Deftones frontman announced that the last mix of the highly anticipated follow-up album to 2012’s Koi No Yokan was approved. Chino Moreno, lead vocalist and guitarist for the alternative metal band, shared details on the progress of the upcoming release while interviewed by Daniel P. Carter on BBC Radio 1’s “Rock Show”. According to Blabbermouth, Moreno said:
So now it’s just time to sequence the songs and master them, and we should be done. So aside from… Artwork still is something that we’re working on, but we’re making some progress with that. [The] album title [is] close, but not all the way there yet, and songtitles as well. But that’s usually the stuff that’s sort of the last stuff to come together. But, I mean, as far as the music, it’s done, it’s sounding good and we’re excited about it.
Moreno admitted that the “vibe” of the new material can’t be compared to that of the band’s latest records, which were written and recorded in a short period of time. Unlike the “cohesive” atmosphere of Koi No Yokan and Diamond Eyes, both of which charted on Billboard 200, the new album is more “fragmented”, in an innovative and unique sense. “Like any Deftones record,” Moreno elaborated, “it’s got dynamics and there’s loud aggressiveness and there’s mellowness to it, but it’s all sort of got an ebb and flow to it….It’s definitely a Deftones record. The way I look at it is it’s a gradual step from where we last were.”
Additionally, Moreno revealed that Deftones anticipated debuting one of the sixteen songs written for the new CD during their November 21 appearance at London’s SSE Arena Wembley, but after the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the band canceled their European tour dates. Deftones members were present at Le Bataclan for the Eagles of Death Metal show, but left the venue minutes before one of the greatest tragedies in music history struck the stadium, leaving 89 concertgoers dead.
The band was scheduled to perform at Le Bataclan three nights after Eagles of Death Metal’s headlining gig, but the performance was canceled along with two performances in Germany and one in London. On the day of the attacks, Moreno called CBS13 in Sacramento, Calif., confirming the band’s safety:
We weren’t scheduled to play at the Bataclan until tomorrow night. A couple of band members, they went to the concert, but they left early—after the first few songs they ended up leaving the venue. They got out of there and all of our band and crew are safe and accounted for at the hotel now. So, we are just here, we’re pretty much on lockdown. They told everybody pretty much to stay indoors and don’t go out, because they’re still—everything is still unfolding as we speak.
The band returned home to their loved ones, but shared a heartfelt statement on Facebook:
Much has been said, as well as seen, on every media outlet about the events in Paris. Some of us were in attendance at the Le Bataclan, and the rest of our family, just blocks away on this night. We have been to Paris many, many times, and we’ve had some of the most amazing shows in this tremendously electric city.
With this being said, and with our deepest condolences, love and respect to everyone affected, and to all of us who share this planet, we must return home to our loved ones. We will return when appropriate.
For ticket holders, we will have more information soon, so please hang tight.
Until then, please never forget the power of gathering, and one of the most unbelievable feelings of all: that P.M.A.
With much love and respect,
Deftones
Earlier this year, the prominent alternative rock band joined forces with Incubus in a tour that hit twenty cities across the U.S. and Moreno was featured on “Embers”, a track released from the soon-to-be-released album of American heavy rock legends Lamb of God.
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