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This gives listeners a few seconds to catch their breath before the Deftones bring back the noise. Throughout the track, he bounces from screaming verses to soaring vocals with ease, and the rest of the band follows suit, alternating from punishing riffs to softer choruses and a brief interlude in which everything but the drumming drops out. “CMND/CNTRL” explodes with more hard-hitting guitar and aggressive singing from Moreno. The driving percussion and relentless riffing from Carpenter make this one not to miss. Again, he drops into a less harsh style for the verses, and there is an interesting call-and-response section in the choruses, in which Moreno narrates one line by softly singing sustained notes, then answers with a piercing scream. “Royal” brings another punishing salvo of guitar, and Moreno matches the mood with some controlled screaming through the verses. Despite the heavy verses, the chorus floats lightly on Moreno’s optimistic lyrics: “Time will see us realign, diamonds reign across the sky, I will lead us into the same realm.” Guitarist Stephen Carpenter unleashes an aggressive riff from his signature down-tuned guitar, while singer Chino Moreno offers vocals that soar over the riffing. This fact is evident from the opening notes of the album’s first track, “Diamond Eyes”. Though the band is without their original bassist, the Deftones haven’t lost any of their intensity. The Deftones intend to release Eros when Cheng emerges from his coma, but won’t leave fans in limbo, as they are set to release Diamond Eyes on May 18. After several proposed release dates, the last being October 2009, the Deftones elected to record a new album that included the band’s new bassist, Sergio Vega. Despite having been finished, the album’s release was delayed after the band’s bassist, Chi Cheng, was in a car accident and fell into a coma. After the release of 2006′s Saturday Night Wrist, the band had planned a follow up, Eros, to be released in 2009. For a while, it looked like the world was never going to hear a sixth Deftones album.