12 PERFECT Metal Albums With NO Bad Songs

12. White Pony - Deftones

A lot of metalheads growing up in the '00s probably have a nu metal phase they wish they could forget about. No matter how much nostalgia bands like Limp Bizkit may have for some people, the amount of rancor present on their albums has turned more than a few stomachs in its time. However, even the most wretched of genres have some diamonds in the rough.

While Deftones weren't explicitly a part of the nu metal scene, their blend of electronic soundscapes with harsh metal fit the bill for what the youth of America wanted to hear. Once you picked White Pony up though, this was much more than the loud chugging riffs to bang your head to. Switching up his lyrical style, Chino Moreno's vocals on here provide some of the most foreboding stories of the genre, from the dark tale of murder on "Digital Bath" to the disturbing relationship peppered throughout "Change (In the House of Flies.)"

Aside from a one-off promotional single released on a special edition, every one of these tracks takes you on an intimate journey, with "Passenger" even featuring Maynard James Keenan from Tool assaulting your senses across its runtime. Though the sounds of turntables scratching and detuned guitars might turn off modern metal fans, White Pony is the textbook example of how these disparate genres can make beautiful music together.