“We’ve never just been a metal band, we’ve never just been an alternative band, we’ve always just been us. “That yin and yang of what we’ve always done of making very brutal music while having these lush overtones and undertones within it is what makes us who we are. “That’s a good scope of where this record’s at, and as a Deftones song in general,” he revealed. And, according to Chino, it’s a pretty decent indication of what else is to come on September 25… Yep, Ohms’ final song – the title-track – was the single that Deftones opted to lead with above all else. I’ll say this… 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.” Then, in June, Abe responded to an interview question asking if Deftones’ new album is “heavier” than its predecessors, replying: “It’s all that. That’s the best way I can describe where we’re at, and where we’re going.” “And that’s what keeps it fun for us for the most part not really knowing what’s going to become of this, or what type of record we’re making – just letting it kind of happen.

“We’re a little bit in that mode where we’re just trying completely different ways of doing things,” he explained.

When we caught up with Chino during the writing process in 2019, the frontman alluded to “experimental sort of modes” that Deftones were getting into on Ohms, enthusing that it’s the “funnest phase” that the band dabble in.

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