In the middle of recording Saturday Night Wrist, singer Chino Moreno went on a three-month tour with his side project Team Sleep. They soon started work on what would eventually become Saturday Night Wrist, a record that was pieced together with the members emailing each other their own recorded parts and not written as a full band. Deftones were not pleased with the album they created and did not tour much in support of it. This tension carried over to the recording of the group's fourth studio album, Deftones, in 2003, which was a dark and depressing record.

The recording sessions of this album marked the first time in five years, since their self-titled fourth album, that Deftones had worked with Terry Date.īackground and recording Precursors (2000–2006) īeginning with the writing process and subsequent rigorous touring schedule to promote Deftones' 2000 album White Pony, the relationship among band members started to dissolve. In the years that followed, the band has had mixed feelings about finishing and officially releasing Eros at some point down the road. With Cheng in a coma, Deftones recruited former Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega and released Diamond Eyes instead in 2010. The November 2008 car accident of bassist Chi Cheng forced the band to initially hold off on releasing the album, however, and they later shelved the album indefinitely in a creative decision to move forward. The band spent time recording the album from April to November 2008 at The Spot in Los Angeles. Of an unreleased album by American alternative metal band Deftones, with tentative release dates in 20.

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