yea

4/1/2009 8:27:27 AM

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"hi all - just wanted to update everyone and let you know that chi was released from ICU over the weekend and is no longer on any sort of life support. his symptoms continue to improve. so keep the prayers coming.. they are obviously helping a great deal! momma j wanted me to let you all know she sends her thanks and said “gratitude just doesn’t cover it… ONE LOVE ALWAYS! - MOM” thanks everyone for your support and well wishes… it means so much to the cheng family."

5/5/2009 2:19:46 PM

cheers!

what's the word on the new album

[Edited on May 5, 2009 at 2:26 PM. Reason : ]

5/5/2009 2:24:46 PM

Last i heard it was scheduled for release in October. Originally before all this happened it was planned to be earlier of course. I think at one point they had said May but last I saw was October. I'm looking forward to it as usual.

5/5/2009 2:28:54 PM

man, that is good news, I was starting to think he wouldn't ever recover...I'm sure it was that time I was drunk and donated $25 to his paypal fund that did it

can't wait to hear the new one, I actually like this new direction they've taken

5/7/2009 6:20:21 PM

tttones

12/17/2009 1:46:07 PM

haha thanks.

In an interview with Chino this week, Noisecreep released this tidbit of information:

Moreno told us that the yet-to-be-titled new Deftones album will come out April 27th and will be more reminiscent of early discs like 1997's 'Around the Fur' and 2000's 'White Pony.' The songs were written and recorded quickly, Moreno says, and the musicians were on fire as they grappled to come to grips with Cheng's accident.

Also, some similar information:

Although Deftones had already tracked a full album of songs with Cheng and producer Terry Date tentatively titled 'Eros,' they decided to shelve those recordings and work on an entirely new batch of songs with their friend Sergio Vega filling in on bass. They hired producer Nick Raskulinecz to work with them, and in just two months they had recorded an entirely new album. "I honestly think it's one of the best, if not the best records we've ever done," Moreno said. "My favorite record is 'Around the Fur.' It was written and recorded in four months, which was the fastest, easiest and funnest record we've ever made. This record totally has that feel to it."

12/17/2009 1:55:25 PM

If its any where as good as Saturday Night Wrist I'll enjoy it, just no more self-titled, PLEASE.

12/17/2009 5:06:43 PM

what was so bad about s/t? I enjoy both those records (though they are my two least favorite of their LPs), but tend to enjoy s/t more.

I was really disappointed in s/t when it first came out following up white pony, but after I got over that I think its a solid record.

12/17/2009 5:13:00 PM

s/t is probably my 2nd fav actually

12/18/2009 6:56:23 PM

http://www.spin.com/articles/studio-deftones

2/8/2010 5:13:20 PM

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"Deftones will release Diamond Eyes on May 18. The album was recorded with ex-Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega in place of Chi Cheng, who is still recovering from injuries sustained in a 2008 car accident that left him comatose for several months. The album's first single, 'Rocket Skates,' will be made available for free download on February 23. http://www.gunsrazorsknives.com/"

2/17/2010 10:22:30 AM

Very short clip of the new song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2mt1S7wSP0&feature=player_embedded

2/17/2010 12:03:16 PM

don't forget to download the single today!

http://www.deftones.com

2/23/2010 7:07:54 AM

^What's with the download manager? Why not just offer an mp3 or streaming audio version?

2/23/2010 8:06:19 AM

warner is stupid as a music company. Im sure you can find someone who has posted it online somewhere, I was too lazy to do that this morning because I listened to it as I was getting ready for work heh.

2/23/2010 8:13:02 AM

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"so keep the prayers coming.. they are obviously helping a great deal!"

2/23/2010 8:18:04 AM

well let me be the first to say i really dig the new single. i have liked everything these guys have put out over the years....some more than others but they continue to be a band from my youth that have mantained a sound i enjoy and i can't say that with a lot of bands.

2/23/2010 1:52:28 PM

yep, spot on. I'll have to wait until the whole album drops to weigh in on it, but I'm sure there will be several songs that I really dig. I still think his vocals sounded better on the first few albums. The last two they have seemed a little too drenched in effects, but this single gives me hopes that it will be another fun album.



