For a style that is as conservative and relies on the past as heavy metal, it is good that there are also bands like Korn, Tool or Soulfly, who try to take the genre to a higher level. The American band Deftones also belongs in that list. Ripping guitars, dazzling drumming and expressive, passionate vocals form the basis of White Pony, as it should be, but Deftones does not stop there. The quintet
… is not afraid of (electronic) experiment and plays very strong melodic songs, which are full of tension due to their dynamics and arrangements. Highlights on this 2000 metal topper are the opener Feiciteira, the relatively quiet songs Digital Bath and Teenager (Deftones 'goes' The Smashing Pumpkins), and the mercilessly heavy songs Elite, Street Carp and Change (In The House Of Flies). (WvdZ)more
