Slipknot

One of the best pulls so far. Loved this album

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Though the extreme intensity of this album will turn people off, it should not be lost that this is a wildly creative album that has shining performances from all 9 members. My biggest critique of Slipknot as a band is they never managed to recapture the uniqueness of this album, as each subsequent release has become more and more pared down, mainstream, and forgettable. This album succeeds in especially showcasing the auxiliary members in ways that make even the lesser known songs highly enjoyable. Plenty to love throughout, and does a fantastic job of capturing unbridled rage in a very engaging way from start to finish

Hahaha.

This was one of my first entries into heavy music back in my teenage years, and it holds a special place in my heart for that reason. Full of anger, angst, and energy, there are a few tracks that have been on my playlist for 20 years now, and a few more I'd forgotten about that have been re-added. Highlights are (sic), Wait and Bleed, Eyeless, Spit It Out, Tattered & Torn, Liberate, and Prosthetics. The only negative for me is the inclusion of the various remixes and demos, which don't really add much to the album.

I f**ing love this album. It’s a brilliant, slightly experimental for its time metal album with some of Slipknot’s best tracks. All of these poor reviews are people who hate nu metal as a whole, which baffles my mind, as it’s so fucking fun. And do Slipknot really count as nu-metal anyway? Debatable for future albums. Drumming from Joey is always incredible, some nasty guitar work too which brings it up. I kind of fuck with the tinny production to be honest, sign of its time especially for a debut album. Eyeless and Diluted makes me feel 12 when i would want to punch my parents.

Utterly absorbed me! Glad to have heard this :)

I actually liked this album. Is there something wrong with me? Probably. But seriously this goes out to my buddy who loved Slipknot. Miss ya.

Such a raw album, it’s kind of scary and it’s VERY angry. A couple of songs just feel like a mixture of sounds to create some ambiance but it all weirdly works

It’s slipknot

Thank you, Ross Robinson, for absolutely tormenting this band into creating this masterpiece. Favourite Songs: (sic), Eyeless, Surfacing, Spit It Out, No Life. Least Favourite Songs: Tattered & Torn, Scissors.

It's unfair because I know this album inside out. I'm back in Dave Badloe's bedroom I've inserted the burned CD in his Sony CD changer stereo tower We are headbanging We are shouting and screaming INSIDE MICHELLE I WAIT AND BLEED Who is Michelle? This is youth This is my youth

This album goes hard. It's the only Slipknot album I owned, not that I don't like the others. Drums are quality! Corey's screams are nuts. Proper Nu Metal album. Can understand why it's not for everyone, but it is for me (although I never saw the point in their masks, but I would say the same about any band like that, including Gwar that take it to a whole different level).

I had a phase in college when I got pretty into Slipknot, now i will usually skip anything that comes up on shuffle except for this album. I forgot how stacked the first half of this album is Sic, Eyeless, Wait and Bleed, and Surfacing are all great. The reason I still like this album over the other Slipknot albums is the groove. This album has a really fast chaotic energy with great sampling and grooves that never relents. Low 5.

Perfect heavy noise! I like it.

Gateway metal for every ten year old angry nerd. Genuinely fun. You know what? I'm rocking. Give this one a five.

Wow. Another band I've always sat on the sidelines with. I guess I need to stop qualifying that this music is "more aggressive than my normal go-to," because this is killer. Riffs that just don't stop, drums are ferocious and tight, and the group's image is as theatrical as it is frightening. I was going to go with a 4, but I can't find anything to criticize. I mean, yeah, the vocals border on carnival freak, but they're mixed just right, not too high in the mix, so they blend in as another instrument, which serves them and the songs. And while I can't decipher every lyric, I'm pretty sure I get what he's on about.

I didn't listen to this and I'm still giving it one star

My #1 album ever. Fav track: No Life

Surprised I never got into them when I was in my nu metal phase. This album was freaking rad.

Always loved this album!

Very tough listen. Loads of people at school were obsessed, but I’m starting to think they were more really into the idea of liking Slipknot than they were into Slipknot. I ate up System of a Down about the same time, so maybe that’s me sated for screaming nu-metal for a lifetime

This was awesome. I haven't listened to this album front to back since high school and I may like it more now than I did then. There's so many different sounds from song to song, but also in songs themselves. Double bass and blast beats with DJ scratching and screaming into a stripped back bridge accented with keg hits? It can only be Slipknot I love the difference in the vocal styles they use throughout this album- from screaming to singing to using a high pass filter to get the "radio voice", it kept things feeling fresh. There's some really cool & catchy metal riffs, but I think they do a really good job creating catchy rhythms. They fall into that nu-metal formula like I noticed in Hybrid Theory, but not nearly as often as LP did.

Still love this album. Good trip down memory lane. If you didn’t know, one did a backflip onto me off the speakers at one of the shows.

Better than I remembered.

Amazing album, the raw energy and power was so incredible, the first time I heard Wait and Bleed it just blew me away I was not aware that it would be one of the key albums in my life

Well it was a 5 before I even re-listened to it. Such a fantastic album. Amazing energy, raw aggression, fantastic musicianship, incredible debut.

Peso com excelentes opções para as listas de músicas para correr. Prediletas da casa, "Wait and Bleed", "(sic)" e "Spit It Out"

Great already listened to it

Was too much of a metal purist to give this a proper chance back in the day. Belter of an album.

9/10

What an album! My only disappointment was not listening to it sooner. It can come off a bit samey, particularly in the vocal category, but I quite enjoy the genre, so it works out. Going with 'Diluted' as my fave from the album.

Super influential for modern metal - and me. I‘m a bit biased in that case :)

I love this album so much. Slipknot pioneered a new genre. 10/10

I love this album but it certainly has its faults. The lyrics are so, so bad. Just awful. HOWEVER when you're pissed off and not looking for poetry this album hits the spot. I think Corey Taylor is overall a pretty excellent vocalist. His screams are just top notch as far as I'm concerned. His clean vocals are good too (they improved with time too) but his biggest fault is when he goes for those stupid, cringey vocal fry vocals and the "Oh I'm so tortured and craaaaazy better not mess with me!" laughs and groans. That stuff was even a bit too overdramatic and stupid to me when I was 14 and this was my favorite album. BUT overall I love this album. It's aggressive and catchy. The percussion is so good. It also gives me a huge nostalgia rush. Without Slipknot I wouldn't have gotten into more extreme forms of metal. Yes, this is a gateway album if there ever was one. A lot of people I know that liked this album put it aside when they moved onto heavier things but I think this album has a ton of staying power. I do hate how juvenile it can be but man do I get so much pleasure listening to this album that I can overlook the flaws. Despite the acknowledged flaws I think this most certainly deserves a 5.

The pinnacle of its genre, a masterpiece that will stand the test of time - 5/5 There is something therapeutic about finding out this is my album of the day while wearing a Slipknot top, it's like the stars all aligned <3 Favourite tracks: - <3<3<3 Wait and Bleed <3<3<3 - <3<3 Spit It Out <3<3 - <3 Me Inside <3 Reviewed 27/08/2024

BL: used to listen to this album religiously when I first got into metal aged 13 or so. As I got older and I got into more hardcore metal I drifted away from this album and didn’t come back. Since returning I have become a full blown audiophile and my opinions on metal and how it exists in the space has radically changed, often not giving it the time of day. So it’ll be interesting to see how this sounds, and see if it ranks as high as All Hope is Gone, which I’ve already received on the generator AL: this album is actually incredibly understated I reckon. The Rubin production on it is phenomenal, it’s mixed amazingly and the songs are all catchy, almost danceable, if not still embroiled with that hardcore vitriol that we came to love slipknot for. Undoubtedly the lyrical content feels Incelic at times, but ultimately apart from that, I understand why I adored this record when I started my metal journey, and I can see now why it’s even better than I originally imagined. FT: “(sic)”, “Wait & Bleed”, “Me Inside”, “Prosthetics” 5/5

5 STARS!!!

Bout time I get a good heavy album! I definitely know of Slipknot and looks like I have one of the songs on the album saved, but I've never owned an album or heard one all the way through. This came out when I met Shani. Crazy. 25 yrs old already. Well this goes without saying but 10 stars here.

xhuxon manso album 10/10.

I got into Slipknot a few years ago - this album is excellent. This album defined the metal genre in the late 90s/early 2000s. So much drums, chaotic guitars, Corey's screams, there's just so much on this. 5/5 great to mosh to.

