Album Review: White Pony (20th Anniversary) [White Pony x Black Stallion] by Deftones

The most accurate way to look at Black Stallion is to see it as a recontextualization of White Pony. The major themes of the latter--sex, drugs, and alienation--take on new or modified meanings on the former. At times it happens within just a couple lyrics. "Knife Prty," for example, finds vocalist Chino Moreno stretching the details of an apparently real party that mixes sex and violence and, in effect, makes the song's title literal.

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For those of a certain age, the idea that Deftones' third album 'White Pony' has hit its 20th anniversary this year makes us feel like Donovan rapidly aging at the end of The Last Crusade. The band's defining statement stands as a shining gem in an era where rock music had some angsty growing pains - and not in a good way. There aren't too many metal LPs from the turn of the millennium that have stood the test of time, let alone be worthy of reassessment two decades later, but Deftones aren't your usual band.

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