All production on the album immediately ceased and the band turned their focus to their injured friend.ДЄs of Cheng's accident, he is now able to move his legs on command, and follow people around the room with his eyes, but he can't move or speak otherwise. Cheng was rushed to hospital, and was later announced to be in a coma. On November 3, 2008, just as Moreno had left the studio after recording some vocal tracks for the new album (of which he was halfway through completing) he was delivered the grave news that bassist Chi Cheng had been involved in a serious car accident only a short while beforehand. Alongside recording the album, they released 5 in-studio mini-documentaries online following the album's progress. In September, they began playing a new track called 'Melanie' during live-performances, and recording of the album commenced all the way up until November 2008. In July of the same year, Group singer, Chino Moreno posted an instrumental demo online for a new song titled 'You've Seen the Butcher' (they would later re-use this title for a different song on their 2010 album Diamond Eyes after Eros was shelved). On April 14, 2008, alt-metal band Deftones began recording what was to be their sixth studio album, titled Eros (the name coming from a band in-joke stemming from the use of the term 'Eros' in German porn).

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