Stupid loud fun, sometimes it's all I want. Great energy, impossible not to headbang Somewhat related: Yesterday I saw a girl who was about 8-10 years old wearing a Cannibal Corpse logo T-shirt. Hope it's her dad's sense of humour and not a randomly picked one

Loved it in middle school and I still love it now. I’m probably biased because of nostalgia

This is one of those albums where I can’t tell what the lyrics are most of the time, but the vocals are more of another instrument. I do like the more melodic parts which pop up periodically

Never really listened to Slipknot, wish I did because damn this was a fantastic album. At times reminded me of SoaD but angrier. It is a long but the time flew by and found myself wanting more when it was done. This is going on the metal playlist for sure. 10/10

Call me a cond but this was thoroughly enjoyable.

HELL YEAHHHHHH

A conveyor belt of absolute slaps. That said, it really could do with a better mix. For as good as the drums are, they sound like they're recorded from a mile away on an iphone.

This is one of those albums that has defined "the other kids" musical taste in 2000s. Their visual style and, at the time, unprecedented wild riffs, vocals and seven different drummers or so were just enticing for everyone included. This albums started it all, but I'm pretty sure it was Iowa that perfected it and got my attention as well. Nevertheless, record really close to my heart, even though I preferred different bands at the time.

Great debut album. Shreds all the way through.

I really love the first side of this album, so much that this is an instant 5 stars for me, even though the second side is a bit weaker. Listening to this for the first time in a few years reminded me how much I love the start, particularly the drums and the Slayer-esque compositions. I was almost surprised by the second half as I couldn't really remember it at all from my habit of just listening to side one.

Being an Iowan this is the first time actually listening to Slipknot. Of course everyone knew Wait and Bleed but there are other tracks on this album that still showcase the talent this band has. This is some great metal.

Great drums. Goes on a little too long

Yes

Groundbreaking and Revolutionary Nu-Metal album by a Legendary Band. ‘Nuff Said.

A fuckin classic. So many good tracks here.

742617000027 - 7/10 (sic) - 10/10 Eyeless - 10/10 Wait and Bleed - 9/10 Surfacing - 9/10 Spit It Out - 9/10 Tattered & Torn - 9/10 Purity - 9/10 Liberate - 9/10 Prosthetics - 9/10 No Life - 9/10 Diluted - 9/10 Only One - 9/10 Scissors - 9/10 Eeyore - 9/10 Me Inside - 9/10 Get This - 9/10 TOTAL - 153/170

What can I say? I am a fan of Slipknot and this self-titled album was spot on what I wanted to hear. This metal album was aggressive, heavy, and full of rage. I liked every song on this album and I am definitely going to listen to it again in the future. A must-listen for any metalhead! Favorite Song(s): "Wait and Bleed", "Spit It Out", "Eyeless"

не будет объективной оценки рос под такое, под такое умру

Yes I was the child of a divorce. Yes I have a step-dad who was/is cool as hell but I was angsty when this came out. Yes I loved Korn at the time. And yes. I first heard this record at my job, and I am not kidding, at my job at Blockbuster Video the same year I graduated High School. And Yes. I FUCKING LOVE THIS RECORD.

Best album they've ever made

Согласен с Колей, что рос на таком. Я люблю этот альбом, в нем есть самые тяжелые и лиричные при этом песни слипов. А гитары и барабаны тут просто почтение, обожаю проверять бас на наушниках через эти песни алоальбом: крепкий виски в бочке из вина

classic

One of my all time favourites, such raw aggression

Sooo good. Such a fucking banger, the whole album

PEOPLE EQUAL SHIT.

Veel mensen hebben een hekel aan Slipknot, maar ik vind het geweldig. Slipknot (specifiek de track 'Wait and Bleed') was voor mij de gateway naar de wat hardere muziek. Snoeihard, toch nog muzikaal (Corey Taylor is een geweldige zanger, Joey Jordison was een geweldige drummer) en vreemd genoeg is het met vlagen nog catchy ook. Zoveel goede tracks.

10/10 - Where has this been my whole life

Slipknot is one of my favorite bands, and listening to this brought back a lot of great memories. I definitely can understand why this kind of music isn't for everyone, but I love it.

Great

Outstanding album. Must have been quite the blast when it came out and the best was yet to come.

Year 1999, Slipknot are ready to drop a bomb in the metal world, bringing an innovative, agressive, angry and energetic sound. Corey Taylor directly proves he was an incredible singer by sometimes blasting raw and growling vocals and other times super clean and emotive ones. Joey Jordison shows his machine skills and the adhesion of members like Shawn Crahan was putting on a hell of a show. It's not a perfect album, but it's certainly an important and outstanding one.

a true classic, a product of its time. 5.

9/10

Absolutely brilliant, heavy as hell and twice as loud. They are also the loudest band I have ever seen live. Wait and Bleed woke me each morning for years, on a CD alarm clock, which fairly gets the day started right!

Spanning multiple metal genres, this album is heavily percussive and sample-filled, giving it a creepy, industrial sound. Joey Jordison's blast beats and Corey Taylor's vocal delivery give the album its chaotic, almost frenetic feel. The lyrics are sometimes morbid, often desperate, and generally misanthropic. This album is both incredibly heavy and melodic at the same time, and I struggle to sit still while listening to it. Although it's not my favorite Slipknot album, it's an obvious 5 from me and still gets regular play around here.

Yeeah goed boos album. Maar heel goed gegroeid denk ik. Als ze dat nu zoduen uitbrengen zou het ook goed onthaalde worden denk ik

I lovveee theeem

Sorry haters. this still slaps

Well well well. Can't wait to hear what Stevie thinks of this album. Deep in the heart of Iowa, 9 boys decided to shred and scream and wear insane masks. People were scared of these guys at the time, maybe some still are, as no one knows what they look like. Except that we do now, especially with lead singer Corey Taylor, who also did a stint with Stone Sour, and drummer Joey Jordison who is up there as one of the best drummers of all time. While this wasn't the first album of Slipknots I listened to, it is one of my favorites. A very interesting blend of thrash metal and rap, but more Limp Bizkit type beats. But that's what you get when you have 9 people playing different instruments including metal trash cans. Almost every single song as a unique as the members of the band and back in freshman year of high school this was one of my go to albums for pump up music while working out and running track. These songs will get you moving. Fav Songs: (Sic), Eyeless (the chorus of this song was a line one of the band members heard while they were in LA from a homeless person), Wait and Bleed, Surfacing (vivid memories of listening to this just before running the 100 yd dash), Spit It Out (metal rap, some wild lyrics), Me Inside, Liberate, No Life, Diluted Extra credit if you listen to the deluxe version there is a song called Purity that was about a serial killer who had buried a girl alive in a box, I believe that was in Iowa too but not sure. Also Snap (Demo).

Really good hard rock. This changed the game when it was released - I have grown to like it more since it’s original release. 4.5 and up!

undeniably important album. You can love Slipknot or hate Slipknot or just be over their whole schtick, but they helped bring Nu-Metal to the mainstream. Huge percussion, bottled anger, cool sound, best thing to come out of Iowa. Slipknot was and remains a gateway band into other types of heavy music, and for that all metalheads should thank them, whether or not you enjoy it. For me, This album will always be a nostalgia hit. || I think this album is more important to the list than 'All Hope is Gone' by far. but I won't criticize Slipknot having 2 albums when so many others have 5+ that feel unnecessary.

best

Didn’t really listen to these guys first time round, but loving the album. I like linkin park and some of the vibes are similar - particularly liked ‘surfacing’ a great one when working 😂 me inside and eyeless are another couple I liked

What a racket! I love it!

Love this album. I sometimes go long times without hearing any songs from this album, but whenever I do I immediately turn the album on. I never get tired of it.

Ok this has already blown my mind. I'm not even 4 songs in. Why is this so much better than "All Hope Is Gone"?! 4 This is good noise :) Most unexpected 5 yet

One of my favourite metal albums

The perfect album to take me, an innocent 12 year old, from thinking Offspring was heavy to being open to much heavier music. Yea its gimmicky with masks, 100 members beating on random things, and they have real deep lyrics like "you can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes"(what does that mean?) but that's honestly a perfect recipe to turn a 12 year old into a metal head and it worked on me with help from other Nu-metal bands. I still like it and I went to California and could not see shit, so maybe he was on to something. Iowa was their best record, though.

Im not trying to make it a theme (grading just things i already love a 5), but come on, this album is killer. I really do hope to find some hidden gems and things that inspire me, but this curb stomps the pixies. After listening again, still rocks but very glad Corey sang more on following albums. they improved with timd

A masterpiece. One of my favorite albums from one of the best metal bands.

no contest

Rawr

Громко, грязно, агрессивно. Род поездочку в метро самое оно

Surprisingly many fillers on the album. Still a staple on evolution of metal.

