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A previously unheard Deftones song was leaked online earlier this week, as per theprp. Along with some extra b-side tracks, these incomplete demo recordings contained the band’s unfinished final studio album, “Eros,” as well as the demo recordings of their ninth studio album, “Ohms.” As the band’s final album with their late bassist/vocalist Chi Cheng, “Eros” has become almost legendary over time. After the severe vehicle accident in 2008 that would render him unconscious and ultimately result in his death, it was eventually put on hold. Since then, fans have yearned for its publication, despite the band’s own opposition to the concept, noting the apparent emotional emotions associated with that period of their lives and the passage of too much time.
Although Deftones have not yet officially addressed the issue, it seems that their team moved quickly to remove copies of the illegal content from the internet this week. When the band’s guitarist Stephen Carpenter appeared on “The Dr. Greenthumb” show on June 24, he was asked if it was true that “Eros” had leaked and then been “scraped from the internet.”
I don’t know if it’s been scraped from the internet or not, and I don’t know to what extent it’s leaked, but every record of ours since ‘White Pony” has leaked. It happens.
Carpenter made this offer after Cypress Hill singer B-Real, the show’s presenter, discussed the lengthy history of record leaks in the industry and how someone often working at the label or recording studio is usually to blame.
Yeah, [the leaker is] somewhere in the chain. But I mean the reality is now people have the internet available and you can share stuff instantly. So once it gets on the web, yeah, it’s gone.
Carpenter responded to the observation that music intended for “Eros” had recently appeared on YouTube.
They’ve been on YouTube though for a long time, that’s how I listen to them.
Some of the band’s early songs from “Eros” have been shared among fans and on YouTube. On the first anniversary of Cheng’s passing in 2014, Chino Moreno, the band’s vocalist and guitarist, released the “Eros” song “Smile.” But in the end, their label would pull it. Another of the record’s demo recordings had also made the rounds. This week’s leak, however, seemed to be much more extensive, including the early demo recordings of “Ohms,” two seemingly unreleased b-side tracks, and eleven incomplete tracks that were laid down for that unreleased album.
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