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It’s taken five years for a new Deftones album to come — and it’s finally here. Today, the group announced that it will release the album Private Music on Aug. 22 via Reprise and Warner Records. Deftones also released the single “My Mind Is a Mountain.”

The artwork for Deftones’ upcoming album features a bright green background with a white snake slithering over it. The group also shared the 11-song track list for Private Music, which includes songs such as “Souvenir,” “Cut Hands,” “Metal Dream,” and “Departing the Body.”

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Sacramento alt-metal band Deftones is expected to begin an untitled tour in less than three weeks.

This is the Deftones’ first headline tour since 2022. The 26-date tour is slated to kick off on Feb. 25 in Portland. The band will continue to make stops across the country, including Los Angeles and New York, before wrapping up in Boston on April 8. The band will receive musical support from The Mars Volta and Fleshwater.

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The band’s original members, who started in 1988, are Chino Moreno on vocals, Stephen Carpenter on guitar, and Abe Cunningham on drums. Frank Delgado, on keyboard and turntables, joined the band in 1999, and Fred Sablan, on bass and backing vocals, joined the band in 2022.

Over the years, the band has been regularly recognized for its distinct sound. In 2001, their third album, White Pony, won them their first Grammy for Best Metal Performance. Twenty years later,...

Drumeo’s “For the First Time” video series puts professional drummers on the spot, forcing them to improvise over notable songs they’ve never heard before. The latest “First Time” clip from the instructional platform sees longtime Billy Joel drummer Liberty DeVitto in front of the cameras.

As we saw in a previous clips featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith challenged to play a Thirty Seconds to Mars song and Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy getting pitted against a Nickelback tune, the Drumeo engineers revel in finding a song that’s both new and challenging to the drummer. In the case of the 73-year-old DeVitto, he was presented with Deftones‘ “My Own Summer (Shove It).”

Initially, DeVitto begins taking notes as he hears a drumless version of the iconic Around the Fur opener. But when the chorus hits and Chino Moreno’s screams come in, DeVitto drops his pen...

The drummer of Sleep Token, known only as II, has granted the first video interview with any member of the mysterious UK alt-metal band.

II spoke with drum-training platform Drumeo, which featured an hour-long video of the drummer discussing his influences and playing style, as well as running through 12 playthroughs of Sleep Token songs.

Considering the band’s music draws comparisons to classic alternative metal acts such as Slipknot and Deftones, it’s no surprise that II cited those bands’ percussionists among his core influences.

“These days, I would describe my playing style as a mixture of that signature Abe Cunningham, Deftones inspired, heavier sort of grooving with a linear style gospel influence,” II said, later adding: “When I first started playing, I — like many others in my generation — was heavily into drummers such as [late Slipknot drummer] Joey Jordison, Matt from the band Mudvayne, as well as the more extreme speed players such as Derek Roddy.

Gojira have released “Into the Storm,” the fourth single from their upcoming album Fortitude. The Grammy-nominated band will release their latest LP on April 30th via Roadrunner Records.

“This song is infused with the concept of civil disobedience,” Gojira vocalist and guitarist Joe Duplantier said. “Acting accordingly with our deepest wisdom and standing for what is precious and good in this world. The only possible revolution is the one that blossoms from within us. Change will come from individuals. Laws are meant to be bent and shaped to our vital needs.

This Saturday, June 20th, marks the 20th anniversary of Deftones’ third album White Pony, which Rolling Stone named as one of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. Earlier in the week, Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno, drummer Abe Cunningham and keyboardist Frank Delgado hosted a virtual press conference on Zoom to share updates from quarantine — as well as revelations on the album that forever changed a genre.

The band confirmed that White Pony will be getting a reissue later in the year, as well as a remix LP titled Black Stallion.

For their first-annual festival called “Dia de los Deftones,” Deftones are bringing in Future, Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda and Rocket From the Crypt. The events occurs on Saturday, November 3rd at Petco Park at the Park in San Diego, California. Punk-rap duo Ho99o9, singer-rapper Doja Cat, Australian death-pop act Vowws and death-metal band Vein will also perform at the all-ages event.