I remember this being one of the first albums I ever got. And I was freaked the fuck out by it 😂 mental, scared me 😂. Prob influenced the metal and punk and garscore I got into in late teens. Listening back now its so good, prob gonna be a 5 for nostalgic value.

Probably i could hated it years ago, but now i loved it

Classic album

Love this album. I have it on slime green vinyl. Was kinda surprised to see it on this list, but 🤷‍♂️

Fucking great album. I didn’t know Slipknot was that old of a band but man they started out with a bang!

Excellent album to run to! I loved it. It was also a nice change.

Gosh...so many great memories...just absolutely love this album! Can‘t wait seeing them perform live again!

I like too

It's for the children

Fuck it all, fuck this world, fuck everything that you stand for! Don’t belong, don’t exist, don’t give a fuck, don’t even judge me! I love the first half, but the second half lacks a little something, and the album drags a little even before the 8-minute Scissors starts. Personally I prefer Iowa to this, but I can understand its inclusion due to the impact it had upon release.

NGL; got me pumped!

Stærkt album. Jeg fik et glimt af det Slipknot som jeg forelskede mig i omkring 08. Yep sent til festen, men de var alligevel så stort for mig, at jeg var nød til at forberede en livs ændrene tur! Min efterskole kammerat Casper skulle være min ledsager, til den største rock og metal festival som fantes i nærområdet året efter! Turen skulle være med tog, og der var ingen hjælp at hente fra nogen. - Ugen før afgang til Rock am Ring 09, meldte han dog fra, og mine drømme blev knust. -- Heldigvis kunne Claus overtales til at tage med, selvom han havde sine sidste eksamener på gymnasiet, var 17, og vores forældre havde forbudt ham at tage med! (De skulle på ferie i Frankrig alene samme uge) - Klip til at vi står på den tyske astfald i uendelige mængder regne, våde, kolde, tørstige, sultne, og trætte - Clauses skub-op telefon ringer, og med stive finger fisker han den op af lommen for at se hvem der ringer. Telefonen gled, og opkaldet gik igennem... - Det var far... Vi blev taget på fersk gerning midt i et ungdoms oprør. - Tak for mindet Slipknot.

It is time for me to get back on track with my Nu-Metal November marathon, and what a better place to pick up with than with Slipknot and their entire discography. I honestly thought they had a lot more projects under their belt and was very surprised to see they will only have 9 that I am covering. Slipknot's debut studio album starts off with this high level of energy that feels so much more intense and engaging than the usual trashy Nu-Metal sound. This is something that regardless of how much you mature both as a person or musically you can always enjoy. It is loud and aggressive but just a damn good time that truly doesn't ever let up once. You can break this album apart or you can enjoy it all at once and it'll still hit the same. This is one of those rare pieces of Nu-Metal that transcends the horrible aging the genre has gone through to be a truly timeless and important release. It is super consistent, super tight, and super fun so how could anyone reasonably hate on it?

🤘🤘🤘

I am about 400 albums into this list and to date my highest rated genre is Metal. But it’s a bit of a misnomer, as I don’t think I’ve had many true Metal albums. My averaging rating includes Van Halen, Alice In Chains, Zeppelin, Faith No More and others that I wouldn’t consider true Metal bands. When stuff like this comes up, it’s clear to me that I am not a true Metal fan in the way that others are. I wouldn’t come back to this album over and over and over again. That all said, I am giving this 4 stars for one reason only. If you listen to it, really listen to it, it’s very apparent how talented these guys are. It’s super hard to play music this fast and be this together, and these guys are tight. So with that, a generous rating. Also helps that they are from Iowa where I am currently living.

Big nostalgia kick. Some great songs, some absolutely dross though

Bardzo mi się podoba. Dałbym 4,5, gdybym mógł.

A three star album that happens to have Wait and Bleed on it.

19 year old version me was excited and surprised to have this pop up. It came out during a time where I could use this To escape my head at times or just rock Out on a road trip. I know many will consider it noise or just loud screaming, but music gives you feels and it brought it all back to me listening to it.

Tämä ilmestyi opiskeluaikana ja oli ihmetystä ja fanitusta aiheuttanut albumi. Älytön meininki ja iski nu metal -boomissa kovaa. Oli erittäin kovassa kuuntelussa vuosituhannen taitteessa. Oli aikaa, kun musaa tuli kuunneltua paljon walkmaneilla junissa, busseissa jne eli albumi tuli kuunneltua cd:ltä kokonaan. Lähes 30 v jälkeenkin vahva 4/5

A friend introduced me to metalcore, and this fit like a glove today.

I am opening my heart wider than the wingspan of a pelican for this album. I truly am. Let the record show I am opening my heart wider than the wingspan of a pelican for Slipknot’s 1999 self-titled album. I’m gonna go listen probably later. Okay this is really fucking awesome. This is actually fucking amazing. Shawn Crahan listed first on the wikipedia page. Makes sense. And the vocalist, his flows are so perplexing. This shit is so strange. Everyone's gonna clown on me for saying this, but this scratches a similar itch to like black midi. My heart is opening to metal!!!

never really thought this would be my thing but goddamn it RIPS. some of the craziest drumming i've ever heard and yeah the lyrics are kinda dumb but corey taylor does such insane things with his voice that it doesn't matter at all. the end of 'scissors'?? holy fuck

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. remind me not to read my FAGGOT friend lyle's review. so called "free thinkers" when distortion or yelling in music. so called "free thinkers" who want a medal a cookie or "good boy" praise after noticing an amen break™️. look. you already know why we're here. im kevin durant. you know who i am. they left "get this" (top 5 off deluxe but very important to me™️) off the album. go listen to that if you not fw me. i already Know y'all not fw me. but u gotta FW my drip. and the shitknot hoodie is Drip. OWOGH. 4.2. first ⁶🤷‍♂️⁷ tracks are all time stuff. second half is noticeably weaker (see stuff i said about aimee mann and "having" to make albums longer than 40+ minutes because "we have the technology™️") but you Have to listen to scissors b4 u kick it.

A little heavy for my taste but a good suprise

This was a nice, hard reprieve to the usual alternative brit stuff on the list. Some moments were a bit too "nu", and the end was a tad anticlimactic but overall a headbanger. 3.7/5 -> 4/5

I am a metal fan but lean towards more melodic stuff - Tool, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, AIC, Ozzy, Judas Priest, Metallica, etc. Harsh, screaming vocals never really appealed to me and that’s my turn off here. It is quite inventive though by mixing genres and is seminal for those who like it.

was söll me do säge

Tones of layered and angry guitar riffs are suitably very red and dense sounding with these sort of rhythms that make my mind dance, feels similar to centralia by car bomb and it washes over me like how sound waves from a nu metal album should, very good!

Yess, endelig litt action!

Exactly 30 weeks ago, I listened to my first Slipknot album (All Hope Is Gone). After giving it just one listen, I concluded that it was "easily the worst album I've had to listen to for this challenge so far" and proceeded to give it a generous two stars. I voiced how much I disliked the album to my former roommate Alex (who is a wicked drummer and a known fan of Slipknot) and he said "I only listened to that during a very edgy phase I went through in school," while noting that their self-titled album "is soooo much better." While I remained skeptical, I trusted my friend's opinion – he introduced me to a fair amount of rock music that has stuck with me since college (Dream Theater, Mick Gordon, My Chemical Romance, etc.), so I retained a small amount of hope that Slipknot's debut would land for me. By some miracle, Slipknot managed shatter my expectations. No joke, I genuinely really enjoyed this one! I wasn't expecting an album so raw and energetic with turntable scratches and other bits of ear candy peppered in – it's kind of like Hybrid Theory, but with fewer melodies and less rapping. I think the main reason this album works for me is that, unlike All Hope Is Gone, it's not trying to be anything more than it is... Slipknot knew exactly what was working for them here. There are no super anthemic choruses, crazy guitar solos or attempts at profound lyricism – it's just 50 minutes of noisy angst. The percussion is insane too! If there's anything preventing me from giving this one a perfect score (yes, it's legitimately encroaching on five star territory), it's that the album's sound can be somewhat one-note and its tracklist could have been a bit leaner. Cut out like 10-12 minutes of material and it'd be pretty much perfect. So yeah, I liked Slipknot's debut. At the same time, I don't feel the need to seek out further albums from the band – this one delivered just about everything I could have wanted out of a Slipknot album. Would I listen to it again in the right setting (i.e., not around my wife and/or toddler)? Absolutely. Highlights: (sic), Eyeless, Wait and Bleed, Surfacing, Spit It Out, Tattered & Torn, Purity, Liberate, No Life, Scissors

Sorpresivamente encontré algo de oro en ésto. Nota: 3 7

My first metal album for the challenge, and it was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

There is just too much screaming to get a high score from me. But on the other hand I have a wonderful memory of rocking out to Slipknot with my cousin's toddlers on a balcony in Long Beach so here is an extra star for that.

