Adrenaline and Around The Fur may have been good albums, but White Pony is where the Deftones really crawl deeper into their sound, and digging up New Wave musical influences like The Smiths and The Cure. All the while, they manage to stay very heavy, as singer Chino Moreno channels his inner Morrissey and croons heartfully in between his guttural screams.While songs like "Elite" and "Korea" tread over familiar moshing territory, the band really shines when they go beyond the familiar Nu-Metal sound. "Feiticeira," with its infectious snare work and walls of distortion, is kept melodic by the vocals. Slower, more progressive tracks like "Change," "Rx Queen," and "Digital Bath" are hypnotic, and you can't help but just float with the music.Unfortunately, Deftones have never been able to top this album since its release, but that doesn't detract from the fact that this once Nu-Metal band was able to break free from that stale musical mold, and forge their own way into infamy.
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