![]() It was obvious that they were trying to pander to the nu metal crowd at that time. I hate their self titled album, save maybe 2 or 3 songs. I think that they were a band that actually had an identity crisis very early on, but then kinda rode that crisis into their own identity. I was already older when I first heard Slipknot so I never went through a "phase", I was well entrenched into black and death metal by that point, to say nothing of thrash and the NWOBHM movement that was around during my outh.Īnd yet I found Iowa and onwards highly listenable and rewarding. I was never and will never be a nu-metal fan, because to me, that is stuff like Coal Chamber and Korn, or 36 Crazyfists, or shit like that, that maybe I can stomach at most a song or two off of an album, and that is staying a lot. They're considerably talented, and I think should be distinguished from other nu-metal bands.Īlthough, they might not fit a place on Metal Archives. ![]() Just really like them as an extreme metal band, that's basically a cross between nu-metal, death metal, thrash metal, and other genres. In 2022, they released their seventh album, The End, So Far, which consists of Corey Taylor on vocals, and the same line-up as their previous.Īnd recently this year they released a single titled "Bone Church", ![]() It features the same line-up.Ī year later, Slipknot released their 6th studio album, We Are Not Your Kind, this album has the same line-up as their previous. In 2018, Slipknot released a promotional single titled All Out Life. The remainder of the line-up is the same. ![]() Paul Gray is replaced by Alessandro Venturella. Joey Jordinson is replaced by Jay Weinburg, Joey Jordinson left the band a year earlier, and Paul Gray died in 2010 from an amphetamine/heroin overdose in a hotel. Then after 6 years, they released their fifth studio album. With even guitar-work influences from Morbid Angel etc. It features solos on certain tracks, and shows Slipknot's developing sound.Īfter 4 years, they released their fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone, this is when they started breaking away from nu-metal, it contains a technical, experimental, death metal and thrash metal influence. It contains the same line-up, although it is a much more melodic, experimental release. This is a more extreme metal influenced, technical album, and more complex and better written album, although it still contains a prominent nu-metal influence, and there are no solos. Then they returned in 2001 with their second studio album Iowa, which consists of the same line-up, although instead of Joshua Brainard, Jim Root is on lead guitar with Mick Thomson. It's also compositionally, aside from their demo, their simplest album and lacks the more technical aspects of their later work. They didn't incorporate any solos on this album. It's primarily nu-metal influenced, although contains elements of thrash metal and death metal. Then in 1999 they released their self-titled debut Slipknot, with Corey Taylor on vocals, Joey Jordinson on drums, Paul Gray on Bass, Mick Thomson and Joshua Brainard on lead guitar (Aside from tracks "Frail Limb Nursery" and "Purity", which features Jim Root instead of Joshua Brainard.) Shawn Crahan and Chris Fehn on additive percussion and backing vocals, Sid Wilson on Turntables, and Craig Jones doing the sampling. Tattered & Torn, and Only One from their 1999 debut are featured in demo form.Īnd Killers Are Quiet was rewritten as the title track of their second album Iowa. Most of the lyrics on are about a role-playing card game the band was a fan of, aside from "Confessions", which is about a father talking to his son. Gently, track two is featured on their second album Iowa with the same title, but different lyrics. The self-titled track slipknot was rewritten on their 1999 debut as "(sic)", with different lyrics and a much different stylistic approach. Still worth a listen, especially if you're a fan. Production-wise it's not too bad, but the writing and lead vocalist is simple, primitive, and mediocre, and lacks their thrash/death metal aggressive sound. It's definitely their weakest release, although it is a demo. With Shawn Crahan on some additional percussion and backing vocals. it features Joey Jordinson on drums, Paul Gray on Bass, Donnie Steele and Joshua Brainard on lead guitar, and Anders Colsefni on vocals. Their very first release is their famous demo, Mate. ![]() Not to mention industrial influence, with the sampling and additive percussion. Their debut's influence is primarily nu-metal I will admit, with some influences of thrash metal, and death metal. I categorize them as extreme metal, and mildly experimental. I personally don't consider them to be entirely nu-metal, which I otherwise dislike as a genre, not even on their debut 1999 album Slipknot. Hey everyone, just wanted to make a thread about Slipknot. ![]()
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