A new Deftones album has been high on our wishlist for some time now, especially after learning that the band were in the studio last year. After all, it's been over four years since the release of their last record Gore, so the hype continues to build.
Vocalist Chino Moreno went on the record to say that the new material is reminiscent of their seminal record White Pony, and more recently we also got to hear a promising, albeit small snippet of new material via a livestream.
Now, during a new interview with Download Festival TV, drummer Abe Cunningham has let slip some more details about where the album is at and what the release plans are, revealing that the album has been fully tracked and mixed:
"We actually tracked everything over the summer, last summer - June and July - we were in the studio tracking. And we’re just taking our time. But we actually just completed everything... we were down in L.A. recording, but we mixed up in Seattle.
We’re working with our old pal Terry Date, who did a bunch of our earlier records and stuff too. He’s up there with this while distancing thing, it was a bit rough, but we figured out a way to kind of do the mixes without being there.
It’s a lot better when we’re all in the room; we can knock it out quick and argue and do our things. But, yeah, we just completed that. It’s getting mastered right now, and that’s been the main thing. So it’s been something to do in this strange off time."
Abe then went on to talk about working with their longtime producer Terry Date again, who worked with the band for their first four albums, including White Pony:
“It’s all that. It’s always hard to describe it. I’ll say this… we can’t help but sound like ourselves, but just being back with Terry, there’s certain sounds that we developed with Terry that kind of became sort of our core sounds, and those are back again.”
As for when we can expect the album, Abe says things are up in the air due to coronavirus, but they still plan on releasing it in the summer (Australian winter):
“It should be coming along, hopefully, maybe September. I heard something. I can’t remember… we haven’t really discussed it too deeply other than we plan on it coming out this summer. It’s not looking like we’re going to be able to get out there this summer to support it. So does it make sense to put it out when you can’t support it? Maybe. Maybe not. I don’t know. I think that’s something that we’re going to have to figure out sooner than later. But I think our mindset right now is just finishing it completely and making sure that it’s great. And then taking it from there.”
Here's the full interview - we'll keep you up to date on any new announcements from the Deftones camp!
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