Deftones Frontman Chino Moreno Says New Album Is More 'Technical'; Release And Tour Dates Revealed

Deftones has announced a release date for the new album "Gore," the group's eighth studio record.

Mxdwn.com reports that "Gore," the follow-up album to 2012's "Koi No Yakan," will be released on April 8, 2016.

The record is produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Slipknot, Children of Bodom) and will feature a guest appearance by Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains.

Vocalist Chino Moreno also revealed that Morissey, the former frontman for British legends The Smiths, was a suprise influence on the upcoming album.

"I've been on this crazy Morrissey kick recently - totally obsessing over his solo records - so I brought a lot of that to the table," Moreno said in an interview with NME magazine. "On those early solo records, he uses this awesome, Elvis-y delay on his vocal that I've been ripping off a ton. He's always been a favourite lyricist of mine - the beautiful poetic melancholy of it all."

Speaking about new material, "Digital Bath" admitted said that the new album is a little more technical than their previous works.

"I think it's a little more of a heady record" and "I feel like we've gone into the songs and really dissected them," Moreno revealed in a separate interview Blabbermouth. "If something sounded a little straight, we took a left turn and made things a little screwy."

The band has also announced the dates for their upcoming tour which kicks off next month.

Below are the dates and venues for March:

March 3 - Costa Mesa, CA at MUSINK Festival

March 16 - Mission, TX at Never Say Never Festival

March 19 - San Antonio, TX at Lonestar Events Center

March 20 - Dallas, TX at Southside Ballroom

March 22 - Houston, TX at Revention Music Center

March 24 - Lubbock, TX at Lonestar Pavillon

Deftones is also set to take over London's Wembley Arena in June, which was rescheduled due to the attacks in Paris late last year.

For the complete list of tour dates and venues, visit the band's official site.

Stay tuned for more ono Deftones' new album "Gore" as information becomes available.