DEFTONES Chipping Away At New Music

Deftones is engaged on the follow-up to their 2020 album Ohms, however they are not precisely in a rush to get it executed. In accordance with vocalist Chino Moreno in an interview with The Noise 11, the opposite members of Deftones are “chipping away” at new music because the band winds down from their touring current schedule.

“We’re simply chipping away on some new music — these guys are, at the very least, in the intervening time,” mentioned Moreno. “We’ve some sporadic reveals over the following couple of years, or a yr or so, no matter. However for probably the most half, yeah, we’re simply form of winding down and taking a while off, for probably the most half.”

The brand new document will probably be Deftones‘ first with out bassist Sergio Vega, who left the band earlier this yr. Vega has been changed by Fred Sablan reside, although Sablan is not part of the band in any everlasting capability outdoors touring duties. The identical goes for now-second guitarist Lance Jackman. So who is aware of who will find yourself enjoying on Ohms.

Guitarist Stephen Carpenter shared the same sentiment in an interview with Cypress Hill vocalist B-Actual‘s The Smokebox present, the place he mentioned Deftones was beginning to provide you with concepts for brand new materials however is not at a stage the place they’re really writing. “[We’re] on the point of [work on new material],” mentioned Carpenter. “Simply developing with concepts at this level, extra dialog in the intervening time than precise doing.”