Slipknot

2.6. Just not really my thing.

I tried, but couldn't finish it.

Fuck this! Pull it.

man. i was in such a calm, peaceful mood before i went to listen to this. but then i remembered that this album was given to me today :( if i had to say anything positive about this album, well... i guess the drumming was good maybe??? and one of the songs had a drum and bass thing mixed into it which surprised me a bit. but other than that me listening to this was painful :( this album didn't do anything to convince me of liking screaming in music. it was so stressful. towards the second half of the album i felt myself actually getting a little distressed from this. even writing this thing i still feel a little tense-ness inside me. and i know the point of this music is to be mean and aggressive but like, i would never purposefully seek out that feeling from music i listen to on my own. so this kinda stuff just isn't for me and i don't see the appeal of it. as the album went on the way the vocalist alternated between the screaming and all the other voices started to get really repetitive and annoying as well. the little breathing thing he did to show how MAD and ANGRY he was was just terrible. and at other points he reminded me of Chino Moreno with how he tried to do the moaning thing but it was just baaaad. dude is NOT chino at all. and at other points he kinda rapped like Eminem????? and i don't like that guy so that was just idk not for me either. the fact that there's another Slipknot album in the book... sigh.

Jeez, guys: why so angry? I don't mind a bit of Slipknot - I've got a few of their songs on my Spotify rotation - but by the end of 17 tracks, I was waiting for it to be over. Good drumming, though.

I love metal, but I never understood the apeal of Slipknot. Too loud, too angry and I really dont like Corey's screamy vocals

Not as bad as I expected it to be. Still I’m not a teenage boy so it probably isn’t for me

As with the previous Slipknot album I got, individually I don’t mind these songs, they’re decent, but it all blends into one thrashy experience in an album which imo isn’t ideal. Some bits reminded me of SOAD but those guys keep it much more interesting and varied as opposed to this

This isn't bad per se, but it's very much not to my tastes. Loud and angry, which can be cool, but the style didn't really do it for me.

My wife was wondering if the lead singer of Skipknot got a sore throat. I told her that he does not get a sore throat because he's had screaming lessons. (I do not know if that is actually true.) Though, there are points at which the lead singer does, in fact, sing. This lets everyone know that these guys could have totally been Nickelback if desired. So I admire their conviction to wear masks and play nu metal. Just give me fair warning so I do not have to hear them.

why

Not for me.

Another surprising listen. I always assumed I'd hated such acerbic metal. And I found myself...not hating it? Weird.

Metal vocals never going to be my thing

This is one of those albums that came out in my teen years that I played a lot during that time. There was a lot of nostalgia as I was listening. Not my favorite anymore, but it was a fun spin for me.

Not for me, I have never been into the harsh vocals in metal.

No thanks

This is the first time that I have ever consciously listened to Slipknot. The band is largely categorized as a nu metal band. Those elements are largely there, in some of the groove oriented elements, the use of turntables and the occasionally rapped vocals. The album takes up more of those elements on the second side of the record as well. However, it's a faster and more aggressive album than most nu metal albums. There's definitely some thrash and technical death metal influences here. It's not for me and I will never listen to this again, but this is... fine? There are some cringy moments, but it just crosses the bar to get three stars.

Why are you dorks even doing this list when all you wanna hear is Fleetwood Mac?

Not for me

🤨... Screaming, shouting and chimpanzees strumming guitars and banging drums. Don't like the vocals at all, even when he's just singing normally, I still dont like his voice. To be fair, the music in the background sounded pretty cool at times, but I just cant hear past the 'underwater fart' vocals. Cringe. (If I had to choose my favourite song, maybe 'Spit it Out', but it was hard to choose from such a poo poo bum bum album)

In December 1999, a new edition was released because of the song Purity. Slikpnot was demanded since the inspiration for the song, was taken from an article on a website about true crime. Despite of this, the band has been playing this song in a lot of concerts and it's also the only band that features Josh Brainbard who quitted the band due to personal reasons. Jim Root, the one who stepped up to be his replacement, still continues to this day. Slipknot saw his debut album get massively beloved after the band participated in Ozzfest proving the world that their heavy sound, combining rapcore, nu metal, and the elements of shock rock and mystery with the distinguished masks that have been made and remade according to the time. And speaking of time, "Wait and Bleed" "Spit it Out" and the already mentioned "Purity" were released as singles from this album and they are still being played and requested all around the world despite how many years has passed since. The heavy drumming from Joey Jordison, and the Scratches of Sid Wilson, merges with the raw voice of Corey Taylor and the percussion of Shawn Crahan and Chris Fehn in such a magnetic and explosive way to the point all of these singles have the ability of melt your face. Deep cuts like "(sic)", "Prostethics", and "Surfacing" are still loved and praised by the fans. This one it's indeed a timeless record that you need to listen, to understand Nu Metal and why it meant so much to an entire generation.