It’s scary insane music but it is more melodic than I expected and sounds awesome at times.

Favorite Track: Wait and Bleed

It's hard to separate objectivity from nostalgia here because this was a key record at a formative time of my life. I was prepared and even expecting this to have aged badly but I was pleasantly and unexpectedly drawn in from the minute the intro launched into '(sic)'. 'Wait and Bleed' took me back to my teens and 'Surfacing' and 'Spit It Out' still sound fresh. Musically solid with great percussion, this is of course not going to appeal to everyone (most?) but has emerged from the era of nu-metal a lot better than many of its peers

I've never been a huge Slipknot person. I loved nu-metal back in the day... and now, who am I kidding. I've come to enjoy this band more than when I was younger, I didn't get the mask thing. The drums are wild and very good on this album, some really heavy, almost funky, weird riffs, and Corey Taylor is a powerhouse of a vocalist. I could feel this was a Ross Robinson production before I even read the wiki, with everything I know about how intense he is as a producer and how he treated bands to get a certain sound, I think it feels frantic, good and bad.

nu metal is so awesome i physically cannot hate it. love love it

goes FUCKING hard

Great album. Metal innovators. So much going on in their songs, different forms of percussion, good mix of song singing and yelling. So perfect to influencer a ton of later bands.

Kunnollinen nostalgiapommi "nuoruusvuosille". Vähän samaa vaivaa kun tuntuu monissa muissakin levyissä olevan, että puolen välin jälkeen on hittibiisit kuultu ja menee vähän väliä junnaavaks ja sekoiluks. Ei toki haitannut paljoa menoa, kyllähän tätä mielellään kuuntelee.

Sometime you wake up and choose violence

I'm very familiar with this album and the scene it exploded out of and whilst I don't think it's Slipknot's best effort, it's still very strong. Slipknot were a group of misfits growing up in the arse-end of nowhere, Iowa. They were bored, pissed off and had access to instruments. The music they made was harsh and abrasive, offensive to some senses and people didn't really give a shit. Then they put on the mask and as Bane prophesised, they blew up. This album goes for shock, and it lands that on multiple fronts. If this isn't your bag but you're still a little curious, their later albums are definitely more coherent (Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)) and catchier (All Hope is Gone).

It's heavy....

Incredible drum and guitar sound. I prefer the variety of some of their later work but this is still a great debut album in this genre.

Not as varied as Deftones or Korn, but still ticks the anger box

I am a 14 year old boy and I’m very angry at my stepfather.

BANGER! Some of the best heavy rock in a long time.

Second album proposé après 'All Hope Is Gone' que j'avais bien apprécié (noté 4/5). Ce second album est un peu moins varié que le précédent, mais tabasse plus ! La batterie + percussions donnent un son écrasant. Certains riffs sont bien trouvés, c'est un plaisir après cette semaine de disques moyens/mauvais. Pas sur de l'ajouter à ma collection (je lui préfère le précédent), mais je l'écouterais de nouveau avec plaisir ! =>3.5/5 arrondis à 4/5 pour compenser la semaine.

Really enjoyed the album , great riffs and tempo kept me tapping me feet all the way through

Standing on the shoulders of giants. So much death metal, thrash metal, breakbeat, hip hop, doom metal influence. How some of these dweebs on reddit claim that Slipknot isn't nu metal is beyond me. Joey Jordison is to Slipknot what Wes Borland is to Limp Bizkit. Tracks that showcase Joey's percussion (especially earlier in the album) are typical industrial/thrash/death riffs over some really solid polyrhythms and interesting fills. Later in the album, the songs kind of bleed together into a generic Nu metal stew. Joey is very reserved in these later tracks. Going for a very typical hardcore 2-4 beat and the songs suffer for it. Corey Taylor's rapping is beyond embarrassing. I've always been down on Slipknot because I don't think they deserve the seat they've been given in the metal pantheon. They're a bunch of other bands' ideas mashed together to make a palatable, marketable paste. That all said, this album was huge and directly inspired a lot of more accessible metal music in the past 2 decades. Not nesscessarily a good thing, because now we have wannabe tough guys saying "keep politics out of the scene." Plus we got Five Finger Death Punch, and that's horrible. Bringing it back to this album, it really outstays it's welcome. As previously mentioned, the album really loses gas in the second half. Which is a shame, because there are genuinely some cool tracks early on in the album, I think I just prefer the more raw, death metal inspired tracks to the sing songy choruses and uninspired, generic rhythm section of the middle and back half of the album. If it's not clear, I am very passionate about extreme music and it is downright embarrassing that bands like Slipknot get included when they're are a plethora of other, more well deserving albums. Album gets an extra star being extreme music is woefully underrepresented on this list.

Slipknot - Slipknot Even though I love metal, I largely ignored this when it was released, mainly because Slipknot fans were insufferable at the time. Slipknot fans back then were like the Arsenal fans of the metal world (maybe they still are, I'm ignorant to it these days). They honestly believed Slipknot invented extreme music and that there was no band more shocking or extreme. Revisiting it in later life, I've started to appreciate this album. After seeing endless drum covers of Eyeless on TikTok, I've began to appreciate Joey Jordison as a drummer, even though I did feel that some of his stage show theatrics were gimmicky back then. It's just missing some solos for me, but I understand it doesn't fit the aesthetic of the album. 4/5 for me, just missing some solos, but I get why.

8/10 Album

Embarrassingly, I liked this a lot as an album

Buen album, alta percu y lo lloran los viejos meados que dicen que es reggeatón con guitarras, aunque tienen mejores. Si tocás la bateria del album entero te quedás sin extremidades. Sape

Fiquei com um pouco de medo. Más muito bom, muito bem produzido.

Man this brings out the furious and sad 16-year-old in me and it was weirdly fun to relive it. Having been engineered with great care and precision to be as ferocious and creepy as possible, everything (ALL NINE BAND MEMBERS PLAYING AND HITTING AND SCREAMING AT FULL VOLUME ALL THE TIME WITH ABSURD INTENSITY) sounds huge and dangerous, even if it takes itself far too seriously for something so dumb and silly. (I’m sorry, is that percussionist wearing a clown mask and hitting an empty metal barrel with a baseball bat? Yup, sure is! And it really ties the band together somehow.) The lyrics are…bad. But they work most of the time (and are easy to ignore) because both they and the music just feel like mindless shouts of rage. “Diluted” is a cringey and probably problematic song, but the first dozen times I heard it, all I knew was “words words words words words words WHAT THE HELL - DID I - DO TO DESERVE ALL OF THIS?!” You don’t listen to this album to understand the vocalist’s reasons for his rage…you just shout along with him. (“Get This” is beyond the pale. No matter how much you like the energy, the lyrics make it an irretrievably bad song.) The album (or at least its high points) blew my mind when I first heard it in ‘99 and it still sounds great even though I’m an old man now (and even though, to reiterate, it’s very dumb and silly). It loses a step whenever it tries to turn up the creepy and turn down the ferality: several songs are not interesting or driving enough to compensate for their overly unsettling subject matter (kidnapping torture, all that fun stuff). But at its most feral it’s very cool…if you can move past (or better, embrace) the aesthetic and the general conceit of the band: that extremeness is the entire and only point. Dumb and silly and awesome. As a salute my not-quite-forgotten teenage years, I give it 4 [self-conscious, pimple-faced, and inexplicably angry] stars.

Full of energy, raw emotion and impressively fast drumming and guitar riffs. An iconic album that kicked off the nu-metal era.

A ferocious debut, Slipknot establishes the band’s place in the genre, led by drums that propel and amplify the album’s raw emotion.

One of the albums that got me into metal. Glad for a relisten.

Harder rock than I usually listen to.

It's good to hear an album made with real passion, even if it is ridiculous and over the top

That's a whole lotta angst and double bass!

I’ve listened to this album before and I love Slipknot. I think this was an absolutely fantastic debut.

