Agree it's some good shit.

I see how band says it needs work but damn is it some classic Deftones. Most of the tracks could be worked out a little, mixed, mastered and I'd be happy. I think it's Chino who was most unhappy with how it was in it's present state.

And I respect others' opinions and all but everyone talking about how great Candy is, Why

Why

wHy

Whyyyy

18 years in the making, and we finally hear it. very unexpected. it sounds about exactlty how Chino described it. 80% music done, 50% vocals done. you can tell some of these vocals are just melody fillers, rough ideas. but the album is far far closer to complete than the old bob ezrin demos, with really really rough vocals on only a few tracks. every track here has vocals, and somewhat mixed sounding. i've only heard it once. about to listen to it again in a little while. this is wild that it leaked, and the tracks all have vocals

was there also a b-side from ohms released? cause i could never find it
(gore b-side?)

Quote from: tRiT57 on Jun 25, 2026, 10:53 AMAwesome job, thank you ! Quick question: are the files on the Eros throwaways/demos section the original ones ? Because I'm missing a few of them, and can't find them anywhere else.

They are earlier versions of the track from the album

Quote from: UNO - The Passenger on Jun 25, 2026, 02:50 PMThanks again, it's great!
I don't see in the tracker the instrumental of Destiny, the two vocal takes of Briana and the instrumental and acapella for Trempest. (help?)

It's in the stems section on the top

this album is a weird multidimensional fever dream, it's so bizarre this wasn't a part of my life fifteen years ago cause cause it would've felt right at home. sucks for the lads it got pushed out like this and can't even imagine what it feels like to basically have someone rip out pages from your musical diary (and sell it at that) but god damn man it's good shit

After the third listen I kinda get Rocket Skates vibes off Electra's chorus.

By the way, what's that talk at the end of Margot? Like, was it intended or someone literally talked during the recording lol.

dude this is crazy work. Thank you!

Quote from: ghostofemilydickinson on Jun 25, 2026, 02:51 PMAlso...is everyone else assuming the end of Electra eventually morphed/evolved into the ending to Royal?

I'm getting more influence from Beware vibes from it, instead of an evolution into Royal. That's just me though.

I don't really think any riffs here directly moved to future albums-- like had been claimed before the leak. However, certain creative choices started here, like Steph playing upper register solo-type melodies and more lumbering, simple riffs.

To me, the only things they put on future material would be taking the R out of Trempest and using the word Diamond.

If anyone is feeling generous, I wouldn't mind a link to hear this stuff. Longtime member here I would actually love a link.   Thank you in advance.

I wrestled with whether or not to listen to the tracks. Mainly just out of respect for Chi. But then I decided, you know what, I'll listen to one track at random just to get the "flavor" of it.

That was a mistake, as the randomly selected song was Candy.

Holy shit.

Needless to say, I've listened to the entire album about 5 times now. Sure, it could be recency bias, but pretty sure Melanie and Candy, and are top tier Deftones tracks. I'd argue to say Candy is better than anything on Gore or Ohms.

Also...is everyone else assuming the end of Electra eventually morphed/evolved into the ending to Royal?