Deftones Eros In Studio Video

Deftones have a released a new video showcasing their work for their upcoming new album 'Eros'. In the video some audio snippets of what to expect soundwise and vibewise. Eros is expected to hit shelves and Itunes, this Fall.

Here it is
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Deftones New Album Update Straight from Abe Cunnigham

Well the official Deftones Blog (http://deftonesinstudio.blogspot.com/) has been updated with the standing of the new Deftones record. As reported here earlier this year, the album is rumored to be titled 'Eros'. Also reported here earlier today, the band plans to join Alice in Chains on September 20th in Peoria, AZ at KUPD's End of Summer Scorcher.

Here is the posting straight from Abe on the new Deftones record:

Hey all, we’re almost finished tracking our record up here at The Spot and we’ll head up to Terry’s studio in Seattle next month to add the final touches and begin mixing. We’re all excited about how this record is taking shape, and can’t wait to share it with all of you!

Deftones New Album Update (Eros)

Deftones have posted an interesting bulletin on myspace:

Subject: LP #6: Eros.
We are very excited to inform you that we are well under way. -Chino.

Seems like the Album is called Eros. It is in fact LP#6 from the Deftones.

Also posted on their blog is a new interview from Kerrang! Magazine. Here it is :

Kerrang!: It normally seems to take you years to release a new album. Why has this one happened so fast?

Chino: "We've certainly taken our time on the last few records but this one has happened very quickly. We got off tour and took a month off. Then we went into the studio and wrote a lot of music very quickly."

Kerrang!: It sounds like a very fertile period.

Chino: "It was. The most important thing we had to do was to break our habits and change the way we've done things for the last few years. One of the reasons the last few records took so long was because everyone was working separately.We would record our parts and then email them out without actually seeing each other. That has its positives but we really missed out on the creative process of all of us sitting in a room and writing together. This time, we were all together and that really helped. In fact, I'd say that our working relationship is better than it's ever been before. As a result, everything has improved
-our friendships and our lives. We're all really happy now.

Kerrang!: The last album had a very difficult birth. You weren't sure you wanted to be in the band and there were lots of inter-band tensions. Has that changed?

Chino: "There were lots of problems on the last album, definitely. The way we were working meant that communication in the band wasn't very strong. That's changed now that we've shifted our approach. Making that last record was seriously unhealthy experience. It just dragged on without much direction. Even the idea of the record was just to make something vague, and that's pretty much what we did. I liked it, but when we focus and work together, it's a lot better."

Kerrang!: How has the relationship between the band members improved?

Chino: "Over the last few years, a lot of the band members have had a few problems- divorces, money problems, life- and it has just been an unhappy time. We've all come out of that now. I hate to talk like its all rainbows and sunshine over here, but it is!"

Kerrang!: So you feel positive now?

Chino: "The reason we're in a band is because it's fun. It just wasn't fun back when we were making Saturday Night Wrist. I really didn't want to do it anymore, which is why I left the band to go and do the Team Sleep thing. I really wasn't sure if I was going to return to the band either. We had to take a break because we'd been going for 10 years straight and it was a relentless cycle of studio, touring, studio, touring. It just wasn't fun. But, having rediscovered our friendships, everything became worthwhile again. Every day just gets better and better now."

Kerrang!: What does the new material sound like?

Chino: "The songs are definitely weird, which is a breath of fresh air to me. I haven't been playing guitar on these new songs so Steph (Carpenter, guitar) has taken up the helm and that's worked out really well. He's been very creative has been writing very weird, melodic stuff. That's great because I want the album to be as weird as we can possibly make it without completely alienating people. If I had to compare it to any of our records, then I think it probably reminds me of White Pony the most. There's a lot of atmosphere and a lot of soundscaping. I couldn't' feel better about it at the moment."

-deftones

Deftones Are in the Studio

Just a month off their 'Saturday Night Wrist' tour, the Deftones are already back in the studio to record their follow up. Bassist Chi Cheng brings us up to date on the happenings within the Deftones camp along with some of his own rants and fan-answered questions via the official Deftones in the Studio Blog. Below is a snippet from one of his postings in regards to the next deftones album:

"well fuck...almost twenty years. After 246 shows played in support of Saturday Night Wrist-We took a month off and are now back in our studio writing for what we can only hope will be another great record. I can tell you nothing about it other than we are all very excited and working at a much more efficient pace."

You can read more at: http://deftonesinstudio.blogspot.com/