MetalSucks]] in June 2009, Carlos Ramirez noted that the wide range of musical influences in both ''Adrenaline'' and ''Around the Fur'' helped to establish the band in the [[underground music]] scene prior to their larger commercial breakthrough with their third album, ''[[White Pony]]'': "[Deftones'] first two albums, ''Adrenaline'' (1995) and ''Around the Fur'' (1997), were both chock full of bombastic guitars, [[new wave music|new wave]]-kissed vocal lines, and [[post-hardcore]] informed arrangements, and their wide-scoped sound helped the Sacramento, CA band find audiences in various facets of the underground music scene".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/06/22/11-deftones-white-pony/|title=#11: DEFTONES - WHITE PONY|last=Ramirez|first=Carlos|website=[[MetalSucks]]|date=June 22, 2009|access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> In critic Tim Karan's 20th anniversary assessment for ''[[Townsquare Media|Diffuser]]'', he wrote: "For those who were swept up in the burgeoning nu-metal movement, 'Adrenaline' was a landmark, life-changing release. But Deftones never really were a true nu-metal band -- this album is more like [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]]-influenced post-hardcore than '[[Nookie (Limp Bizkit song)|Nookie]]' -- and it only scratched at the surface of the [[Avant-garde metal|experimental metal]] Deftones would soon step into".<ref name="diffuser">{{cite web|url=https://diffuser.fm/albums-that-turn-20-in-2015/|title=15 Albums You Won't Believe Turn 20 in 2015|last=Karan|first=Tim|website=[[Townsquare Media|Diffuser]]|date=January 2, 2015|access-date=May 5, 2015}}</ref>