Return to our brash best Tone

Out today, the band’s new album Ohms is in direct contrast to their more atmospheric previous album Gore and also re- teams them with – the producer of their first four LPS.

Frontman explained: “We intended to make more direct music this time. We felt like we were back home straight away.

“We were missing that aggression, the in- your- face directness of our early albums.”

The atmospheric nature of the previous LP caused some friction with guitarist

Moreno added: “It was important we included Stephen as much as possible because he’d been put in a hole on Gore. The best Deftones records are the ones where we each express ourselves fully.”

Album opener Genesis sets the full- throttle tone.

Moreno said: “The heavy guitars and the voice too – it’s really charged up. We love losing ourselves in a jamming session like hippies around a campfire. Starting a record like that is a sign to the fans.”

But there are many shades to the Deftones sound, with tracks The Spell Of Mathematics and Pompeji recalling the

Moreno agreed: “That group is always with me.

“Those two tracks work well together. Spell was the last song we recorded. Pompeji is sad, pessimistic. Even though it was written over a year ago, it’s the perfect illustration of current times.”

Ohms was supposed to be out in July but the pandemic delayed everything, including their tour.

Moreno added: “What is positive about that is the fans now have longer to digest the music before hearing it live on stage. You often see the audience not recognising new songs.”

Next Deftones plan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their seminal White Pony album with a remix collection called Black Stallion.

Moreno said: “The idea is to have it remixed by people from the era it was released, so everyone who has worked on it was active in the year 2000 like

and

It’s very cool.”