Not exactly my taste, but I did like the album

Another debut album, that's five in a row (leaving out the Christmas 'bonus'). Not as gimmicky as I was expecting knowing about the band's penchant for costumes and clowns. The drum sound is pretty awful though. Between that and the shouty unintelligible vocals I'm not sure I'll be able to make it through the whole thing. When the singer forgets to pretend he's a monster with a sore throat the vocals are pretty good. I suppose that is supposed to reflect angry and disaffected youth, I can get behind the sentiment but have a hard time dealing with the delivery, to each their own. "Diluted" is my favorite track. I could see going back to this song. Seeing the 19+ minute run time of "Scissors" I was fully prepared to bail on it - then I was reminded of hidden tracks, haha!

Slipknot somehow skipped me by during my young teen Nu-metal phase. I’m guessing young me found the costumes lame, even if she liked Wait & Bleed. Anyway, this one was a positive surprise for me. Better than expected but still overlong and samey.

Heavy

What i can say about slipknot... this album is amazing, inovative, raw, heavy, emocional and angry, very angry. The groove is amazing, really impactful, the vocals is great as well, the same for the instrumentals. In the end it feels a litlle bit repetitive, but that doenst mean it get bad. For the wholeness, 4⭐

way better jam than i thought it’d be, it’s not what i would go for all the time, but it think it’s fun to listen to a handful of tracks every now and then.

Just lovely. Should have checked it out earlier.

4.5/5

Loud and awesome Standout songs: Wait and bleed Spit it out Diluted

Overall: 8/10 Nostalgia blast! ☝️🤓 Slipknot were one of the 3 bands (with Avenged Sevenfold and System of a Down) to really get me into metal. This album was huge during my formative years and I've listened to it probably a million ½ times. What I love about it is the pure aggression, Corey Taylor's killer vocals, and some of the best metal drumming you'll ever hear (RIP Joey Jordison). While this isn't my go to album anymore, and I think the second half is much weaker than the first, this is still a dope album and it holds a special place in my heart. Fav Song: Eyeless

How much do I even wanna say about this album? Heck, how much would anyone **need** to say? It's the kind of metal you don't think about, you feel. And if you feel it, well, damn, you're in for a good time. But if you don't ... well, I guess you might never will. But whether or not you feel it really depends on how much you're willing to buy into what these songs are about, at their core. Now, for the most part I think the lyrics don't entirely matter. The energy and anger are so palpable you'd be completely fine taking the album on those alone, forsaking the lyrics entirely. But it's where that comes from, as detailed in the lyrics, that might make things difficult for some. This **is** nu metal, after all. And what is nu metal to most people but a lot of whining and complaining about how your life is just **awful**. "Let me tell y'all what it's like being male, middle class and white! It's a bitch!" That sort of thing. I can absolutely see people listening to this album, hearing all of the screamed "FUCK YOU!!!"s and just thinking, "Gawd ... get over yourself already!" I don't think I'd go that far, myself. Sure, I doubt they're 100% telling the truth here — most performers aren't. And these guys are up here wearing "scary masks," so how much do you think they're being nothing but genuine? But putting that aside, I wanna think that a lot of this is coming from a real enough place. They had to tap into some sort of pain to get some of these songs across. "Scissors" in particular — unless you're a real piece of shit, I don't think you'd write a song where you scream "I WANNA DIE" ten times in a row without somewhat meaning it. And I wanna think I'm empathetic enough that I can understand where they're coming from at least a little. Though, with that said, I did end up mostly taking this album just on its energy, like I said. And just on its energy, this is some fuckin' brutal shit. I'unno the last album on this list that was as brutal as this one was. 'Reign In Blood'? 'Vulgar Display Of Power'? This is shit that'll kick your head in. And, y'know, as such it **can** get a **little** tiring towards the end (most people wouldn't be able to be **that angry** for nearly an hour) ... but when it's goes off, it goes off **hard**. As far as nu metal goes, I wouldn't put it up there with the best of the best, such as Linkin Park — though Slipknot seem to be in the upper echelon nonetheless. And in the general realm of brutal, crushing metal, it's a damn good time. They heartily have my approval. I mean, I'd never ask anyone to completely turn off their brain and not think about what they're listening to, but as long as you can gel with the energy and the anger, I think you'll have a good time. You have my word for it. (And I won't hold it against this album that it did, by some degrees of separation, lead to Corey Taylor appearing in that gawdawful Nostalgia Critic 'The Wall' video. Ain't its fault! But darn if I didn't spend a moment considering it anyway.)

Of all of the recognizable nu metal acts, Slipknot seems to be the one that's aged the most gracefully. Solid 4 Stars.

Angsty white boy metal does not hold up to the modern day. With that said its nostalgic to me and its fun to rage out sometimes. 4/5

ROCKS. Slightly trashy!

Better than I expected it to be!

от eyeless на брейкдауне пошли мурашки, давно такого не было от песни...

Det var faktisk ok at lytte til. Det var et album jeg sagtens kunne lytte til igen på fx til træning eller en løbetur

A rating based on nostalgia. Lots of times Slipknot soothed the angst in me, and it definitely is a more digestible introduction to metal. My friends and I would listen to it back in the day and it just brings me back to those emotions.

REAAAAADYYYY ich bin ja no ir en megaaa slipknot guy gsi, so e handvoll lieder hani sit 15i oder so MEGA gfühlt aber de rest...isch iwie ah mier verbii. ide letschte jahr han ich aber sicher chli meh respekt vor ihne gunne (ich han sie 2 oder 3x am greenfield gseh und sie mached halt scho e geili show) und mengisch brucht mis cavemanbrain chli ufmerksamkeit (guet das chunnts eig unverhältnismässig hüfig über aber slipknot isch scho nomal en fall für sich) ich lieb hslt echt ihri drums/perkussion JAAA NOMAL S GLICHE RIFF ABER LÄNGSÄMER WAIT AND BLEEEEEEDDDD SOO EN BANGER ich find au wie sie d drum bass ufgno hend sooo geil, so roh omg stimmt surfacing! so e cooli gitarre spit it out isch easy, s rappe isch chli funny ich find halt würkli, de corey taylor het e easy klari, schöni stimm only one CERTIFIED BANGER au de bass ide strophe isch so weird aber geiil hahahah SCISSOOORRRS jaa es unhinged, chaotisch und verlürt sich mengisch für mich...wie gseit, ich verstah slipknot sicher besser als früehner aber s nonplusultra sind sie für mich meistens nöd

3.93

This was an important album to teenage me, nowadays I still like it but it's more of a nostalgia thing than an angst thing.

Som lykkelig nybakt far kan jeg ikke si at dette er musikk som jeg klarer å leve meg helt inn i og føle slik de nok vil at man skal føle det. Ikke var jeg litagoemo heller i ungdomstida mi, selvom alle vennene mine var det. Men dette er dritkult. Det er dog alltid flaut når slike band har myke følelsesladde vokaler mitt i sangen. Fjerner de det og gjør den kortere er dette lett fem

Never listened to this when it came out, though did get into Iowa after it. I think it’s pretty good. Remove his more melodic vocals and it’s not really nu metal with some good instrumentals and I like the dj stuff - though three drummers and two DJs does smack of ‘let your brother join in’. And it does contribute to quite an unique sound, no many heavier metal or nu metal bands sound like this and while the gimmick of masks was copied the sound less so (though I’ve not listened to this kind of music for about 20 years so maybe it’s rife with their children now) 3.5 but I’ll round up to 4.

I feel as though this list really doesn’t have too much metal so the fact I got two metal albums in a row just feels like a targeted attack tbh. Except actually being completely honest I really didn’t mind this album so much. Probably has something to do with the recency to the last metal album I got which was one of the worst things I’d ever heard. So this one seemed comparably amazing. Okay actually I listened a second time and this might be good? Like I kinda liked it? I think metal may just entirely be a guilty pleasure genre.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. From the first song I was immediately dancing. Some of the singing was great. Too heavy for me generally but a really good album.