Torture, pure torture. All I could think when the album was over was thank God that's done!

Didn't listen all the way through, not my thing.

The drumming is really good and for most of the album I was considering giving it three stars, but there wasn't much variation and it wore me down by the end

Ugh

More pure unadulterated Yank keech!

Listened before? No Familiar with the artist? Yes Thoughts: - Really, you're going to make me listen to Slipknot, after 25+ years of successfully avoiding it? - I don't dislike metal, but this in particular is pretty much just incoherent noise to me. I think there are some good parts here musically, but I can't get past the awful vocals. I think I'd have a hard time getting through a full album of screaming vocals from anyone though, to be fair. - I actually recognized "Wait and Bleed" which I assume was the single here. - I liked the beginning of "Prosthetics" before the lyrics started, lol.

9.4

Slipknot is what I call a Marmite band; some love them, some don't. I'm one of those who enjoy their earlier work, like today's album, "Self-Titled", and "Iowa". My favourite tracks are "(sic)" and "Purity". The former has to be one of the greatest openers of the '90s. However, those two tracks aren't enough for me to give today's album the highest rating. 4 stars for "Self-Titled".

Sometimes you just need some slipknot to eff shiz up. I was surprised with some of the record scratching and rap influence. Also surprised this didn’t have some of the bigger songs I know from them. Will we get 2 slipknot albums? Can’t listen to this a ton but caught me at the right moment. 2.75

Good for a workout sesh but not much else. Flirted with rounding up based on first half, but the whole thing all at once makes for a rough listen. 3.5/5

This is one of the albums I can't be 100% objective on. This band came to me in an important time in my life. They got me to dip my toes into more extreme music. Now looking back at it today i wouldn't say this is particularly great extreme music but it has its charms. I will give the drums their props. I think joey jordison is his name, I could be wrong. But those drums are the most musically impressive aspect of the whole arguments. Corey Taylor also has good harsh vocals and a surprisingly good singing voice. Thought im not a huge fan of mixing the two. Getting into the bad stuff its just so damn simple. They have 28 guys in the band so simple I guess is the play but I just can't get behind it much. The ",riffs" are like 3 notes. Its just too little. When you layer the 7 guitars over each other its closer but I still think its not enough. The dj stuff is a relic of its time, im kinda neutral on it being my age but i can see it jot landing with some. And the rap stuff corey does is antiquated in 2026. And its his weakest mode for sure. There are still a few songs here I like. Wait and bleed is a classic even if it has all the stuff I dont like in it. Its still one of those songs that gets you moving. And I also want to shout out surfacing. Its just a good little song. Thats about it for me. They put out a pretty big record and I got something out of it almost 20 years later but I see the cracks these days. It was big for me but I still have to fault it some. Being an entry point into this type of music i cant thank it enough. Just Ive seen some shit now and can't love it like I did when I was 13.

Any of these songs individually are fine, but as an overall album experience this was a bit of a slog. I will say that I enjoyed the drumming throughout the album which isn't usually something I really acknowledge. Other than that this is completely skippable. Thank god I'm almost done with all the nu metal albums on this list. Favorite track: Spit It Out 2.5/5

One of my favorite albums as a teenager and it still holds up incredibly well

Syysloman sateinen aamu muuttui auringon paisteeksi tätä kuunnellessa. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Honestly? I expected to hate this album. I thought the lyrics were a tad cringe, and the album itself a bit overlong. I didn't hate it though. Not necessarily something I'd play again, but I could understand how someone could be a fan.

I’m really amazed that Slipknot is on this list. I guess they did draw a massive influence in their early days. But also I think it’s hilarious that they have 2 band members dedicated to smashing giant metal garbage bins. I feel like there’s a lot of filler stuff on here. There are some good singles but also some songs that are just there to be angry.

Maybe more of a 3.5. Like it’s good, but there’s only so much of it I can take.

