Deftones have confirmed the release of their tenth studio album, Private Music, landing on 22 August 2025 via Reprise / Warner Records. Alongside the news, the band dropped the slow-burning lead single My Mind Is a Mountain, their first new music since 2020’s Ohms. The track signals a darker, more ambient direction that fans of White Pony and Koi No Yokan will immediately recognise.
Deftones Reunite with Nick Raskulinecz for Private Music
The album was recorded in Malibu, Joshua Tree, and Nashville, and sees the band working again with Grammy-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz. The result is a sonic shift away from the dense aggression of recent records toward something more layered and textured. One early review called the lead single “massive, brooding and steeped in atmosphere.”
My Mind Is a Mountain Hints at a Cinematic, Textural Album
The new track blends down-tuned guitars with atmospheric reverb, creating a slow, tension-filled soundscape that reflects the band’s evolution. Early reactions to the album note its “dreamy yet punishing soundscape.”
Private Music Tracklist: Ambient Themes and Stylised Titles
The album will include 11 tracks, with most titles stylised in lowercase. The full Private Music tracklist is:
- my mind is a mountain
- locked club
- ecdysis
- infinite source
- souvenir
- cXz
- i think about you all the time
- milk of the madonna
- cut hands
- ~metal dream
- departing the body
Chino Moreno and the Sounds That Inspire Him
Speaking with Zane Lowe in Los Angeles, Chino Moreno explained that the creative process behind the album wasn’t based around traditional songwriting. Instead, he said “I’m more interested in putting in stuff that I’m unfamiliar with… the sounds are what really inspire us”.