Numetal really didn’t age well (imo). Slipknot is one of very few exceptions. It’s a very good album. I was considering five stars, but there’s one thing that holds it back. I find the album a little too busy. It’s like they’re trying to squeeze in as much quirkiness as possible to show what they’re about or what they’re capable of. Yngwie Malmsteen famously said ”How can less be more? More is more!” Well, I guess these fellas agree. I personally think there’s something to be said for contrast and dynamics. Even in metal. 4/5

Я чітко пам'ятаю момент коли вперше почув цей альбом (клас 7й напевно) і сказав своєму другові, що "таку важку музику я не можу слухати". Звісно тоді я не знав, що потім буду слухати гурти, порівняно з якими сліпнот це радіофрендлі гурт (що в принципі так і є місцями), але був час коли вони для мене уособлювали максимум метала. Насправді далеко не вся мазафака постарішала добре, але цього не скажеш про сліпнот. Мабуть, з усієї їхньої дискографії я обрав би айову, але дебютник (альбом з іншим вокалістом не рахуємо) все ще звучить по-справжньому агресивно, швидко й неспинно. Сучасна класика.

я такий крутий малюнок під це намалювала, досвід 10/10

I still like Iowa more Will I listen to again: 92%

4/5

Very loud, which I like. There were some annoying sounds like in Tattered, but overall good. 7/10

Time for Slipknot again! I feel like it's been a pretty good gap between this and the last Slipknot album I got. Not too long to the point where I feel like I had to wait forever, but not short enough to feel like I'm being overexposed to the band. Anyways, this debut album of theirs is pretty good. I think I like it around the same level as All Hope is Gone, maybe a little more. The instrumental sound here has got to be my favorite part. This definitely sounds like a band with 9 members alright. I have to shout the percussion section out especially. I think the guitars and bass are more engaging here too. The downtuning creates this awesome heavy atmosphere that fits the aggression of the lyrics. Speaking of lyrics, they definitely capture a sense of negativity. It does a great job of doing that. It's not for everyone, but if you're in a bit of a self-loathing mood but you don't want to actually hurt yourself, put this album on. By the end of the album, you do kind of get a sense of "Alright, we get it," but I think it's important for music like this to exist, you know? These words are aided by Corey Taylor's impressive screaming, which is definitely more present here than the more fluid singing on the other album. He's still a good vocalist though. I have to respect his ability to do what he does without frying his vocal cords. The best songs on here are really cool. I've always really liked "Wait and Bleed." It's one of the band's defining songs for a good reason. It has everything that makes the band appealing to some. "Eyeless" is cool. It kind of reminds me a bit of System of a Down in a way, especially with how Corey says "You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes." "(sic)," "Spit It Out," "Purity," this album's a classic for a reason, okay? The variety is commendable. Overall, while I'm not the biggest Slipknot fan in the world, they're still a band that has earned my respect. Definitely one of the better things to come out of Iowa. Light 4/5.

I never owned this back then, but I’m sure I heard most of the tracks between radio and at friends’ houses. It does what it tries to do really well, drumming is amazing. Solidly 4/5 but ended up being a bit overlong

Ground breaking album that ruffles so many feathers, i love it. I would argue that Iowa is the definitive slipknot album that must be listened to, but this album is also deserving to be on the list. Love it or hate it

ferocious, raging anger and dark undercurrents of misery and mischief fabulous drums

Très bon album juste quelque deux trois son que je n'aime pas particulièrement une instrumental bizzare mais sinon je pense un classique du metal

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. My usual issue with metal is how monotonous it can be but these songs were dynamic. And most importantly each song was different from the next. I enjoyed this one.

Rating: 4.4 This was extremely close to a five. This album introduced heavi-er metal to millions of people. They manage to make discordant screaming and everyone banging their instruments as hard and fast as possible sound like a radio friendly cakewalk. Case in point: the first five songs are disgustingly excellent. My only criticism is this album is bloated with some samey songs near the end, which can’t be the case on a true fiver.

I was the right generation for Slipknot but wrote them off as a gimmick at the time. Lately I've been listening to quite a bit of stuff from the same era, some that I liked at the time (KoRn, System of a Down) and some stuff like Deftones that I only discovered when I was older. So, the upshot is that I was in the right mood for this and really enjoyed it! I see what people are saying about the edgelord lyrics but, to be honest, they just wash over me (a bit like Korn's do now I'm not 15): it's the drums and heaviness that really come through. Favourites were the first two tracks.

Here come the haters! I liked it, but then again I like metal. I don't care what type it is. If it rocks and makes me head bang, it's pretty good. 3.5/5 stars = 4

Hyvä levy. Not in the mood today kyl

Love me some slipknot

i like this, some songs forgettable but otherwise my kind of metal. 4.5

Great album

Banger. Such a great sound.

POWER

Its hard to ignore the relevance of this album and this band. Its so filthy, dirty, grimy, angsty and influential. From a band where everyone was supposed to remain anonymous (penis nose ftw) The masks are so iconic and so is the song writing. You don't understand what these corncob shucking midwest weenies are so pent up about until you travel to the midwest. Its awful. From the moment I started to gain conciousness this album has been with me. It shaped my taste and allowed me to appreciate heavy deathcore type metal. The self titled has the nu-metal component woven into the DNA. It might not be your cup of tea but you can't deny the legacy this album has left. Corey Taylor is an incredible lyricist and singer and the band through multiple iterations has been always tight. Mad love and mad respect from me on this album.

Never before has so much effort been put into telling people you don't care :p It's a lot, let's face it, but I do have a spot in my heart for Slipknot - and there is a real case to me made that these guys have changed the landscape of metal through their style, their music, and their popularity, and let's not forget that there's some real heavy duty musicianship on display here! Joey Jordison, especially, left everything on this record with his drumming- the intro to Surfacing is phenomenal! This isn't an album I'll be going back to every day, but it's worth a listen to again every month or so

Good stuff. Some songs don't land perfectly for me, but Corey Taylor is pretty awesome.

Incredibly accomplished, and I love some of the tracks. The whole album is a bit too much to listen to in one go though, not much range. I'm gonna rate it based on its best songs.

Frightful

Wild. Would have loved it if I had heard it when I was growing up and listening to heavy music 24/7.

I like the intensity, but the later albums are better I think. Still, there are some awesome drums and riffs on this album.

Не фанат Slipknot, но на этом альбоме много офигенных песен!

How is this already 26 years old? That must be fake news! I'm not THAT old!

some good memories of download festival listening to this CD in the car on the way to get more beer from Castle Donington Morrisons to immedately get stopped by police to breath check Frank who magically registered a 0 reading

In your face kind of metal! Love the instrumentation, not a fan of the vocal or production.

i only made it through thr first 3 songs but it was pretty good. very original for the time.

Love it :)

Honestly? I thought this was pretty great. Lots of great sounds and textures and they have enough melodic bits to keep me engaged. It's got great punk attitude. Also, that drummer is a beast.

Silly and stupid and cartoony, but also ridiculously tight and musically proficient. Like a well-made horror film.

There’s been a few albums lately that make me wish this site had a half star system so I can be more accurate with how I rate the albums. This is one that is a strong 7 / light 8 because I did feel ready to be done near the end of the album but maybe that’s because I enjoy mixing metal songs into my playlist more than I enjoy listening to it for an hour straight.

This really brings me back to high school. This album was revolutionary and introduced folks my age to whole new genres of music. I wish the mixing was better. Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

This is way better than I thought it would but also my entire view of Slipknot was shaped by the dudes I knew in middle school who were all nice but also kinda scared me. I was not a cool kid. Anyway.

How did I sleep on this for so long

Pretty good

This is the metal that came out a few years after I had discovered just how much other music is out there and I had never paid much attention to it. Apart from Korn's "Life Is Peachy", that is, which did leave an impression at the time. This fits that mold. It bangs. I could do without the metal rap scratching, which sounds dumb today; but here's my usual qualifier: did I have fun with it, mostly? Yep. Would I file my experience under epiphany or significant discovery? Nah. But a proper 4, that one.

Seguimos con la semana de preadolescencia/adolescencia ahora con Slipknot. Recuerdo sentir más atracción que miedo por el grupo y sus sonidos y es una de las pocas bandas de ése subgénero que luego he seguido escuchando. La percusión de éste disco es un infierno. Sin más para decir, me despido hasta el jueves.

pleasantly surprised

I’ve never been a huge Slipknot fan but I’ve always been a massive metal fan since I was a kid. So I’m very nostalgic for a bunch of their singles like “duality”, “before I forget”, “psychosocial”, etc. But here’s my biggest critique of them as a band: they are not great at making an engaging full length album. They tend to jam their albums full of filler and songs that sound like more walls of sound. However, their self titled album is the exception to this rule. It’s the most complete package. It feels like it had real direction and creativity as opposed to the later albums where it feels like they are trying to regurgitate themselves. It reminds me of KISS in the sense that a lot of their music is trying so hard to keep their established fan base happy that they box themselves into specific ideas for what the band is supposed to sound like and how far their sound can grow in any direction. This album is a nice view of what this band was like before the “box” was in play. It’s not a perfect album however. For example there’s plenty of skips and filler on even their best album, but it’s still a solid staple and foundational pillar in the metal community and for good reason.

