I used to always, when I’d walk into a studio to start a record, I would put on that record to start with. On which of his albums should have been bigger: “The second Prong record that I did, Rude Awakening (1996), is one of my personal favorites to listen to.On the band’s albums that he didn’t produce: “I didn’t want to go back and listen to stuff they did with other people because the reason we were working together again was to hopefully capture some of the early records’ vibe… the ‘magic.’”.I mean, it’s a good song… I don’t know who decided that. On the title track from Ohms: “his wasn’t a first single to me at all.He’s just what a drummer is supposed to be, I think.” I mean, that guy’s feel… and I know this from sitting through rehearsals with him… just his personality, everything he’s like… my favorite drummer. Deftones drummer Abe Cunningham “is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated drummers.There are some other interesting tidbits in the interview, too. My favorite entrance to any record I’ve ever done was that right there – just like, ‘Here we go.’” I think that was my favorite drum sound that I got with the exception of the two hits at the beginning of Around the Fur album. White Pony is still my favorite just because of ‘Digital Bath’ and because I reference myself to those drums at the beginning of that song, that drum sound. But the immediacy of the dirty laundry is so apparent when something is new like that. I’m just now starting to like Pantera records! And that’s overdramatizing, of course. I have to get so far away from it to appreciate it. “Well, you know this from doing this for so long, after hearing a record so many times in a row, it takes me ten years to actually like a record again. In a new interview with (a website dedicated, I assume, to all things having to do with recording), Date was asked if Ohms “will be new favorite Deftones record.” Naturally, as part of his answer, Date had to reveal which Deftones record is currently his favorite: I’m just sayin’, y’know, the guy’s opinion has heft. Oh, and he also mixed the first two Slipknot records. Read our tribute to the iconic album here.He is also, you oughta know, a legend in his own right, with credits that nclude all the good Pantera albums as well as multiple releases by Soundgarden, Avenged Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit, White Zombie, Prong, Staind, Buckcherry, Bring Me the Horizon… the list goes on and on. Not only does it have a super great mix of soft and melancholic songs but it contains probably some of their most heavy songs. Deftones (2003) This album is extraordinary. If you like that album, or if you like Deftones, this is a must have. Though Deftones haven’t properly announced any details about the upcoming album, Cunningham accidentally shared a snippet of new material back in April. Ya, this album in many way is like ‘A Perfect Circle’ Emotive album. “We can’t help but sound like ourselves, but just being back with Terry, there’s certain sounds that we developed with Terry that kind of became sort of our core sounds, and those are back again,” Cunningham said about the new music. He also mentioned their “old pal” Terry Date produced the new album, who notably helmed Adrenaline, Around the Fur, White Pony, and 2003’s self-titled. 25 release date makes total sense, considering Deftones’ drummer Abe Cunningham recently said the album would “hopefully” drop in September after revealing it had been completed during quarantine and was getting mastered. 25 - which happens to be a Friday, the day albums are released.Ī Sept. The numbers likely translate to a date - Sept. Though this is interesting, the real clue is in the URL itself (). The website is a static black screen with white pixels slowly coming into focus to form a square. As Loudwire points out, the band recently updated all its social media profile pictures to black frames, with the Facebook image directing fans to its website. Deftones are teasing something - and all signs point to the release of their anticipated new album.