[Edited on February 23, 2010 at 1:58 PM. Reason : ]

2/23/2010 1:53:38 PM

yeah sounds like a little weird chorus effect or something on it....i agree about liking his vocals more on the first few albums but his voice has always had a soothing effect to me. some call it whiny or whatever but i think it usually fits perfect with their musical style. yeah obviously we have to wait to hear the whole album to give it the proper treatment but the single has me excited at least....

2/23/2010 2:01:23 PM

I love the hell out of the first 2 albums and moments of White Pony.

I first saw Deftones live in '95 at a tiny venue with the line up: Korn, Deftones, and Orange 9mm

My three friends and I consisted of about ~200 people there.

[Edited on February 23, 2010 at 5:57 PM. Reason : Oh yeah! And Chino came out and performed Wicked with Korn.]

[Edited on February 23, 2010 at 5:57 PM. Reason : .]

2/23/2010 5:55:30 PM

just gave rocket skates my first listen...

sounds like they are throwin it back to old school (or at least going for that)....thats a good thing. love adrenaline and around the fur. a lot of my friends thought white pony was the beginning of the decline of the later albums, but i fucking loved White Pony.

sounds like they are playing in drop B. could be wrong...

2/23/2010 10:28:20 PM

damn.

i really like it.

2/23/2010 11:25:33 PM

The hat I got when I bought white pony is all stretched out now, sucks (mainly because it is still my main hat 10 years later haha). Anyone try to install to elastic in a hat before?

I bought a different white pony hat from the same brand last year but it doesnt really fit the same :/

2/25/2010 9:42:19 AM

^ Dude I think I had that same hat when they first released White Pony with the limited edition red and black casings.

2/25/2010 11:43:27 AM

haha yep. I was so pumped to go get that record that day. The limited edition ones had "The Boy's Republic" or whatever as an additional song. I still think it is weird that they re-released the album again with "Back to School" added, and as the first track. Its a decent song, I just have to force it to the end of the track list in itunes because it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the album imo.

I've also considered getting the pony outline as a tattoo before. Never followed through though.

[Edited on February 25, 2010 at 11:56 AM. Reason : ]

2/25/2010 11:51:50 AM

Yeah I like "Back to School" as well, and agree that it doesn't fit with the theme of the album.

A song that I've always liked was the hidden track on Around the Fur, I think titled Damone.

[Edited on February 25, 2010 at 1:57 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2010 1:56:31 PM

yea definitely.

If we can ever get our next record out, there is a section on the 2nd to last track of the album that I pretty much wrote as a tribute to the deftones being such an influence. If only we could have gotten chino to do some guest vocals Maybe I'll post up the clip before any vocals were added tonight.

2/25/2010 2:15:30 PM

^please post the clip if you have time


Rocket Skates (Official Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woR6ohiFeYE


Diamond Eyes preview on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Eyes/dp/B003BNL4DK/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1268589951&sr=301-1

3/14/2010 2:06:42 PM

cool thanks for the diamond eyes preview link.

I chopped out a clip section of that song that I was wrote as a tribute to the deftones for ya and uploaded it here. Sounds kind of weird by itself since this is without any vocals and it is from the middle of a song, but I think you'll hear the deftones influence.

http://www.mediafire.com/?tnie2zyitzl


[Edited on March 14, 2010 at 3:15 PM. Reason : ]

3/14/2010 3:13:33 PM

First track off the album "Diamond Eyes" can be found here along with an interview with Chino tacked on to the end of the track:

http://www.mediafire.com/?woggtijjgtm

I *love* the chorus of this song. The main killswitch engage-esque feeling riff gets a little repetitive though. That slightly troubles me since Rocket Skates is awesome but the main riff in that gets a little repetitive as well. But hopefully they have just released a couple of the "straight forward" tracks first because I like the more meandering, progressive sound a lot of the stuff on say White Pony had.

With that aside though, I enjoyed the song and love the chorus.

[Edited on March 15, 2010 at 9:14 PM. Reason : ]

3/15/2010 9:14:16 PM

thanks for both links


this album needs to come out, the first songs I hear usually end up as my least favorite

3/15/2010 10:44:19 PM

yea np and I agree with you about that. I'm looking forward to trying to catch them on a tour when this album comes out; they seem pretty reinvigorated.

3/15/2010 10:53:26 PM

The album leaked last night after midnight. Sorry, I don't have any links here because I am at work and I can't get to the sites that would have that stuff but you can probably find it if you want to. Hopefully I can find it when I get out of work today tho! (Luckily I am leaving early too). Deftones and Dillinger Escape Plan new album leaks within a week = awesome.