🤘 worth it for the wait and bleed song !

This was unexpected and exhilarating! For some reason I've really been liking heavier music lately, and this was great. Such precise rhythms and arrangements. Really well-produced because despite the wall of sound, you can clearly hear every part, including understanding the words of the vocals. It's angry music and maybe... everything going on.. is making this appeal to me more lately. Anyway, loved it.

Not an easy listen, but if you're in the mood for metal that goes hard and offers something new and interesting for the post-nu-metal era, Slipknot is here for you. Built from trauma and the anger it produces. Fairly scary. Great live band as well.

Really amped and fun. My brother’s kind of music.

This might be quintessential music made to conjure a mosh pit. Malicious messaging, volatile vocal performances, violent instrumentals. It’s done well! For what it is. The drumloop weaving in and out of “Eyeless” then going back to the ‘can’t see California’ vocal line was really cool. I didn’t expect any song from this album to be as sticky and memorable as that one. For sure my highlight of the project. “Surfacing” might be a nice little summation of this record - within the wild defiance and chaos lies a still-beating heart thats one bad day away from dropping the scary facade to give way to tears and all the trauma head on. Call this numetal or anything else you wanna call it, it’s not galavanting and it’s not typically machismo like some metal is (though “Tattered & Torn” would like you to think otherwise). I found a lot more nuance and substance here than I expected to. I think it just took a lot of trauma and a lot of artistic vision to realize the trauma in the way this album sounds. It’s crazy to read that they took their sound in a ‘darker’ direction after this. Seems hard to do! I wouldn’t listen to this again but am surprised by how much I got out of it / 5

One star for the drums, one star for the energy, and a third for the amount of piss they've boiled. One for luck.

3.6 Preface this by saying I was big into Slipknot as a young teenager. Always preferred Vol 3 to their debut but still liked it. Listening back I think the thing that really derails it is Tattered and Torn. After a great early run the last thing it needed was to have the wind taken out of its sales. It never really gets back to the same level after imo. Good album, but a great gateway drug into heavier metal for every young child. The latter part makes it much more important and worthy inclusion on this list (All Hope Is Gone was a baffling addition in comparison)

I used to be really into the whole numetal and numetal adjacent scene and the truth is a lot of this stuff doesn't hold up well at all. This kinda still slaps. It's way more raw than most of the overproduced studio metal coming out around this time. I'm gonna be generous.

Groovy to the max

Slipknot accounts for two of my cringiest life moments, both from high school, that still stick with me today some 25+ years later. I mentioned one in my last review of Slipknot, so I’ll recount the other in this review. It was my junior year and I was the only boy on Yearbook staff. Every day we got to choose what music we listened to in the background, but given my tastes, I had very little say. Occasionally I’d be able to throw on Incubus’s Make Yourself or other pop-friendly rock albums, but most days resulted in a battle over whether N’Sync or Backstreet Boys were the better boy band. I actually didn’t hate that music, but it wasn’t my preferred genre, and my yearbook advisor knew it. One day while working on a spread after school, it was just me and the yearbook teacher, Mrs. Bauman. What compelled her to extend this particular olive branch is beyond me, but she said, “Hey you can put on whatever you want.” I said, “Anything? Are you sure? I like really heavy stuff” or something to that effect. She assured me that it was fine and I could play whatever. “Even if it has explicit lyrics?” Sure, she said. I then proceeded to assault this poor woman’s ears with an entire hour of post-industrial butt rock with screaming, scratchy lyrics, double drums, pounding bass, and wall-of-sound guitars. I’m not saying it wasn’t good (for what it is, it might not be bad, and I attempt to figure that out upon this relisten), but in hindsight, I cringe knowing that I probably never looked the same in that teacher’s eyes. I probably would have been happy putting on Led Zeppelin. As alluded to, this is actually the second Slipknot album I’ve had to review on here. With the first, I wondered if my appreciation of them from my high school days would carry over to an album that I had no nostalgic ties to. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t think it was good music at all. However, looking back on that review, I noticed one phrase that stood out: This isn’t heavy enough for what I remember of Slipknot. One thing you have to realize is that this Slipknot album dropped when nu-metal was at the height of the cultural zeitgeist. Bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit had topped the pop charts (TRL anyone?) and for the general populous, that was all fine and dandy. But for some of us, those bands became a gateway drug into much heavier music. When Slipknot entered the picture, we were primed and ready. To an angsty teen wanting to escape the confines of suburbia, bands like Slipknot, Static-X, and Machine Head served as the soundtrack to my identity. How much cooler that Slipknot didn’t show their faces but hid behind creepy Halloween masks and prison jumpsuits? This album will certainly be heavier than 2008’s All Hope Is Gone, but will I look back fondly on one of this bizarre genre’s greatest achievements or will I cringe even more at my high school self’s obsession with it? Well, after perhaps the longest introduction to a review ever…let’s find out. I am surprised I actually enjoyed some of this. Sure, I suppose some of my enjoyment was nostalgia. I remembered some of the lyrics and recognized some riffs. Slipknot definitely had found a unique sound in a saturated landscape of nu-metal. Theirs relied less on the rap-rock gimmick (though it does show up in glimpses here and there) and more on a thumping drum and bass, fist-pumping, head-banging wall-of-sound industrial metal. I feel like this album took what happened in the 90s with industrial music and made it, dare I say, poppy? This is certainly not a pop album, but it has a catchiness to it despite it sounding like a mess sometimes. I think that’s what the allure was for me: the songs have hooks I could sing and head-bang along to. Now, I’d actually argue to my previous rhetorical question of fondness vs. cringe that the answer is “both.” Because although there is a neat sound happening here, the lyrics are embarrassingly bad. Yes, my angry teenage self resonated with all the “I hate everythings” and “f*ck yous” but that’s all it in: an empty void of anger filled with expletives to shout along to. By the way, I had two loving parents and grew up middle class in the suburbs. There was no reason I was so filled with hate during the last few years of high school (was the music rubbing off on me or did I seek this kind of music out?). Either way, it’s laughably bad despite there being something cool and fun going on in the sound here. Of course, the creepy costume gimmick added to the allure. I’m sure my 17-year-old self loved that. Probably a 3.5 due to the lyrics but I'll bump it to a 4 for exceeding my expectations.

An unfortunate power surge made me lose my review for this one, which is really unfortunate because it was pretty in depth. This is a great album from a great band. Slipknot I feel are one of the more underrated popular heavy metal bands of the past few decades, and I think this was a very solid debut by them. It's got raw energy, a ton of compelling moments, and a really refreshingly brutal sound.

Bro. This shit SLAPS. Saw them on this tour in grade 10 with Coal Chamber. Elite stuff.

I had a great time listening to this! I’m a fan of heavier stuff like this. Though I’ve never listened to much of Slipknot, I think it’s a great introduction to their kind of music as I know they’ve gone HEAVIER. I really liked (sic) and Spit it out (hyper version)! Playing a relatively tame and relaxing game with their music in the background was silly but somehow entertaining.

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Now that’s nu- metal

Misanthropic, weary, percussive raging. Front-loaded yet filled with bangers. Some of the white-boy rap and electronic stylistic flairs age poorly and do not complement the strengths of the band. Everything great about this album is improved upon by Iowa (2001), though this record gets kudos for being the more pioneering force of the two.

Slayer is to Coltrane's chaotic quartet's A Love Supreme what Slipknot is to MDs cinematic insanity on Botches Brew. Just wanted to get that sentence out. No doubt this is unrelenting rage cast indesdriminattly in all directions. With that approach I guess you're bound to hit something. When this came out I was probably past that point. Strangely listening now - walking in the woods - I find and it quite effective. I believe that very heavy pummeling music can turn the corner and become meditative- not in a spa way but in a cathartic scream way. There are enough dynamics and production/musical flourishes - and just about surreal weirdness - to keep it interesting for an entire album. And fun fact - while not for everyone - the top 5 Spotify spins are similar to Alice in Chains, Pearl jam and...U2 at 3+BILLION. So it most t certainly for someone. Bonkers. But cathartic.

Likte det overraskende mye. Trodde ikke jeg skulle like noe musikk som dette, men det var bra. Trommisen var jævlig god, breakcore drum patterns til tider. Minnet også mye om Meteroa som er helt fantastisk. Vokalisten var også god. Ble kanskje litt mye av det samme, når man kom til midtpunktet visste man hva resten skulle være.

