2019 is shaping up to be a big year for fans of Californian alt-metal icons Deftones, with the band hinting at the release of new music.
Back in 2016, Deftones released their eighth studio album, Gore. Their first record in four years, it put an end to one of the longest gaps between albums for the band. Now, it seems as though fans won’t have to wait too much longer for new tunes.
Taking to Instagram yesterday, the band’s account shared an image which was captioned by the hashtags #2019 and #newmusic.
Although the band haven’t given too many hints about a new record, frontman Chino Moreno explained back in August that the band had a handful of tunes ready to go.
“There are six or seven songs, which are still mutating,” he explained to Rock.com.ar. “They are very powerful, and I am anxious because, as I told you before, it has been a collaborative process.”
“I think all our albums were postcards of what we were going through at each moment. Either with Adrenaline (1995), we were boys, with White Pony, we had matured a little, with Diamond Eyes (2010) or with which we are recording.”
“Everyone has their own feeling, because it belongs to an era. Today we are older guys, I suppose, but we still enjoy making songs with marked riffs, cool melodies and a lot of groove. It is fun.”
In the same interview, Chino Moreno also alluded to the fact that founding guitarist Stephen Carpenter will have a stronger role in this release, having controversially been left out of the recording sessions for Gore.
“We really want Stephen to have a strong role on all the albums, but in [that] case it did not turn out the way we wanted,” Moreno explained. “Most of his problems were not about Deftones, but about personal things.”
“The best part is that now we are writing songs for the new album, and unlike Gore, it’s been a joint effort.”
Although the band currently have no tour dates planned, we’re hoping that the release of a new record might result in their first Aussie shows since 2016.
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