3/19/2010 8:59:48 AM

demonoid has a torrent of the leak, im DLing it right now, after im done listening to it in the shower, i will give everyone an update.

3/19/2010 11:03:05 AM

haha word. I may take an extended lunch break to head home and DL this and put it on my ipod today I haven't done torrents in a long time though. I'll probably hunt around on mediafire or rapidshare or something

[Edited on March 19, 2010 at 11:07 AM. Reason : ]

3/19/2010 11:07:30 AM

FUCKING YES!

I've been in the mood for some Deftones.

[Edited on March 19, 2010 at 1:14 PM. Reason : ^Hotfile has it.]

3/19/2010 1:13:37 PM

^thanks. im leaving work early today. hoping to find this when I get home here in a bit and go for a run. great weather + new deftones should = awesome run.

3/19/2010 1:31:28 PM

Im not very good at writing music reviews, but anyway, listened to the whole thing twice now. I feel like this is some of the deftones best work. To me its a blending of around the fur and white pony, very ambient and melodic at some moments, yet brutal at others, sometimes within the same song. So far, I give it a B+.

3/19/2010 3:00:22 PM

awesome. That is what I am hearing from a lot of people online today. I am downloading as we speak!

3/19/2010 3:07:28 PM

Album definitely feels like it could be a bridging album between Around the Fur and White Pony. My only complaint is that a lot of the stuff feels very straight forward. The album is a very solid rock album, but they don't throw you a lot of curve balls like I am used to with them. But it is still a very good album.

3/19/2010 6:49:34 PM

This is the album I've wanted since White Pony.

3/23/2010 9:47:40 PM

yea its solid. I think its cool that they went really natural with this album and wrote it fairly quick. I still would have liked some of these songs to be expanded upon a little since they all have some really great ideas.

Either way its a really good album and definitely brings me back to the original sound I loved them for.

3/23/2010 10:07:20 PM

Downloading...now!

3/23/2010 10:15:28 PM

I'm halfway through the album right now

FUCKING INCREDIBLE so far

I'm so happy the deftones are back

3/25/2010 6:38:56 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOyeAsnqZw

4/10/2010 11:46:27 AM

Latest setlist I have seen posted broke down like this:

Diamond Eyes - 7
SNW - 0
S/T - 3
White Pony - 5
Around the Fur - 3
Adrenaline - 3

Interesting that, unless I missed something scanning the list, they played absolutely nothing off of SNW. It was pretty cool to see birthmark, 7words, and root on their list!

Also, most people are taking this website: http://blackdiamondskye.com/

to mean that Alice in Chains, Deftones, and Mastodon will be touring together this fall.

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 3:28 PM. Reason : ]

4/28/2010 3:26:56 PM

The site is registered to Velvet Hammer, who manages Alice in Chains and Deftones.

http://whois.domaintools.com/blackdiamondskye.com

So this looks pretty likely. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.

4/28/2010 5:27:52 PM

16-Sep Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion, on-sale May 22
17-Sep Detroit, MI DTE Energy Center, on-sale May 22
18-Sep Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre, on-sale May 20
20-Sep Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun, on-sale May 22
22-Sep Boston, MA Agannis Arena, on-sale May 22
24-Sep New York, NY Madison Square Garden, on-sale May 22
28-Sep Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre, on-sale May 22
1-Oct St. Louis, MO Scottrade Arena, on-sale May 22
4-Oct Denver, CO Red Rocks, on-sale May 22
7-Oct Vancouver, BC GM Place, on-sale May 15
8-Oct Seattle, WA Key Arena, on-sale May 22
9-Oct Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum, on-sale May 22
16-Oct Las Vegas, NV The Joint, on-sale May 22

So far ...

Looks to be an RBC Center or Walnut Creek sized show. The Downtown Amphitheatre is too small; it looks like the smallest venue announced so far is 7k.

[Edited on April 29, 2010 at 10:11 AM. Reason : ]

4/29/2010 10:06:56 AM

those are some pretty big venues. I know AIC is on a second wind so to speak and Mastodon is gaining more and more popularity everyday but i hope they are not going to ambitious with this tour. I will be there regardless but hopefully to packed out crowds.

4/29/2010 1:54:01 PM