The Sacramento, California rock band Deftones is set to release their sixth studio album “Diamond Eyes”. The band previously finished another studio album in 2008, however, the release of the album was put on hold in favor of “Diamond Eyes”.
“Diamond Eyes” was originally scheduled to be released on April 27, 2010 but was pushed back three weeks to May 18, 2010 through Warner Bros. Records/Reprise Records. On Tuesday, February 23, 2010 the band released the first single from “Diamond Eyes” as a free download on their official web site, the single titled “Rocket Skates”.
While “Rocket Skates” will not be receiving radio play its known that the first radio single will be the title track, "Diamond Eyes," and will be released for airplay on March 30, 2010.
Commenting on song writing, Moreno stated:
“ I don’t like listening to people’s problems — I like music. Music has been smothered with that complaining since the early-’90s. It gets old. Instead of going to the opposite side of the spectrum and listening to Black Eyed Peas, which is just straight silly, I choose to listen to more instrumental music. I do very little singing about myself on this record. I love songs where I can totally take myself out of being human. I can sing about really odd things, and they don’t necessarily have to pertain to me at all. It paints a picture. Those are the kind of lyrics I grew up with — like The Cure. Really visual images and no storytelling.”
Deftones wanted to make an optimistic record, as opposed to the dark and angry album they just finished. “Diamond Eyes” was recorded in two months with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Stone Sour). Deftones avoided using Pro Tools on the album in favor of writing songs together as a band and practicing them "a million times ’til they were perfect" in order to achieve a more raw and "personable" sound.
Overall the album is expected to include a total of 11 tracks including “Rocket Skates”, Nylons and Suspenders”, and “Diamond Eyes”. The entire albums track list is not currently available.
The Sacramento, California rock band Deftones is set to release their sixth studio album “Diamond Eyes”. The band previously finished another studio album in 2008, however, the release of the album was put on hold in favor of “Diamond Eyes”. 
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