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Deftones reimagine their classic third album White Pony with A‑List collaborators…
Words: George Garner
The 20
th anniversary celebrations of Deftones’ White Pony earlier this year was a grand reaffirmation of their third album’s status as an irrefutable classic. The passage of time has, it seems, only enhanced its legacy as a record that napalmed the stagnant nu-metal scene at the onset of the new millennium. Hard as it is to fathom, however, it is not the main attraction in this reissue. Enter the new White Pony remix album: Black Stallion.
If you cringed when you read that, it’s entirely understandable. Many bands have delivered creatively bankrupt, almost suspiciously shit remix projects. Trawl through the mire, however, and there are some precedents for excellence in this field, be it Nine Inch Nails’ Further Down The Spiral or A Perfect Circle’s aMotion. And it is in this small yet distinguished fraternity that Deftones now find themselves.