Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter says that playing on the band’s new record was an achievement for him because he wasn’t into their new music.
Speaking to Ultimate-Guitar.com, he opened up about the challenges he faced when recording ‘Gore’, also expressing his disinterest in the LP.
Carpenter explained: “When we were coming up with the ideas and writing the songs, the stuff that was being written, you know, the other guys’ ideas, I wasn’t too interested in it.
“It wasn’t the style or the sound I was hoping we would take. My band is going one direction and I am going another one currently.”
PressHe continued: “I look at all the songs on the record and they were all a challenge for me to get into. I just really like metal, and I love all the metal that’s being played now. I wish everybody would stop saying ‘djent’ though. That’s just dumb. It’s metal.”
When asked if he’d ever leave the band, the guitarist replied: “I would never leave the band that I started, but the band started leaving me. I can’t control that. I mean, I have a great time for the most part.
“This record has been a struggle, and we have got issues that I do not want to leave home, but how things will be in the future, I do not know. But I know what I will do, and what I will not do, and there are some things that I will not do in the future because I don’t agree with it.”
‘Gore’ will be released April 8.