Deftones lead singer Chino Moreno says that being isolated in his new home in Montana after living in Los Angeles for so long made its way into the lyrics of the band's new album, Ohms, which will be released on Friday (Sept. 25th). He told Grammy.com, “I’d go out to the mountains by myself and I’d hang out, and I liked it at first. But there was no balance there. At some point, I started to long for connection and conversations and just being a part of society again. And so a lot of that stuff made its way into the lyrical content of the record.”
Moreno also wants to get back to doing more side projects, like he did several years ago. He said, “I’m looking forward to start doing more projects, collaborating with different people. That’s really fun for me. And that’s kind of one of the best ways I like making music is collaborating as opposed to just making music by myself. I love reacting to what someone else is playing and going back and forth, to me that’s really, really fun. So I look forward to doing more of that.”
Ohms follows up Deftones' previous studio album, Gore, which was released in 2016.