White Pony
by Deftones

From koner1 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/10/2015 17:21 | #141248 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

It's very difficult for me to break apart albums such as this one because nu-metal is not a genre that I'm familiar with. I find it hard to decipher between the songs that I'm hearing as being thorough and strongly executed ideas and what is filler/what are the weaker tracks.

But I think this album breaks that stereotype that I have. I can easily understand what's going on in this album and it accomplishes its goal, to say the least. This is really the only Deftones album that I can really say I like. While I do enjoy some of the ethereal moments on Diamond Eyes such as Sextape the most, the heavy moments (there are a lot of them) on this album are just as satisfying. Change (in the House of Flies) is a classic song. (Edited)

From TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/25/2015 04:07 | #140153 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Over the course of Deftones’ undeniably impressive career, they simply have yet to release a bad album. Everything they've released has something special about it, but White Pony is something different for the band and for music in general. Not only does White Pony prove to be Deftones’ landmark album, but a landmark album for the genre of alternative metal. It takes us on an astoundingly chilling and dark journey through atmospheric soundscapes and sinister lyrics. Deftones' really and thoughtfully strived for something completely unique, genuinely different and outstanding, reaching this destination to the greatest accomplishment.

From wenny 02/22/2019 04:04 | #232336 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

An incredibly impressive experimental change of direction for an alternative metal band of its time. Several undeniable classics such as Passenger, Change (In the House of Flies), Pink Maggit and Digital Bath master the sense of eeriness and metal brilliance. Definitely the high point of Deftones' career.

an album with unforgettable originality and atmosphere that made it an instant classic

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/12/2023 13:32 | #293960 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Back when Nu-Metal was a huge thing I always thought the Deftones were a cut above the KORNS of that era and looking back now history hasn’t been kind to that entire genre but Deftones and in particular this album stands shoulders tall
I remember buying ‘White Pony’ on CD sight unheard the year it came out purely on word of mouth and critical praise even though that Nu Metal sound wasn’t (to put it mildly) my thang. So yeah I simply hated it first up but slowly my frost thawed and on the back of the near perfect “side 2” came to realise and appreciate what all the fuss and love was all about. You see, what set Deftones apart was their ability to produce an entire album that from track 1 to the closer flowed cohesively and needed to be heard back to front unlike their contemporaries who were one trick pony’s (pun intended) with a couple of “hits” surrounded by fodder

‘White Pony’ is a tour de force that speaks as loud and clear today as it did 20 years ago. And yes I still have that CD (Edited)