DEFTONES Hold Off on EROS, To Start Work on Another Release

      MUSIC NEWS - The Deftones announced this week a decision to shelve their sixth album, 'Eros', and instead begin work on another release. As you may know, the group's bassist, Chi Cheng, is currently recovering in hospital after being in a serious car crash last year which left him in a coma for several months.  The band has said that the music on  'Eros' no longer represents them as they currently are and will, for now, hold off on its release.

Writing on their MySpace blog, twitter and their site, the band said: "The songs recorded for 'Eros' are very special to us as they are the latest with Chi (and we certainly hope not the last); they have history and significant meaning to us. However, as we neared completion on 'Eros', we realised that this record doesn't best encompass and represent who we are currently as people and as musicians. And although those songs will see the light of day at some point, we collectively made the decision that we needed to take a new approach, and with Chi's condition heavy on our minds while doing so. We needed to return to the studio to do what we felt was right artistically. Our inspiration and unity as a band is stronger than it has ever been before and we needed to channel that energy into our music, and deliver to our fans what you rightly deserve: the best Deftones record that we can make".

They also wrote;"The decision to hold off on releasing 'Eros' has no connection with Chi's condition or anything associated. This was, and is, purely a creative decision by the band to write, record, and deliver an amazing product. As a result we feel like this is the best record we've ever written. And although Chi is not playing bass with us, his presence is dramatically felt in our hearts and on our minds everyday when we step into that studio, and you will feel it in the music".

 Saturday Night Wrist, their October 2006 release, remains their current album.  Read more at Deftones.com