Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| BBC Music | favourable |
| Billboard | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| "Kerrang!" | |
| Q | |
| Stylus Magazine | favourable |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Select | Unfavourable |
| Spin | 8/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.5/5 |
White Pony was well received by critics, garnering an aggregate rating of 72 on Metacritic. Several reviewers praised Moreno's increasing lyrical sophistication and the group's sonic experimentation. With Spin stating: "Far and away Deftones' most daring and impassioned work to date".
Tony Van Groningen from Stylus Magazine praised the band for definitely departing from its nu metal stylistic roots saying: "They’d finally done it; here was an album that was undeniably innovative, frequently amazing, and indisputably unlike nu-metal." Billboard gave it four out of five stars, but stated that the band's continuous inclination toward a bludgeoning experimental sonic attack and Moreno's violent, impressionistic lyrics makes the album a tough pill to swallow for most listeners. Publications such Rolling Stone and Q were less enthusiastic, with the last wondering if White Pony is "Their most adventurous and assured album to date?". A rather unfavourable review came from Select, saying that "Maybe when they abandon their arrested development and stop convincing themselves the world is aligned specifically for their personal displeasure, they'll arrive with something listenable."
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