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Deftones albums white pony
Deftones albums white pony









While best known on the charts and MTV for singles "Change (In the House of Flies)" and the bastard child afterthought "Back to School (Mini Maggit)" - which was crammed in at the behest of their label - the real meat of White Pony lies in a trio of late-album cuts that kicks off with the searing "Knife Prty," electrified by Rodleen Getsic's terrifying vocals at the close, and extends with the brutal "Korea," which features one of Moreno's most head-caving screams ever put to tape. Bridging their beginnings with what was to come, White Pony placated the hardened metalheads with ripping ragers like "Feiticeira," "Street Carp," and the Grammy-winning "Elite," while expanding their horizons with the midtempo lurch of "Rx Queen" (featuring an uncredited Scott Weiland on vocals) and the haunted haze of "Digital Bath." Whether loud or soft, violent or tender, each track on White Pony serves melody and mood in droves, resulting in the kind of album that is instantly recognizable as a conscious leveling-up. The result was an artistic breakthrough, one that not only signaled a new direction for the band but also - for better or worse - cemented itself as arguably their finest work. Taking steps away from the hip-hop swagger, rote riffs, and unpolished youthfulness of their early work, the band delved into their sonic toy chest, experimenting with atmosphere and effects, tightening their songcraft, and boosting Chino Moreno's pure singing vocals. But it wasn’t just DJ Shadow on board they’d roped in a whole bunch of other famous friends, too.Vaulting from genre favorites to the big leagues, Californian alt-metal outfit Deftones went from being the cool kid's nu-metal band of choice to a mainstream force with their seminal third album, White Pony. This year, Deftones preceded their cracking new album ‘Ohms’ by celebrating the Pony’s 20th anniversary, also announcing that ‘Black Stallion’ had finally been made. Bombastic, experimental and emotionally sophisticated, the album not only set them apart from a lot of the red-capped nu-metal tools of the time, but came to be widely considered as one of the best albums of the 21st Century. Well, it turned out they backed the right horse: ‘White Pony’ was every bit as damn good as the band had predicted.

deftones albums white pony

READ MORE: “This record embedded in our brains” – The endless power of Deftones’ ‘White Pony’ One night, while DJing with him in 1999, they over-excitedly propositioned him. This was before they’d even written or recorded any of it. Speaking to NME earlier this year, art-metal icons Deftones explained that they’d been so sure of their seminal third album, 2000’s game-changing ‘ White Pony’, that they firmly believed US trip-hop visionary DJ Shadow would one day remix it for a sister album called ‘Black Stallion’.

deftones albums white pony

A little bit of confidence goes a long, long way.











Deftones albums white pony