Latest Deftones News
Late DEFTONES Bassist CHI CHENG: Limited-Edition Spoken-Word Album To Be Released In January
A spoken-word performance by late DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng will be released in January 2021. Titled “The Head Up Project”, the limited-edition 24-track album was recorded at the Paris Cafe in Sacramento, California in January 2001 and can be pre-ordered at this location. Chi passed away on in April 2013 following complications from a 2008 […]
CHINO MORENO’s Isolation-Themed Lyrics For DEFTONES’ ‘Ohms’ Album Were Written Before Pandemic
In a new interview with Full Metal Jackie‘s nationally syndicated radio show, DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno was asked how the isolation during the coronavirus pandemic affected the lyrical approach and his singing on the band’s latest album, “Ohms”. He responded (hear audio below): “Honestly, a lot of the vocals were done before the end of […]
Listen to Robert Smith of The Cure’s dreamy remix of Deftones’ ‘Teenager’
Deftones have shared the remix of ‘Teenager’ by The Cure‘s Robert Smith, taken from their upcoming ‘White Pony’ remix album ‘Black Stallion’. Hear it first on NME below. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their seminal third album ‘White Pony‘, the Sacremento art-metallers will be releasing a remixed version of the record entitled ‘Black Stallion‘ […]
Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland Says Deftones’ Renouncing Nü-Metal Was ‘Right Move’
Limp Bizkit may have reaped big success thanks to the nü-metal crazy of the late 90s. However, Wes Borland recently said that the Deftones’ decision to walk away from the genre they helped pioneer was the “right move.” “The Deftones really tried to separate themselves from everything, which was the right move, for sure,” the […]
Deftones Drop Mike Shinoda’s Remix of ‘Passenger’
Deftones released “Passenger,” remixed by Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, today (Nov. 13). The new track is off their upcoming remix album, Black Stallion, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of White Pony. It’s due out on Dec. 11. “The record’s just been mastered, and it’s fucking brilliant,” Chino Moreno told SPIN. “It could have been a little self-indulgent — […]
Deftones Guitarist Stephen Carpenter Favors Conspiracy Theories Over Science
You know that old saying about how it’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you’re stupid rather than opening it and proving them right? Well, perhaps Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter had never heard it before. In an episode of the podcast Tin Foil Hat With Sam Tripoli (which features the comedian chatting with […]
“Ohms” explained by Chino (demo recordings included)
A super-interesting podcast has just been posted by Song Exploder. A huge breakdown of “Ohms”, new albums’ track nr. 10 by Chino himself. Deftones’ frontman explains how everything was done to get the track as it is; guitars, drums, vocals and isolated audio recordings, including some guitar demos. According to Chino this song was like […]