White Pony

Deftones' third album was their bid to stop being lumped in with the rap metal bands they toured beside, and it worked. Produced by Terry Date and released in 2000, it keeps the weight but moves it: songs drift, breathe, then land hard. Chino Moreno sings more than he screams, turntablist Frank Delgado appears for the first time as a full member, and Maynard James Keenan of Tool guests on Passenger. It became the band's biggest seller and the record a generation of heavy bands grew up citing.