Deftones Have Confirmed The Producer Of Their New Album

According to their Instagram, Deftones are returning to work with producer Terry Date on their upcoming new album.

While we await more concrete details on the band's highly-anticipated follow-up to 2016's Gore, keyboardist/sampler Frank Delgado has uploaded a previously unseen photo to the alt-metal titans' social media of Terry Date and frontman Chino Moreno in the studio, dating it back to May 25 last year. Given that Terry has previously worked on the likes of 1997's Around The Fur and 2000's White Pony (not to mention albums and songs by Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon, Limp Bizkit and Slayer) this is very, very exciting indeed.

The news follows a fresh interview with Abe Cunningham on Mixdown, with the drummer stating that album number nine is tentatively due in the second half of 2020.

“We did things a little bit differently this time," he reveals of their recording process. "We stretched everything out over the course of a couple of years, rather than blasting through in one go. The process has been mixed with about a year-long break, that we all agreed upon. Being rested and taking that time off really made us appreciate what we're doing even more. When we're all laughing and smiling and coming up with stuff together, just like when we were 17… it's a beautiful thing.”

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Late last year, Chino had admitted that he was "hoping" the record would be out "earlier on" in 2020, but there was no definite answer at that point.

“Our biggest thing is making sure that it’s good," he said. "We’ll be performing it, once it’s out, for the next two or three years, so we want to be sure it’s the best it can be and want to make everyone happy – including ourselves.”

Just like Abe, the frontman also praised how the band approached the recording of the LP: “We’re not doing that thing where we go in and lock ourselves in a room until it’s done; we are kind of enjoying our time making it. It’s been a cool process, we get together, we work for a couple weeks, whether that’s just making noise and coming up with ideas and then everybody just goes home and comes back to work on ’em a little bit more. So, we’ve been doing that for a little over a year or so.

“[Last] summer, we actually went into the studio and recorded an album’s worth of music. So, the music was pretty much done and the last few months have sort of just been working on the lyrics and the melodies and the singing parts. So that’s pretty much where we’re at right now.”

Can't wait. Check out Terry Date and Chino in the studio together below:

Deftones' extensive 2020 live plans are currently as follows:

March

15 Auckland, NZ – Trusts Arena
18 Brisbane, AUS – Fortitude Music Hall (feat. Baroness)
20 Melbourne, AUS – Download Festival
21 Sydney, AUS – Download Festival
23 Adelaide, AUS – Thebarton Theatre (feat. Baroness)

May

1 Memphis, TN – Beale Street Music Festival
3 Concord, NC – Epicenter Festival
8 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville
17 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
22 Porto, POR – North Music Festival

June

3 Budapest, HUN – Budapest Park
4 Katowice, POL – Metal Hammer Festival
5-7 Nuremberg, GER – Rock im Park
10 Zurich, SWI – X-Tra
12 Donington, UK – Download Festival
15 Naas, IRE – Sunstroke Festival
19 Clisson, FRA – Hellfest
20 Landgraaf, NET – Pinkpop Festival
21 Dessel, BEL – Graspop Metal Meeting
22-26 Zagreb, CRO – Inmusic Festival
23 Gugliasco, ITA – Gruvillage Festival
27 Seinajoki, FIN – Provinssi Festival
28 Helsinki, FIN – Tuska Open Air

July

1 Roskilde, DEN – Roskilde Festival
3 Hamburg, GER – Grosse Freheit
4 Berlin, GER – Columbiahalle
9 Madrid, SPA – Mad Cool Festival
12 Moscow, RUS – Park Live Festival

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After their European stint, see Deftones live with Gojira and Poppy on one of the coolest U.S. tours of 2020.

Catch them all at following dates:

July

27 Portland, OR Theatre of the Clouds at Moda Center
28 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
30 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

August

1 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
2 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre
4 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Federal Theatre
5 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
7 Bonner Springs, KS Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
8 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom
9 Minneapolis, MN The Armory
11 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
12 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill
14 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
15 Laval, QC Place Bell
17 Toronto, ON RBC Echo Beach
19 New York, NYT The Rooftop at Pier 17
20 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summer Stage
22 Philadelphia, PA The Met Philadelphia
23 Washington, DC The Anthem
24 Bridgeport, CT Harbor Yard Amphitheater
26 Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Events Center
27 Indianapolis, IN The Amphitheatre at White River State Park
29 Atlanta, GA Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
30 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium

September

1 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
2 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
3 Irving, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
5 Denver, CO Pepsi Center

Deftones will perform at this year’s Download Festival alongside Iron Maiden, KISS, System Of A Down, Korn and loads more amazing bands. Get your tickets now.

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