DEFTONES – Working With PANTERA Producer

There has been very little details revealed about DEFTONES’ forthcoming ninth studio album. A picture posted on the band’s social media, seems to have shared some key details.

In a photograph taken by the band’s keyboardist/sampler Frank Delgado, the band can be seen working on new material at Los Angeles’ Henson Recording Studio with producer Terry Date (Pantera, Alice In Chains) once again behind the boards. Moreno stated this past November that the band had recorded “an album’s worth of music” during the summer of 2019.

Date has produced some of the band’s more notable output over the years, including their platinum debut “Adrenaline“, their platinum sophomore album “Around The Fur“, their platinum third album “White Pony” and their gold-certified 2003 self-titled outing. If you missed it earlier today, a newly-published interview with the group’s drummer Abe Cunningham revealed that the group are planning to release the album during the second half of 2020.

With a big summer tour lined up with Gojira and Poppy, speculation is that the album should arrive sometime around then. The band’s touring plans include:

03/15 Auckland, NZ – Trusts Arena
03/18 Brisbane, AUS – Fortitude Music Hall (feat. Baroness)
03/20 Melbourne, AUS – Download Festival
03/21 Sydney, AUS – Download Festival
03/23 Adelaide, AUS – Thebarton Theatre (feat. Baroness)

05/01 Memphis, TN – Beale Street Music Festival (tickets)
05/03 Concord, NC – Epicenter Festival (tickets)
05/08 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville (tickets)
05/17 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival (tickets)
05/22 Porto, POR – North Music Festival
06/03 Budapest, HUN – Budapest Park
06/03 Katowice, POL – Metal Hammer Festival
06/05-07 Nuremberg, GER – Rock im Park
06/10 Zurich, SWI – X-Tra
06/12 Donington, UK – Download Festival
06/15 Naas, IRE – Sunstroke Festival
06/19 Clisson, FRA – Hellfest
06/20 Landgraaf, NET – Pinkpop Festival
06/21 Dessel, BEL – Graspop Metal Meeting
06/22-26 Zagreb, CRO – Inmusic Festival
06/23 Gugliasco, ITA – Gruvillage Festival
06/27 Seinajoki, FIN – Provinssi Festival
06/28 Helsinki, FIN – Tuska Open Air
07/01 Roskilde, DEN – Roskilde Festival
07/03 Hamburg, GER – Grosse Freheit
07/04 Berlin, GER – Columbiahalle
07/09 Madrid, SPA – Mad Cool Festival
07/12 Moscow, RUS – Park Live Festival

With Gojira & Poppy:

07/27 Portland, OR – Theatre Of The Clouds at Moda Center (tickets)
07/28 Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater (tickets)
07/30 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (tickets)
08/01 Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Concert Theater (tickets)
08/02 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre (tickets)
08/04 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre (tickets)
08/05 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphiheatre (tickets)
08/07 Bonner Springs, KS – Providence Medical Center Amphitheater (tickets)
08/08 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club (tickets)
08/09 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory (tickets)
08/11 Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion (tickets)
08/12 Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill (tickets)
08/14 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena (tickets)
08/15 Laval, QC – Plave Bellaval (tickets)
08/17 Toronto, ON – RBC Echo Beach (tickets)
08/19 New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17 (tickets)
08/20 Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony (tickets)
08/22 Philadelphia, PA – The Met (tickets)
08/23 Washington, DC – The Anthem (tickets)
08/24 Bridgeport, CT – Harbor Yard Amphitheater (tickets)
08/26 Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center (tickets)
08/27 Indianapolis, IN – Amphitheater at White River State Park (tickets)
08/29 Atlanta, GA Cadence Bank Amphitheatre (tickets)
08/30 Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium (tickets)
09/01 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center (tickets)
09/02 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (tickets)
09/03 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory (tickets)
09/05 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center (tickets)