Maybe my first heavy metal scream-rap album. The lead singer’s vocals can be really great but not so much when rapping. The musicians’ instrumentals are superb

This is their first album released in 1999 and is classified as nu or alternative metal. For me I would classify it as death metal with hip-hop and heavy metal and rock elements. For positive comments, the band is tight and is good at what they do. They have good guitar riffs and the singer is very talented in the way he can mix singing styles. But I just don't like this music. The extreme metal percussion and death metal vocals/screaming which is most of the music, stresses me out. And the suicidal/death lyrics get old. I wouldn't want to be singing this for over 20 years.

I’m getting too much heavy metal and it’s clouding my judgement

I don't want to hate on metal, but Slipknot is not my favorite. This is probably not THE Slipknot album, either. But Wait and Bleed is a favorite; Corey Taylor's voice is crazy, and Joey Jordison may be a top-ten drummer of all time.

i can't stand heavy metal sorry

25 tracks to wade through. Terrible,. All of them.

J'imagine Steph faire du karaoké sur Liberate. J'ai jamais tout à fait compris le nu metal.

Au contraire de Jeanjean je commence sérieusement à apprécier le nu metal, je trouve le tone des guits et l'énergie vraiment cool. D'ailleurs, P'tit Belliveau qui sort son 4e album la semaine prochaine s'amuse vraiment avec le nu metal ces temps-ci (je l'ai vu récemment jouer du Papa Roach, du Limp Bizkit et du Nickelback.... certains diront ironiquement) Quand même une belle équipe à la barre de la section rythmique, maintenant que je connais Sepultura, je peux dire que ça honore le groove metal. Anecdote personnelle: SOAD et Slipknot sont les deux seuls groupe de metal que j'ai été voir live quelque part entre 2004 et 2006.

Ah early Slipknot, where that nu metal sound shows up in a pretty solid metal album. It's funny how much they have matured over time. Or they just replaced enough members their sound changed. Either way I prefer their newer stuff overall. This is a good metal album. It reflects it's time well and musically is damn good, nu metal influence and all. The drums are perfect metal, goes great with the guitar work. Also dude can scream, man some metal acts their voice goes up but the man has a great from the bowels scream. It won't change your mind if you hate metal but it's a good example of it. Slipknot being on the list gives me hope Gojira is on here as well.

Tough one to get through.

No no no no. Generally terrible

Too much of same thing.

Brief review. Once again proof that my least favorite genre is metal. I actively disliked this. The only thing I didn’t hate was the drumming, but that won’t lift it to a two star rating. Apparently I didn’t need to piss off my parents that much when I was a teen, as I’d never have listened to this no matter how rebellious I was.

Better than I was expecting though a few songs were painful. I like the variety of styles.

neeeee nije mi najjasnije od čega se sastoji jezgro albuma jer ima dosta raznih deluks izdanja i pički materinih što se sve međusobno razlikuje. iz svega sam zaključio da album završava sa »scissors«, po čemu nije ni toliko dug!, i kao takva sam ga odslušao. jedva jedvice. neprestano smeće

This was not bad. It’s too screamy and difficult to understand the lyrics but otherwise was decent.

Good but you are better off listening to their first EP and stopping there. 5/5

I have a weird relationship with this band, I always think of myself of having outgrown Slipknot. I'm not a teenager anymore, I don't need this super angsty and angry music like I used to, and they really are the kind of band you use to get into metal, but after you discover how much more there is to the genre, Slipknot are a band you don't really listen to anymore. But despite my lack of desire to ever listen to Slipknot anymore, for some reason every time I do find myself listening to them, I always have a great time. Even though I don't need this music anymore, that doesn't mean I can't still enjoy it. Despite the blatant teenage angst coming from this album, and the obvious choices of better metal music, it's still great in other ways. The musicianship is still amazing with the guitar riffs and drumming in particular actually holding up super well. Plus Corey Taylor's vocals are still insane, I still maintain that despite the band he's in, he is genuinely one of the best and most versatile vocalists in metal.

Bland isn’t the right word but I thought this was going to be a love it or hate it situation and instead it just washed over me leaving no trace.

The soundtrack to my college days, so much nostalgia.

Giving it a 5/5 because SK was my very first concert and it was the shit.

A relentless onslaught of misdirected rage without nuance, subtlety or variety. The Trump-loving doctor my mother used to work for, who won't fly on an airplane and always acts like he's on coke loves this band.

not my usual speed AT ALL, but it was an enjoyable detour. definitely rock music you can dance to, so i liked that. wasn't too big of a fan of the interludes where it just sounded like a pop song... i thought we were here to scream? why are we singing???? in fact, my favorite parts of the album where when it felt like it was an exploration of a deep dark soundscape (prosthetics comes to mind). highlights - (sic), wait and bleed, surfacing, tattered and torn, prosthetics, no life

Not for me!

