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ALBUM REVIEW: Deftones – private music

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Five years can seem like an eternity if one is a big enough fan of a band, and waiting half a decade for new music from Deftones has certainly had fans chomping at the bit. Deftones’ 2020 album Ohms (Reprise Records, review here) took on a heavy and reflective tone that mirrored the emotional distress of the pandemic and lockdown. Now, Deftones followers can rejoice, as the band have emerged with private music (via Reprise and Warner Records), with eleven tracks of silver lining to what’s been a tense 2025. Co-produced and recorded in California and Nashville with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Korn, Alice In Chains, Mastodon), who worked on 2010’s Diamond Eyes and 2012’s Koi No Yokan (both also Reprise/Warner).Continue reading →


Deftones Share a New Single “milk of the madonna” – New Album “Private Music” Coming Soon

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Deftones have shared the official music video for their new single “milk of the madonna,” the second new single following “my mind is a mountain,” from the new album Private Music! Pre-orders are live for Private Music, out August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records below. Their EU/UK Tour kicks off January 29 at the Adidas Arena in Paris. It includes 15 shows across major cities, including Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester and Dublin, before wrapping at The O2 in London on February 20. Deftones will be joined by Denzel Curry and Drug Church as support across these dates. Full routing below.  Continue reading →


Deftones Share Their Music Video for “my mind is a mountain” – New Album “Private Music” Coming Soon

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Deftones have shared the official music video for their new single “my mind is a mountain,” teased in the run up to the single drop. You can watch the video and pre-order the new album Private Music, at the links below. The band are set to return to arenas across Europe and the UK in early 2026 in support of their forthcoming 10th studio album, private music, out August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records. Pre-order the album below. The 2026 EU/UK Tour kicks off January 29 at the Adidas Arena in Paris. It includes 15 shows across major cities, including Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester and Dublin, before wrapping at The O2 in London on February 20. Deftones will be joined by Denzel Curry and Drug Church as support across these dates. Full routing below. Tickets go on sale Friday, July,18th, 2025. Continue reading →


Deftones Announce 2026 Headline Tour of The UK and Europe with Support from Denzel Curry and Drug Church – New Album “Private Music” Coming Soon

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Multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning Sacramento band Deftones are set to return to arenas across Europe and the UK in early 2026 in support of their forthcoming 10th studio album, private music, out August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records. Pre-order the album below. The 2026 EU/UK Tour kicks off January 29 at the Adidas Arena in Paris. It includes 15 shows across major cities, including Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester and Dublin, before wrapping at The O2 in London on February 20. Deftones will be joined by Denzel Curry and Drug Church as support across these dates. Full routing below. Continue reading →


Deftones Share a New Single “my mind is a mountain” – New Album “Private Music” Coming Soon

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After much teasing in concert and on social media, Deftones will release their new album Private Music on August 22nd, 2025, via Warner Music. Pre-orders are live at the link below. Watch and stream the new single “my mind is a mountain” now! Created with producer Nick Raskulinecz in 2024, this is one of the most anticipated albums of 2025, and their first since Ohms (also Warner Music) in 2020. Stream the single now! Continue reading →


Deftones Continue to Tease New Album and Single “Private Music”

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Deftones continue to tease a new album and single drop, possibly titled Private Music, which will be their 10th studio album since forming in 1989 in Sacramento, California. They began teasing something called “Private Music” on their current European and UK tour of festivals, including their June 30th headline show at Crystal Palace in the UK.  The band has indicated in interviews with members, and over social media they had wrapped up recording with producer Nick Raskulinecz last year. The band has shared a few more posts this week with lyric teases and still images from a possible music video, which you can see below.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Halestorm – Back From The Dead

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While it’s damn near time to call a moratorium on the “bands affected by the pandemic” introduction to review pieces, it does seem particularly prevalent to do so in reference to Halestorm, for whom life on the road seems such an integral and core part of who and what they are. That isn’t to say that a fifth album wouldn’t have been coming around now, just that the circumstances and unplanned quiet time wouldn’t have dictated the methods of its creation.Continue reading →


Halestorm Cancels Their European “Evening With” Tour Dates

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Halestorm’s has been forced to canceled their previously announced European “An Evening With Halestorm” tour due to COVID-19 restrictuoins throughout Europe. The tour was to begin next week,  on February 1 in Frankfurt, Germany, and end on March 13 in London. The band is still planning on touring the United Kingdom and Ireland. The band will release their new album in 2022, produced by their frequent collavorator Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, RUSH) via their longtime label, Atlantic Records. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Damon Johnson and The Get Ready – Battle Lessons 

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Since leaving Black Star Riders, Damon Johnson (ex-Alice Cooper, Brother Cane) has focused on his solo career, with his new album Battle Lessons (Double Dragon Records, Straight 8 Entertainment) with The Get Ready his second solo album in three years. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Mastodon) and joined by drummer Jarred Pope (Tom Keifer) and bassist Robbie Harrington (Steve Vai), Battle Lessons is a hook-filled slab of melodic Hard Rock. 

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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Deftones Released “Diamond Eyes” Ten Years Ago

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Deftones, even at their best, have been a band of dichotomies. That is what makes them a special band in the history of heavy music: opposing forces pulling and pushing them apart and back again. They may have been coming apart at the seams in the run-up to making Diamond Eyes (Reprise), and you couldn’t blame them. If you follow the band closely, you know the history. The band was nearly done tracking their highly anticipated album Eros in the fall of 2008, when founding bassist Chi Cheng was in a car wreck, on his way home from a funeral. Chi was left in a vegetative state, and the band was in shock. As Chi fought for his life (he passed in 2013, RIP), the band was left wondering what to do. They wanted to make music, but the experience with their best friend caused them to shelve Eros, never to be heard (almost never). When they came back together, the results were unexpected and wild. Continue reading →