White Pony [ECD] - Deftones

Advantages: Melody and Gracefulness, a change of pace
Disadvantages: Not a lot to say here

...metal bands in the business. White Pony simply encourages this trend with its crest of musical maturity. White Pony opens with a burst of passion unyielding throughout the record. Chino Moreno's squeals and moans are counterbalanced by an intense anthemic guitar-laden approach. The difference with the Deftones, compared to their commercial rivals, is an apparent seasoned knowledge of the limits of experimentation and a love for all that is grand ...
...soars above the rest for its hook meets studio gadgetry infectiousness. Dipping into virtually every genre associated with alternative rock's recent history there are equal parts of industrial, metal and hip-hop in the never ending stew. The next tune, "Teenager," is almost too precious with a navel-gazing approach. In fact, the song was originally written for Chino's side project Team Sleep but made its way onto this album with a slight change to ... Read review

Advantages: like nothing you will hear this year
Disadvantages: ends too quickly

this album was recomended to me by the bassist of my band and what a good shout! this album made me an instant Deftones fan and i swiftly bought another (Around The Fur - also a quality album) Track of the album goes to The Passenger, love the guitar line on this track and vocals are brilliant. its a very different sound to much of the other stuff in my collection but it fills the hole left by everyone else. more and more if the music i write is ... Read review