Circa Survive's Anthony Green on How Deftones' 'White Pony' Redefined Heavy Music
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Revolver Staff
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Circa Survive frontman Anthony Green writes a personal appreciation of Deftones' landmark 2000 album 'White Pony,' describing how it transformed his understanding of heavy music by blending alt-metal with ambient electronics, synth-pop, experimental rock, and trip-hop. He highlights the album's sonic fearlessness, its sensual and boundary-pushing production, and its lasting influence on his own musical approach.
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· 3 pulledThat record changed the way I thought about heavy music
White Pony was the major leap, a dive off the deep end into a sensual world without sonic limits
The Sacramento-bred trailblazers' signature alt-metal grooves were wedded with ambient electronics, synth-pop, experimental rock and trip-hop
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