Deftones White Pony (10th Anniversary) vinyl is a 2011 double LP reissue of the Sacramento band’s defining 2000 record, pressed on two slabs of wax and released through Maverick with catalog number MAV 64667. White Pony was the album where Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, bassist Chi Cheng, and keyboardist Frank Delgado stretched into something genuinely difficult to categorize. It sits somewhere between alt-metal and dream pop, between aggression and near-ambient drift, and it holds that tension without ever collapsing into one thing or the other. A decade on from its original release, this pressing arrived to mark that anniversary and give the record a proper vinyl platform.
Why the Deftones White Pony (10th Anniversary) Vinyl Matters
The Deftones formed in Sacramento in 1988, built around Moreno’s voice and Carpenter’s guitar. What separated them from the surrounding heavy music scene of the late nineties was atmosphere. Where most of their peers were focused on volume and impact, the Deftones were just as interested in space and melody. White Pony is where that instinct fully took over. The record draws comparisons to Soundgarden at its most textural and to artists like Portishead in its moodier passages, which gives you a sense of how wide the range actually is. This was not a band interested in doing the expected thing, and the ten years between the original release and this reissue only made that clearer.
Pressing and Format Details
This is a standard double LP configuration, two records housed under the Maverick label, with catalog number MAV 64667. The 2x vinyl format suits White Pony well. The album runs long and dense, and spreading it across four sides gives each stretch of music room to land correctly on a turntable. Maverick was the label behind the original release, so this anniversary edition carries some continuity with the source. There are no colored variants or bonus sides noted for this pressing, which puts the focus squarely on the music itself rather than collector packaging gimmicks.
Who Should Pick This Up
If you are building a collection around heavy music that actually rewards repeated listening, this belongs in it. The Deftones have a catalog that spans aggressive and introspective in roughly equal measure, and White Pony sits near the introspective end without losing its edge. Collectors who missed the original pressing or want a clean anniversary copy will find this a straightforward and honest representation of the record. The double LP format is the right way to hear it. This is the kind of reissue that does what it needs to: puts a significant album back on vinyl without overcomplicating the presentation.
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