A perfect album to have on in the background for rage-quitting a gaming-session in the middle of the night, take a zip of your enormous can of Monster, and log on to to 4chan and provoke some strangers just because you can. Wait and bleed is a classic though.

makes me want to go to a slipknot concert wearing bedazzled juicy pants and a crop top

Is there a way I could rig a security system to start blasting this album if someone broke into my house…? Asking for a friend….

What garbage

Wow that is one angry man! I listened to this at my gym session this morning thinking for sure it would amp me up for a few PBs. Alas my performance was as mediocre as ever but for sure the gym bros knew not to mess with me. I actually didn’t mind a few of the down tempo numbers where the dude sang instead of screamed. I’m a few albums behind on the project; my next one is Simon & Garfunkel which promises to be a change of pace and will utterly confound the Spotify algorithm. 2.5 stars rounded up for not being jazz.

Kudos to them for what they meant to a whole generation of now life enjoying metal appreciating individuals. Other than that, there is a whole host of alternative nu-metal bands I much rather listen to.

i kinda get it, but i can’t imagine any circumstance where i‘d put that stuff on

definitely not a metal lover

Nu-metal can suck it.

I'll never understand why people listen to this. My brother listened to this album all the time when he was in high school, and I think that may be why he was always so angry at the world. It's loud, aggressive, and just not enjoyable. Maybe that's the point, but if so, I definitely wasn't the target audience.

Now this is headache inducing in some places, but you have to say this album represents a whole genre. Fast frenetic yet somehow tuneful guitar, wry very shouty yet also melodic in places, and most importantly it includes Wait And Bleed which is absolute tune.

If I was picking one Slipknot album I'd go with Iowa, but I like this too. Was a big fan of Joey Jordison. This is aggressive in a way that works for me. And I think of Liberate every time I eat a banana. That has to count for something.

Relentless. Like being tortured in a pitch black dungeon for an hour. In a good way. Obviously, I'm not always in the mood for this, but when it hits it really hits.

I like nu metal and I didn’t enjoy this. I have given Slipknot a try over the years and still come away unconvinced. Lyrics are cringey angry 14 year old mall kid. The only good part is the frenetic drumming. Apparently they shouldn’t really be considered nu metal, more like borderline death metal? I haven’t found a death metal band I like so maybe it’s just not my cup of tea. These guys don’t know dynamic variation, they go from 0 to 100. Probably don’t know what foreplay is. Reluctant 2 stars because of their influence on alternative metal during their heyday.

I do like some Slipknot songs, can't really say full albums (the drumming in The Blister Exists? Oh yeah), but I never listened to this before. It's ok but doesn't really have them breaking any molds? I don't want to present myself as some kind of nu-metal expert when that's not the case, so, here's the end of this review.

I've always written this band off, but I'll be god damned if a lot of this doesn't sound like Chaos A.D./Roots-era Sepultura. I am a sucker for some down-tuned groove so I ended up enjoying this more than I wanted to. My only complaints are with the clean singing that's sprinkled throughout and that it could've been shorter.

I think most people over the age of 16 hearing this for the first time will likely look at this album with disgust and annoyance at best and genuine vitriol at worst. I take Slipknot seriously the same way I take Pantera seriously; I feel the emotion in the aggression and the performance but it doesn't say much to me about my life anymore. These guys had talent though (HAD, that new single that came out a few days ago is legitimately awful).

Why was this bullshit even in the book? This was horrible, next.

This is great if you're an angry teen with nothing better to listen to.

The drumming is good here and the entire album is just an hour filled of pure anger. I also don’t think it’s the best the band ever was. Eventually Corey Taylor started constructing actual melodies and put some real emotional songwriting into Slipknot’s music. Just check out “Snuff”. This is mostly a debut that shows Metal fans what the band would eventually become.

really strong debut, i think the band has some skill and great chemistry

They let the inmates out of the asylum and let them into studio. This is one fat sausage of anger, mental instability, drums and distorted guitars. "Scissors" comes on and is all minimal and quiet for 90 seconds, forcing the listener to brace for the explosion, and it opens up with a pop, not a bang. All in all, it's not a bad album, but it's too much angst and spleen venting. If there's something in there, it's so deep in there, you're going to have to break out the pickaxes and mine for it, and by that time you're part of the band. If you're on Spotify and listening to the 10th Anniversary Edition, stop after "Get This" and get an early release from the madhouse. My Rating: 3/5

This album goes so hard. I remember when it first came out, their masks were truly frightening but in a good way and I was obsessed with the music. I just love the aesthetic and imagery behind this and this is such a legendary album now.

