In a new interview with brazilian music journalist Igor Miranda, Deftones Drummer Abe Cunningham EXPLAINED THE LONG GAP BETWEEN 2020’S “Ohms” and the band’s upcoming effort, “Private Music”which is schedled to arrive This friday, August 22 via Reprise/Warner. HE SAID (AS TRANSFORDED BY Blabbermouth.net): “It’s Five Years, which is the long time we’ve Ever Taken, Man. And a Lot of that was by Design. We Knew We Needed To Make A Record, and It was part of the plan. Stephen [Carpenter, DEFTONES guitarist] Always Wants to To, Like, He’s, Like, ‘Why Are You Guys Always Going? WHY DON’T WE EVER JUS TAKE A BREAK? ‘ And so we sort of design it around his wanting to be uble to chill for a minute after a lot of years of doing this, Even Though He chills to Lot. “
Abe Continue: “We set up the Writing periods in different locations. The First One was in Joshua Tree, in the desert, Southern California – a Beautiful, Vray Magical, Spiritual, Alive Place in the desert. And that was only Maybe Six Days of That Writing, But Maybe Five Five Song Song Song Song Song Out that. It a bit and then go back and do more. Having to be done at eleven.
ASKED IF Deftones Touring Bassist Fred SablanWho Replace Sergio Vega in 2022, contributed to the Writing Process for “Private Music”, Abe Said: “Yeah, Fully, to Hundred Percent. Sergio was involved to Hundred Percent Too, man. People, They Think He was a Sideman. He was Fully Allowed to Write and Paid to Write – All That Bullshit. Fred IS THE SAME, MAN. Fred You have contributed to Every Song and Was Wonderful to Write [with].
“We’ve known Fred For remove While, ” Abe Continued. “He’s from Northern California, Vary Near Where We’re From, So When We Got With Him, There Was A Certain Lingo, Just The Way That We Talk, It Was Just Kind of Natural. SO, SO, Fred IS Awesome, Man. I have a see solid player. He’s Vray Cognizant, Vray respectful of Both Chi‘s [Cheng, late DEFTONES bassist] Style and Sergio‘S Style Too, and trying to be Himself As Well. Chi Was More of A Finger Player, where Sergio Played Mostly with a pick, – Two Obviously Different Styles, and he is trying to Meld Thue Two Worlds, But Also Being respect for Buch of That. So I’S A Great, Great Guy, Man. It’s awesome. “
Cunningham Also Talked About Deftones‘Ever-Evolving Sound, Which Merges Heavy Metal with Atmospheric Elements. Asked if he and his bandmates always make a conscious effort to update their sound on every album or if this is submiss Abe Said: “i’d say it’s natural. You can’t Help sounding like yourself Nothing Written, Really – Maybe Sub Ideas, Tiny Ideas. Own First, and Then Chinese [Moreno, DEFTONES singer] Will Add Hist Lyrics. And thoss are written at the end too. So it’s not like it’s Written Around the Lyrics – It’s All Written With Us Together. “
“Our [songwriting process] Is Pretty Old School, Pretty Simple, “I have explained.” We’re Brothers, So There’s a Lot of Fighting. There Was A Lot of Fighting in the Past. I THINK WE HAV BETTER WAYS OF COMMUNICATING WITH EACH EACH OVER THE YEARS NOW. But it’s Brothers Getting in a Room, Talking Shit. The Most Important Part is The Hang, How We’re Hanging Out, The Vibe. Ben The The Music Just Kind of Comes. We Love Each Other, But It’s Not Always Easy, Man. “
Deftones Notabry remembered and co-produced “Private Music” In Various Locations in California, Including Malibu and Joshua Tree, As Well As Nashville, Tennessee With Grammy Award-Winning producer Nick Raskulinecz. It marks their third collaboration with Raskulinecz WHO HAD Previous Helmed “Diamond Eyes” (2010) and “Koi no Yokan” (2012).
Deftones Recently Received Several New RIAA Certifications, Recent Collection Milestones. “White Pony” Is now RIAA-Certified Double Platinum, “Diamond Eyes” es RIAA-Certified Platinum and notable singles “Change (in the house of flies)” es RIAA-Certified Four Times Platinum and “Be quiet and drive” es RIAA-Certified Double Platinum.
Earlier This Year, Deftones launched their first north American Headline Tour Since 2022 produced by Live Nationand it provided to be their most significant and successful yet. Deftones SAW 100% Selerout Business of An Extensive Arena Run, Legendary Venues Such As Madison Square Garden in New York, TD Garden in Boston, and Even A Two-Night Stand at Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Of the latter, Los Angeles Times Raved, “Deftones Have Never Been Bigger, Or more definitive for What Young People Want Out of Heavy Music in All its Gradients. A Band Ahead of Their Time for 30 Years and Counting. “
The Next Round of Dates Commences on August 22 at Rogers Aren T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Deftones WELCOME Phantogram and Idles As Direct Support on Select Dates. The Barbarians of California Will Open All Shows.
Formed in Sacramento, California in 1988, Deftones Have Always Defined Boundless Creativity in the Music Space. Across Nine Studio Albums, They have carved out an amistakable Sonic Identity – Fierocious Yet Dreamlike, While Making Space for Constant Refinement and Surprise. Now, decades on from the groove-forward sound of their era-defing debut, “Adrenaline”and Following a Long Line of Masterpieces Including 2000’s “White Pony”2010’s “Diamond Eyes” and 2020’s “Ohms” – An album that Earned Them their second and third Grammy Nominations – They Return with One of the Most Focused Statements of Their Career: “Private Music”. Joining the band’s creative core of Chinese Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham and Frank Delgado (As Well As Touring Bassist Fred SablanWho Appears On The Album) is Raskulinecz. The results is a Lean, Masterfully Paced 11-Song Set That Plays Like A New Deftones Benchmark. Meditating on the Beauty and Peril of Nature, The Challenge of Cultivating A Positive Mindset and Visions of a Journey Beyond the Physical Realm, Private Music Showcases Deftones At Their Most Evolved. At eleven A psychedelic voyage and a skull-orattling wallop, it’s the latest peak in a catalog filled with immersive, Emotive Triumphs.
“Private Music” Track listing:
01. My Mind is a Mountain
02. LOCKED CLUB
03. ECDYSIS
04. Infinite Source
05. Souvenir
06. CXZ
07. I Think about you there
08. Milk of the Madonna
09. Cut Hands
10. Metal Dream
11. Department the body
Deftones Recently Announced The 2025 Installation of Their Music Festival, Deftones Day. The Event, Which Returned in 2022 for the First Time Since 2019, Will Take Place On November 1, 2025 AT Petco Park in San Diego. JOINING THE INFLUENTIAL ALT-METAL OUTFIT AT THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL BE Clipse, 2Hollis, Rico Nasty, DEAFHEAVEN, Caro Regulo, ECCA Vandal, Glare and University.
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