Tickets start at $75 and go on sale Friday, July 20th at 10 a.m. Pst via Ticketmaster. A pre-sale begins Tuesday, July 17th at 10 a.m. Pst.

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Deftones bassist Chi Cheng has died. He was 42 and had been in a semi-conscious state since a 2008 car accident. Cheng co-founded the band with Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, and Abe Cunningham in the late 1980s, performing on the band’s first five albums—three of which went platinum. He won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance with the group in 2001 for “Elite,” from the record White Pony. Deftones’ debut, 1995’s Adrenaline, wasn’t an initial success, but after the group did some extensive touring, it ultimately ended up spending 21 weeks on the Billboard Heatseekers chart ...

So, London.

It’s a hell of a town, and I’ve been visiting for a couple of days – eating fine, multi-cultured cuisine, exploring the sights, hearing the sounds, walking through the past alongside evolution in the Natural History Museum, roaming an ice cold Hyde Park to mainly watch the ducks versus swans and what-have-yous on the Serpentine (you know, giving them names and personalities and back stories), seeing what’s-his-face from off of being singer for Hard-Fi in Chancery Lane tube station and of course visiting the Tower of London, not to tickle the jewels and work the sceptre but mostly to be embarrassed by the absurdity of them all. The real stars of the Tower of London are the ravens.

Oh, and the jewelled guns in the White Tower. Amazing. That’s just rock ’n’ roll, that is.

Anyhow, tourism, and pretending I’ve more money than skirting...

By Zachary Swickey

Los Angeles – Few rock bands that emerged during the '90s nu-metal phase still exist today and practically none have the amount of respect and admiration the Deftones receive from their musical peers. Countless bands cite the Sacramento-based group as a big influence on their music.

Saturday night (July 28) the Deftones stopped by the Troubadour in Los Angeles – an incredibly tiny, sweaty 300-capacity club – to perform their first proper show in nearly a year and their only solo date before heading out on a co-headlining amphitheater tour with System of a Down prior to their new, still-untitled album dropping on October 9. Soad drummer John Dolmayan and bassist Shavo Odadjian were both in attendance, enjoying the set alongside Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato.

The Deftones took no time dusting off the cobwebs as they erupted straight into “Rocket Skates” – one of the heavier numbers off their last release,...

July 22: Actor Orson Bean ("Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman") is 84. Actress Louise Fletcher is 78. Singer Chuck Jackson is 75. Actor Terence Stamp is 74. Game show host Alex Trebek is 72. Singer George Clinton is 71. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 69. Actor Danny Glover is 66. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 66. Singer Don Henley is 65. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 65. Composer Alan Menken ("Little Mermaid," "Little Shop of Horrors") is 63. Musician Al Di Meola is 58. Actor Willem Dafoe is 57. Singer Keith Sweat is 51. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 49. Actor-comedian David Spade is 48. Actor John Leguizamo is 48. Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme is 45. Actor Rhys Ifans is 45. Musician Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 39. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 39. Actress Franka Potente ("The Bourne Identity") is 38. Actress Selena Gomez is 20.

July 23: Actress Gloria DeHaven is 87. Radio personality Don Imus is 72. Country singer Tony Joe White is 69. Actor Larry Manetti ("Magnum, P.I.") is 65. Singer David Essex is 65. Singer...

Ozzy Osbourne and Iron Maiden will be the frontrunners at this year's third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards after picking up multiple nominations on Thursday, February 24. Ozzy will battle Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson for Best Vocalist, while the Prince of Darkness' guitarist and drummer will battle Maiden's men for the night's best player prizes.

Rob Zombie also picks up multiple nods - his touring guitarist is up for Best Guitarist and drummer Joey Jordison will compete with Tommy Clufetos (Ozzy Osbourne), Abe Cunningham (Deftones), Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour), Nico McBrain (Iron Maiden) and Avenged Sevenfold's recently departed bandmate Mike Portnoy for the Best Drummer title.

Meanwhile, fighting Brits Osbourne and Dickinson for the Best Vocalist award will be Glenn Danzig (Danzig), Chino Moreno (Deftones), M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold) and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor. Ozzy's Scream is up for Album of the Year alongside Avenged Sevenfold's...