Bro, the fact that this band is what Iowa is known for in music makes me wanna die. I’d also like to point out the nicest most innocent middle aged girls I know bump the shit out of these guys and go to their concerts. I’ve honestly never listened to a full song, none the less a full album. But man. Idk how to even wrap my head around this. This isn’t divorced dad rock, this isn’t angsty teen hates their parents music. This is just pure emotional vomit. What the fuck are these guys even on about? I’ll never understand how these dudes became so influential in this genre. Every knows them. But why? This music elicits no emotion out of me, other than the fact that I want to turn it off. I overuse the word slop quite a bit, but that’s honestly as close as I can get to describing this record. Genuinely nothing else to note.

It’s only after a girl said that Slop knot was good that I began to consider it. The absolute worst thing that can happen to an artist is they don’t win my grace by merit but through the power of love. Anyways this is okay. It’s boring for most of it but you get used to the screaming after a while and it does it quite well. Did I need 50 minutes of it no. But there are Gems here! Prosthetics is a prime example of just a crazy song that has some insane instrumentals on it. It’s charged and they really care about the sound they are making. It does kinda blend into itself because it just is so samey. Hip hop's effect on rock is amazing to witness. This really sounds like nothing I’ve heard everyone really did try to bite this sound in metal it’s kinda insane. I know why it’s on here and without this sound the Midwest would be so different. This is the sound that built highways and killed Bin Laden that’s good enough for me. I want to mosh to this though. Oh also the Masks are cool not really sure why but it works. It is just so dirty sounding too on purpose. It’s got edge it’s got imperfections it’s human it’s habitual. Scissors is an insane song. That song live has definitely killed someone no way right it’s such an interesting subculture that I had no idea about. Something scary about this coming from Iowa. This is the undercurrent of the Iowan lifestyle some would say

Yeah, it's really not for me. And it goes on forever. On the plus side, I found I could almost completely tune it out for long periods, the way you sometimes can with random noise, which greatly improved things.

lol

Not as crap as I was expecting. There’s some really good songs in this if you can get past the questionable vocals and lyrics. Wish there was a bit more to talk about in terms of guitars, but the drumming heavily carries this album

I don’t get the whole clown makeup for a band.

Slipknot has like 3 songs I like. None of them are on this album. I actually really do like Corey Taylor’s vocals on his other projects more as well.

But like, why though?

I went from Dr.Hook to this. Just saying. This is actually the first time I have fully engaged with an album by these guys. I have a vast array of musical tastes and this version of metal is one of my more intriguing. I just never seemed to fully get into these guys and you know what? It’s not changing now. It’s good. It hits hard It sound angry and deservedly so. There’s swearing. I am amazed that there are 7 members or so and the album doesn’t seem to busy or drowned out. Choice cut: Spit it Out

I have to rate this a 5. The nostalgia bringing it all back to a simpler time. The sound this band generates is incredible and the switch between the screaming and the more conventional music is incredible

don’t like heavy metal. I don’t think I’ll like this album. I’ve heard good things abt slipknot but from people who have very dif music tastes than me. Weird sounds on the opener. Hard to call that a song. Good guitar and drums to open SIC. Vocals are bs but the writing is actually pretty good. Et less is fine. Guitar isn’t as good. Vocals a little better tho. Pretty generic metal song. Back half guitar riff is cool. Better vocals and lyrics on wait and bleed. Catchy chorus. Good guitar and drums. I get it’s a theme of the album but surfacing is just way too angry for me. The whole album is tbh. Slip it out is another one that’s well written I just hate the screamo vocals. Unique guitar fs. Tattered and torn is not good imo. Hard to find any redeeming qualities. Me inside was forgettable. All of these songs are starting to blend together. Good chorus on liberate. Cool guitar. Prosthetics is another forgettable one. At this point I think I’ve heard enough. This album isn’t for me. I don’t like this style. It’s too angry. The vocals suck. Good backing tracks but that’s it. 2.4/5. True JAA.

guitars and drums as well as beat were very good . just not personally a fan of metal vocals but overall pretty good album obviously a standard for all who claim to listen to metal.

Demented insane noise and mindless screaming. Trash

Naaaah