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DEFTONES' New Album Won't Be As Heavy As Previously Reported

October 14, 2005

DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng has told MTV.com that the group's vocalist, Chino Moreno, has spent the last few weeks recording vocal tracks for a dozen songs that'll surface on the band's forthcoming fifth album, which still hasn't been titled. "Chino's got to make it just right," the bassist said. "It's the DEFTONES way, really. It's not always the quickest way — it sure as fuck takes a long time. In fact, a few months ago, I thought maybe we had broken up. It takes [Chino] longer to do it, but the stuff I've heard from him so far is amazing. Just when I want to get pissed at the guy, you hear a little rough track or something, and it's like, 'Oh, well, it's pretty amazing.' I don't care how long it takes, as long as he continues to put out the shit he puts out."

Cheng also noted that the album won't be as heavy as Moreno's suggested in prior interviews.

"I know there's some of the heaviest stuff we've ever done on this record, but it's also a DEFTONES record, which means it'll have some of the softer side of this band to it, too," Cheng said. "A lot of really cool melody ... I mean, the last album was a really dark album. This one has shades of 'White Pony' to it. Lots of melody, you know? It's not strictly going to be a heavy album."

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