Butcher’s Hook is one of the record’s most confused efforts, Taylor’s venomous lyrics targeting identikit bands within the recording industry – it wouldn’t be a Slipknot album without one of ‘em, eh? – before launching into yet another sticky chorus.
5: The Gray Chapter, it seems that All Hope Is Gone was riddled with misdirection. The One That Kills The Least starts trying to emulate that before Taylor’s voice swoops in, that higher register being implemented to sprinkle sugar over this percussive porn-fest, because that’s pretty much all that’s on offer here Jim Root and Mick Thomson fail to pull out anything memorable in the form of heroic melodies or death metal-ish darkness, opting for an inane guitar solo before throwing you right back into the chorus and some undeniably sassy scratching courtesy of Mr. While it’s not everyone’s cup of tea/coffee/energy drink of choice, Killpop is a song that marks new territory for Slipknot and adds to that sinister-yet-catchy vibe they captured on Vermillion. Jordison’s fill at the beginning is a winner as are Sid Wilson’s subtle turntable scratches throughout – why he’s been side-lined over the years makes no sense – but those gang chants are joyless as an unanaesthetised lobotomy and the rallying cry of, ‘Let’s pretend we’re not at the end’ sits between Slipknot’s bile-ridden lyrical content and the almost positive stuff from songs like Before I Forget, wibbling and wobbling before dropping off into the ether. Vendetta (2008)Īnother All Hope Is Gone clanger now in the form of Vendetta. Not saying experimentation is the enemy, obviously – the creepy breath of Gehenna on the back of your neck is one of the record’s high points, but Wherein Lies Continue’s ploddy, almost New Orleans riffing just sounds a bit muddled. That aside, Taylor’s saccharine refrain isn’t even Stone Sour-worthy, veering off in an entirely different direction. Gray’s bass is the track’s highlight, slinging so low it threatens to kneecap anyone listening in headphones.
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The world will never know another man as amazing as you’ is unfortunately jarring, the verses’ militaristic pounding seeming a little pale compared to the album’s harder stuff.Īll Hope Is Gone is admittedly patchy, Wherein Lies Continue being less a patch and more the entire blanket. Skeptic, however good its intentions, falls short dedicated to Gray, its refrain of, ‘The world will see another crazy motherfucker like you. The brutality was there in spades with stuff like Sarcastrophe and the sinfully sweary Custer, while the tender Goodbye wraps your heartstrings in a bow as does the Circle-on-downers melancholy of XIX. 5: The Gray Chapter was a record Slipknot needed to make, their fifth LP proving there was gas in the dented keg following bassist Paul Gray’s death and Joey Jordison leaving the drum stool. Some Slipknot fans will laugh at you for only knowing the singles and have you believe they want to see Tattered & Torn live.
Taylor’s static-drenched vocals and the song’s unsettling, mid-tempo rumble works on paper but aside from its closing blast it just meanders, failing to evoke the pant-soiling levels of atmosphere on the record’s closer Scissors, Iowa’s title track and so on. That’s absolute madness, but the rumour’s given weight by Tattered & Torn’s inclusion a dirge penned by percussionist Shawn ‘ Clown’ Crahan, track 7 on Slipknot is a change in pace and, if we’re being honest, quality. Slipknot’s recording grid for Self Titled.It’s a common misconception that Slipknot’s savage self-titled debut nosedives after Spit It Out.