While Deftones frontman Chino Moreno has been busy making music and touring with his † † † (Crosses) band, as well as pushing projects with his other band Palms, his bandmates back home are beginning a new Deftones album – the follow-up to 2012’s Koi No Yokan – without him. And that’s okay.
In an interview with Australia’s SoundwaveFestTV, Chino broke the news that the band was beginning work on their first studio album since the death of founding bassist Chi Cheng, who passed away last April four years after a car accident left him paralyzed and comatose.
“The other guys started last week. I’m excited to hear what they’ve done so far,” Moreno said in the clip. “We don’t plan on what kind of record we’re going to make. We react to each other — one guy starts playing something then the other guy reacts to it, and the other guys react to that. Next thing we know, we have a song. I think that’s the best, organic way to write music. It’s worked for us over the years.”
Chino recently spoke to CraveOnline about the mythologized Eros album, which the band had recorded with Chi before his accident, calling the record’s release inevitable. Watch the full discussion right here.
