Deftones have shared an update on the band’s forthcoming album. During a recent appearance on Herb’s Happy Hour, Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno delved into the band’s new record, the first since 2016’s Gore.
Drummer Abe Cunningham previously announced that the band were hoping to release their ninth full-length studio effort in September, a timeframe echoed by Moreno.
“We have a record that we finished maybe – I don’t know – about a month ago, we finally got all the final mixes of it. It’s supposed to come out in, I think, September,” Moreno shared.
The forthcoming record has seen Deftones collaborate with longtime creative partner, Terry Date, who worked on 1995’s Adrenaline, 1997’s Around the Fur and 2000’s White Pony.
“We hadn’t done a record with him in a while, and we went back in the studio with him, and it was super-awesome,” Moreno revealed.
“It’s kind of been weird because we recorded everything – the music stuff – all last summer in LA, and then we have been working on overdubs and vocals and mixing and all that stuff since then, so it’s almost been a year.
“But, obviously the last six months have kind of been doing everything remote. Mainly, it was just me. All the music stuff was done, so just mainly vocal stuff, and then mixing and mastering, going back and forth.
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“But we finally finalized everything, I wanna say a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago now. It’s gonna be sweet. I’m excited about it.”
On June 20th, Deftones celebrated the 20th anniversary of their seminal, career-defining record White Pony. In celebration of anniversary, the band announced that they would be releasing a remix LP, Black Stallion. The latter album will feature all-new remixes of the tracks, each track featuring contributions by a different producer. “Electronic, beat-driven music was something we all gravitated towards in that time.”
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