The Deftones' 'lost' album Eros have reportedly leaked online, and fans are conflicted as to whether or not they should be listening to it.
Eleven songs allegedly recorded for the album appeared on a message board today, June 22, along with demos recorded for the Sacramento band's ninth studio album Ohms.
Deftones began work on what was intended to be their sixth studio album in the spring of 2007, and announced its working title, Eros, in January 2008. That April, the quintet began recording with producer Terry Date, who produced their first four albums, but those studio sessions halted in the first week of November '08, after bassist Chi Cheng and his sister was involved in a car crash in Santa Clara, California, which left Cheng in a coma.
In July 2009, the band announced that were indefinitely shelving Eros and were focussing their attention on writing a new record with new bassist Sergio Vega, which ended up being 2010's Diamond Eyes.
In 2014, to mark the one year anniversary of Chi Cheng's passing on April 13, 2013, frontman Chino Moreno uploaded one song from the sessions, Smile, to YouTube, but it was swiftly removed by the group's record label, Maverick.
