Slipknot - Slipknot

2001 was the year that Slipknot appeared on the scene with their self titled début album. It contains fourteen tracks and with this album the band established themselves as one of the leading names in the Nu Metal scene. They were always a little heavier than the other Nu Metal bands that were about back then and it was this that gave them the edge over their contemporaries, their ridiculous masks furthered their appeal and helped them to stand out. Masks are hardly the most original of things, but many seemed fascinated by the bands use of masks and it was this I feel that allowed the band to build a big following for themselves, a following that they maintained through ...  Read the complete review

Slipknot were the leaders of the nu-metal scene. "Slipknot" proves this. 14 tracks of amazing musicianship make this a must have album. The music is complex and still manages to come out pounding your eardrums with incredible intesity. The highlights of this album have to be "Wait and Bleed", "Liberate" and "Spit it out". This was one of my first Cd's. After i seen their "Wait and bleed" video on Kerrang, I went out and bought the album within the week. I would say i've listened to this album over 250 times and continue to do so. Summary It's worth every penny that i paid for it. The lyrics are ...  Read the complete review

Slipknot aren't a band that exactly have a particularly strong reputation in the music world - they're so often dismissed as profane, incomprehensible and without a shred of musical talent. Whilst I for one am not a huge fan of the screaming/shouting style of singing, I admire their guitar work and amazing drums more than anything, and this debut album, released in 1999, is packed with numerous classic tracks, several of which are the best known that the band have ever produced. They're a very strange band indeed - there's NINE of them, and they each wear different strange masks and wear boiler suits. Although I find all of this "rage" and hatred of ...  Read the complete review

Slipknot - a band of regional artists coming together to create what would be described as extreme emotions mixed with anger, death, revenge and complete turmoil. When I first discovered slipknot, it was through a show on VH1 known as the friday rock show hosted by the late tommy vance. It was believed then that slipknot was more than just a metal band. They started to spread a message, whether it was love, hate or complete destruction, these guys had it. So anyways, on a whim i brought this album at my local underground (now closed) music store, and placed it nicely into my mates CD player. I cannot explain what was going through my head at the ...  Read the complete review

Slipknot is, well, they are real. These 9 guys from Iowa are as scarry or as real as they can get. I don't mean their disturbingly creepy/cool masks, I mean their music. The lyrics that the absolutely amazing vocalist Corey Taylor('8' as his band ID suggests) sings out from behind that mask only make sense in this truly diluted world. With every single word the listener can hear his pain. In 'Scissors' he goes into a sort of trance of insanity where he seems to cry and laugh maniacly at the same time while singing "life,time" over and over again. With every single one of those we feel like he is really hurting. And this is something only a ...  Read the complete review