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Deftones Are "Back At It" With New Writing Session Pictures

Exciting news.

April 26, 2018

Deftones are continuing to tease photos suggesting that they're starting work on a new album.

It looks like Sacramento's finest have been meeting up to get cracking on the follow-up to 2016's brilliant Gore in their downtime between shows this year. And that makes us very happy indeed.

Though they haven't explicitly stated that they're writing new material – they could just be jamming for fun – it's definitely the angle we're wishing for…

The band will be returning to the UK in June, with an appearance at Robert Smith's amazing Meltdown Festival in London. Will we hear any new tunes by that point, hmmm?

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