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Deftones Private music: From Whisper to Screams, Hardcore Remains Unbroken Private music isn’t just an album drop, it’s an uprising. As their tenth studio offering, released August 22, 2025, it’s the sound of a band with zero fear of reinvention, spitting in the face of complacency and dragging metal, punk, shoegaze, and raw emotion into a single, explosive vortex. Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon) returns to beef-up every riff and shoot melodies into the stratosphere, while Chino Moreno reigns as the genre's most enigmatic frontman, shifting from crooning siren to a banshee shriek in a heartbeat. With new blood Fred Sablan thumbing out seismic bass under Carpenter’s tech-grind guitar attacks, Deftones Private music feels like both a well-honed grenade and a swirling acid trip in the dark. The album opens with “My Mind Is a Mountain,” a track that barrels out the gate and sets the tone for forty-two delirious minutes. “Locked Club” rips with syncopated, grungy riffs,...

Wretched Blessing releases intense Deftones covers Alright, you goddamn headbangers and mosh pit maniacs! Chicago's own Wretched Blessing – the blackened hardcore duo that sounds like the apocalypse in audio form – just dropped a nuclear bomb of a release. Less than a year after their self-titled EP pulverized the scene, they're back with something completely unexpected: two absolutely savage Deftones covers. And trust me, these aren't your grandma's lullabies. According to a recent report on idioteq.com , Kayhan Vaziri (guitar/vocals) and Rae Amitay (drums/vocals) – the twisted masterminds behind this sonic assault – unleashed their versions of "Elite" and "My Own Summer (Shove It)" on March 3rd. Recorded with Adrian Kobziar in the Windy City and mixed/mastered by Pete Grossmann (Immortal Bird, Weekend Nachos, Frail Body), these tracks are a brutal testament to their lifelong love for Deftones, filtered through a lens of pure, una...