Chino Moreno Reveals If Lost Deftones Album “Eros ”— Abandoned After Bassist Was Left Comatose — Will Ever See ‘Light of Day’

Chino Moreno opened up astir nan position of Deftones' mislaid medium Eros.

In an question and reply pinch The Guardian published connected Thursday, Aug. 21, nan lead vocalist and guitarist revealed whether nan medium Eros, which was abandoned aft nan band's bassist Chi Cheng was near comatose, will ever spot nan "light of day."

"We’re ever asked astir Eros," Moreno, 52, began. "It will astir apt ne'er spot nan ray of day. That would impact going backmost to that play and resurrecting unfinished things, and someway bringing them to completion."

He past noted that nan opus "Dallas" was nan only 1 "anywhere adjacent finished."

Moreno past noted that nan band's caller medium Private Music began "with ideas we’d been moving connected alone, done nan pandemic."

"And erstwhile we sewage together to really commencement making nan record, nary of america wanted to look backmost astatine those ideas from nan pandemic – we wanted to seizure nan infinitesimal we’re successful today," he said.

Moreno concluded: "So going backmost to effort to seizure what was happening backmost during Eros, and finishing those ideas, doesn’t really make sense."

Eros was an medium that Deftones worked connected betwixt 2008 and 2009.

During nan making of nan album, Cheng was successful a car accident, which near him successful a coma. It prompted nan set to clasp disconnected connected releasing nan LP astatine nan time, but eventually, nan medium was shelved.

Cheng remained successful a semi-conscious authorities for years earlier he died successful April 2013 from cardiac apprehension astatine nan property of 42.

Moreno besides said to The Independent astir nan position of Eros successful 2016, revealing astatine nan clip that musically it was "probably 75-80% done and lyrically astir halfway there." However, he noted he "wasn't excessively happy pinch nan material."

"Some of nan euphony was lacking a small bit," he told nan publication. "I had religion it was going to travel together and beryllium awesome successful nan end, but we ne'er sewage to that point."

Moreno further noted that erstwhile Cheng's mishap happened, "everything came to a halt pinch the Eros sessions."

Ultimately, he wasn't willing successful going backmost and having his successor, bassist Sergio Vega, decorativeness nan parts.

"If nan grounds were vanished and we were conscionable sitting connected it, we astir apt would person put it retired by now, possibly moreover fixed it away, conscionable truthful that group tin perceive it, but it would return a batch much activity to get it done," said Moreno.

He added: "But erstwhile we get together, we're overmuch much fascinated pinch wherever we are successful this moment, trying to create thing new."

Deftones' 10th workplace medium Private Music is retired now.