Eros

[Jerry_Curls]

I love that quote. It doesn't feel like bullshit, nonsense like he usually does.

[Jesus2Chino]

A lot of people seem to be freaking out about this being a sign of an impending Eros release. Obviously not holding my breath. Does anyone know any more about it? Is it just an album-shaped photo? Lol.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152106681037491&set=a.63052707490.68559.5544067490&type=1

Much respect,
-Matt

[sing blue silver]

A lot of people seem to be freaking out about this being a sign of an impending Eros release. Obviously not holding my breath. Does anyone know any more about it? Is it just an album-shaped photo? Lol.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152106681037491&set=a.63052707490.68559.5544067490&type=1

Much respect,
-Matt

Probably nothing but Live Vol. 2 would be more likely than Eros.

[ANattyRat]

Saw this earlier also. Intriguing, but the thought that it had anything to do with Eros didn't occur to me whatsoever. In fact, I didn't see it as a sign of any impending new release, but I guess the Live Volume 2 would be a possibility, I mean, I guess the images are somewhat similar.

[Sett]

They posted another one. Looks nice for a cover if anything.

[Inkblades]

I doubt it has anything to do with Eros.

[Danny Keyes]

you guys are so fucking stupid sometimes.

[pony_01]

you guys are so fucking stupid sometimes.

lol why?

[SwerveCityUSA]

if there's actually news about eros than cool. but I could really care less about it. it was rumored at the only period of my life I didn't even care about the band or guitar oriented music. Be excited with the direction of the new stuff and where that goes or put the old records on repeat.

[ANattyRat]

It's basically guaranteed that everyone wanting to hear Eros wants to hear it because it's the last album Chi ever worked on, and ever will. I think since Chi died, that desire to hear the music has increased, because while he was alive, there was always a possibility among some people, no matter how faint, that Chi could recover enough to make music again, even if not with while the band was active. I mean, for myself, I want to hear all music that Deftones have yet to release, but I also want to hear Eros for the reasons stated. That plus they were always saying it's a weird, experimental record. I just hope that no-one's expectations are so high that they won't enjoy it for what it would've been had it been released as intended.

[DeftonesNZ]

I'm excited for it not because i think it's going to be their best album for me it's as you said the experimental side of Eros, it's just pure curiosity, as a fan of the band it's really exciting prospect to see what they came up with when they just tried everything, also the little snippets we've heard really appeal to me.

[ANattyRat]

Here's a question: would you guys want it released exactly as it is, or completed first? I mean, I can't really see anyone wanting to see it completed first, but you never know.

I think for a band to complete it years after creating it, it'd feel like a very disjointed album that doesn't go together at all. Chino's lyric-writing and voice are different now to then, and the band members are in different points of their life, which goes very against what they've said about wanting albums to be a snapshot of that moment of their lives. As much as I'd love a finished, complete album, I'd rather have the unfinished album to give a greater idea as to the music they wanted to make at that time, than have a finished album that sounds perhaps a lot different to how it was intended.

[DeftonesNZ]

I'd want it finished, from what i've seen the writings all done it's just a matter of Chino recording on a few songs, i want to see the album how they intended it to be not an incomplete series of recordings especially since it's so close to finished, plus Deftones songs don't have that same quality that bands like Mogwai have where the songs sound perfect instrumentally, Deftones songs usually sound like they're kind of empty without vocals and inevitably I would start wondering what Chino would of sounded like on the songs, just like the with the Ezrin demos.

[ANattyRat]

Oh, I thought only some of the writing was done? I mean, I agree that I'd want to hear it as it was fully intended, but that's also a good argument against it being finished, in the sense that it wouldn't be quite the same with Chino approaching something he wrote years ago.

[DeftonesNZ]

I kind of worry about that aswell but I think he'll still able to put himself into the darker frame of mind, I'm thinking once he goes back and starts listening to it as it's a very dark album I think the songs will have the effect of putting him back in that moment of time like he says some self titled songs like battle axe do,also with Chi's passing and it being the last thing he worked on I think those emotions are going to flood in because even though he's been gone a while now working on Eros brings back all the memories and will create a feeling of finality over Chi's death as they will be doing the thing they said they wouldn't do until Chi was better and there's no real way of distracting yourself from those feelings either when you have to spend hours listening to him. Also I think some of the darker/bitter side of their feelings over Chi will surface, at the moment there's that slight relief he's not in pain anymore and they seem to be looking at the positives but maybe with going back to the Eros stuff frustation might come up and they might get those bitter feelings you get with deaths. they might start getting a bit pissed off that it had to happen to them and start thinking about how unfair everything that happened to Chi was, that sort of thing can put you in a real dark and twisted place.

[Teknoman]

It's basically guaranteed that everyone wanting to hear Eros wants to hear it because it's the last album Chi ever worked on, and ever will. I think since Chi died, that desire to hear the music has increased, because while he was alive, there was always a possibility among some people, no matter how faint, that Chi could recover enough to make music again, even if not with while the band was active. I mean, for myself, I want to hear all music that Deftones have yet to release, but I also want to hear Eros for the reasons stated. That plus they were always saying it's a weird, experimental record. I just hope that no-one's expectations are so high that they won't enjoy it for what it would've been had it been released as intended.

I want Eros because they said it is/was a weird unconventional album... I mean the first time I listened to Melanie I was like "What the hell is this chaotic rhythm? is Chino using Auto-tune or something?... then after a few listens I started to enjoy that song and it ended up being one of my favorite Deftones' songs.

I want to hear how far they went on that record. In my mind Rosemary is a sneakpeak of Eros.

[BunsRaisinsPies]

I came across a set of images on Facebook. What they are I'm not sure of (maybe I missed this in the previous pages of the thread cause I'm too lazy to go through them) but I find it quite interesting. Does anyone here have these?

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1467463_10103964617945790_412715043_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q77/s720x720/1476586_10153536512795654_959999957_n.jpg

[DeftonesNZ]

I think they're just some sort of eros promotional thing from that era like a little poster

[New Murderer]

I remember those. I could be mistaken, but I thought they were the early promos for SNW?

[DeftonesNZ]

Yeah I think you're right I just seeing remember people posting those saying it was from some album promo thing, i think these were from like 2004/5 timeframe and I beleive they were lik a teaser posters for SNW