While, Deftones have almost finished working on their new upcoming album titled "Gore," which is scheduled to get released on April 8, 2016, via Warner Bros. Records, frontman Chino Moreno has revealed some details about how the band members came out of their comfort zone to record songs for the new album.
Moreno revealed in an interview with Kerrang! Magazine that the band's upcoming new album will be different as compared to their last two albums.
"If you look at the title and the artwork, it's about a juxtaposition that, for me, is very beautiful, the frontman said, according to NME.
"I think Deftones have always flirted with dynamic and that yin-and-yang of things that are provocative and things that are beautiful. Where our last two album titles were a lot more optimistic, I think this title is intentionally different. This record is very different."
"I feel like 'Diamond Eyes' and 'Koi No Yokan' were brother-sister records in a lot of ways. They were both recording in the same way. And even though it was a tough few years we went through while making those records, I think it was important to have their optimistic outlook," he said.
Moreno went on to add that Deftones worked outside of their comfort zone for the new album, but, the music still has a Deftones feel.
"I do think we went in knowing that we wanted to make this record a little different from the last two," he said, according to Loudwire.
"And I feel, definitely, like we did that. It's still a Deftones record - we didn't really have any new influences that changed that - but it's an expansion of what we were comfortable with.
"And it's important to get out of your comfort zone sometimes with the music - just to be excited. It's got a different look. A different shade of color. I'd say some shade of purple. I don't know why, but I think it sits somewhere between pink, red and purple. Sometimes when I hear music, I see color."
Fans can currently pre-order "Gore" at www.deftones.com.