Slipknots first album with Corey. Its pretty good. I remember seeing them on tshirts everywhere. Its not a bad album but i prefer the Iowa or Vol 3. Groundbreaking tho

Very good. A sound unlike others.

Heavy with some definite nu metal influence, decent album, Wait n Bleed obviously the big hitter, but really like Prosthetics too

Sweet fuck. This album is 25yrs old. Can you imagine getting your cerebrum caved in by this in 1999? It makes the limp shit by Limp Bizkit sound like a children’s record by comparison. It still sounds fresh because it was so far ahead of its time.

- Oft gehörtes geiles Teil - Ordentlich aufs Fressbrett und amtlich düster - Cory Taylor einfach einer der besten Vocalisten aller Zeiten. Geiler Sänger und extrem krasser Shouter. Das klingt immer so unfassbar aggressiv bei dem Typen. Love it. - Es muss 1999 schon ziemlich crazy gewesen sein, als die mit dem Album plötzlich rauskommen und man sich einfach nur denkt WTF. Zu dem Zeitpunkt gab es glaub ich nicht viel Vergleichbares, weder musikalisch noch im Auftreten mit den Masken, die bis heute derbe creepy sind. Zumindest nicht außerhalb der Undergroundszene. - Viele richtig geile Tracks drauf - Finde auch übrigens immer wieder geil, wie unterschiedlich Nu-Metal eigentlich war. Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Korn und SOAD haben in meiner Wahrnehmung so krass unterschiedliche Stile und doch ist es alles AUCH Nu-Metal. Im Falle von Slipknot halt gemischt mit Einflüssen aus Thrash-, teilweise auch Deathmetal und Hardcore. - Hab ich als Ganzes ewig nicht gehört, weil ich doch andere Alben eigentlich lieber mag. Aber mir ist grad wieder aufgefallen, wie gut ich die Platte auch finde. Rating: 4,25-4,5/5

- Slipknot hat mich noch nie so richtig abgeholt, weswegen ich bisher nur einzelne Tracks und diese auch eher unbewusst gehört habe - Da sie nächstes Jahr zum RaR kommen und ich trotz meines vorherigen Statements aus irgendeinem mir unerklärlichen Grund heiß darauf bin sie zu sehen, wollte ich so oder so vorher nochmal bewusster reinhören. Sehr passend also, dass sie jetzt sogar hier dran sind - ich feiere auf jeden Fall den rohen Sound deutlich mehr, als ich gedacht habe (bei Gitarre, Bass, Schlagzeug haben sie mich sowieso, Pluspunkte für das Tonnengekloppe - so klingt es jedenfalls und einer haut meine ich Live gerne mal auf eine Tonne?!) und Corey Taylor ist auch ein ziemlich geiler Shouter, ABER ich finde auch, dass sich viele Track doch seeehr ähnlich anhören (vielleicht muss ich das alles aber auch einfach nochmal öfter hören) . hat mich dann aber nach kurzer Zeit doch irgendwie in eine Art Zone gebracht, in der das Coden nebenbei ziemlich gut lief - wieder einmal hasse ich, dass man nur 1-5, statt wirklich in der Range 0-10 bewerten kann (und ich habe kein Bock darauf mein Rating hier in granulareren Schritten mit reinzuschreiben, trotzdem ist das irgendwo zwischen 3 und 4, wahrscheinlich eher Richtung 4, also 3,75)

fun

This is a really great album with so many bangers. I do think it has a bit of a sequencing issue in that the first 5 full tracks are such 00s metal classics that the rest of the album feels like a dip in comparison - spread those tracks out, keep the energy up all the way through and this would be a full 5 imo.

clearly not even the heaviest/most aggressive outing from the band based on everything ive heard ab but still even among the already strange Nu Metal Cultural Phenomenon, this has to be one of the wildest records to ever reach this level of pop culture notoriety. was kinda thinking ab this as the genre's Reign In Blood for reasons that are definitely eternal and impartial and have nothing to do with the fact that i was listening to a bit of reign in blood yesterday so i was already thinking about it HFJFHSJF. maybe not technically the genres high water mark for intensity, but does a really stellar job making that intensity involving with stellar musicality and real muscle that might be difficult to process in the flurry but is there waiting to be discovered...genuinely interesting grooves and rhythmic ideas across this thing that never lose their fun angst caveman quality. corey taylor deserves a lot of genuine credit for having enough versatility to actually do all the things that a nu metal vocalist is supposed to be able to do...its rare to have all those specialties combine into one person, and makes me wish that more bands had a linkin park style Multi Vocalist Setup lol. honestly maybe more bands in more genres in general

Drums are really good. Kind of interesting going back and forth with the lyric delivery. Kind of long for an album that is fairly similar throughout. 2.5:5 Might listen again

Every time this album comes up on my radar, I’m consistently surprised that it was released in the 90’s. Perhaps that’s just a sign of me getting old, but it definitely feels newer than that. I remember this being the heaviest music anyone had heard in school, which is kinda funny in hindsight. Anyway, the album. I really enjoyed this. It can’t be understated what a fantastic voice Corey Taylor has, and the band sound gritty and raw, which absolutely works in their favour. It’s not the type of metal I generally gravitate to, but I can still definitely appreciate and enjoy this.

I really enjoyed this, but I've never gone out of my way to listen to Slipknot other than Wait and Bleed, which I think is super catchy.

Slipknot's first album is definitely not their best. The closest word I can use to describe it is "raw" or "unpolished". It's a loud album and they haven't really mastered switching between the melodic parts and the screaming parts which are a lot better on later albums. Their subsequent album also shows a more technical side which Slipknot's debut album lacks. Still it's a fun album to listen to and lays the foundation for great things to come.

This was the first time I've listened to a full Slipknot album, and I'm glad it came after I've softened my stance on hardcore vocals. I still can't say I love the relentless screaming, but it's not the total disqualifier that it used to be. The drums on here are occasionally incredible, including the first track; that was a great intro to the rest of the album. The style here (a relentless auditory assault) made some of these songs blur together after a while, but I'm not opposed to listening to this album again at some point in the future, so I guess it's *just* good enough to get to 4 stars. I'm interested to see whether they refine things in later albums. 3.5

This would not have been the Slipknot record I would have chosen, but it still do appreciate it. Perhaps Iowa is also an option, we will see.

I haven't listened to Slipknot since high school and figured this wouldn't hold up and would be a slog sort of like Linkin Park but holy shit was I wrong. The first half of this album goes so hard that it doesn't even matter what's on the second half. This shit rocks. Before you start judging me or the band or the music, just remember that you would be that angry if you had to grow up in Iowa.

So good for straight metal.

This mix goes hard. I totally get why this was such a formative album and group for a lot of people. Damn this tight. But yeah it does get old after a few songs. Like too much Mac and Cheese. The first bites are great but then you realize that the plate just keeps going and you can only hate your mom so much.

Solid metal, fun to listen to

This album is such a breath of fresh air. Fucking unbeleiveable musicianship and songs. Heavy as fuck, right in your face, RAAAAAAAAAAA I WANT TO PUNCH A BABY IN THE FACE RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Man, Slipknot definitely gets a lot of hate. While I’ve never been a fan of the band, I have to admit they were far more interesting than the typical radio friendly metal bands from that era. Their sound was raw and chaotic, but also way more intricate. And you can’t ignore how precise the drumming is it really stands out in the mix.

Reminds me of my youth!

Chad drums

i do wish it was shorter (we're having Teenager of the Year problems in short) but you almost have to respect the audacity, the sheer BALLS to sell America and her youth what could be best described as "music to kill your grandma" and then make shit tons of money by doing that. $8's a very impressive vocalist and guitar performances, though somewhat similar, still leave a lasting impression on you when the album ends. my only complaint other than length/slurry is that the songs don't really have anything to do with the characters constructed by the band. what's the point of dressing up in silly proggy costumes if you're not even gonna go all out and make up a stupid musician's plot for them that you explore through music?

Started off like a rocket. My jaw was in the floor for the first few tracks. Slowly started to slow down and blend together towards the end. Really fantastic metal album Light 8 to a Strong 8 Cover 3/10 Best song: sic, eyeless, wait and bleed, surfacing, spit it out, me Inside, no life, only one, eeyore You went to work from 10-6 then watched Aniara with Patrick

Bloody mint Love nu metal me The jungle style breaks in eyeless were madness luv

Hell yeah some variety and some metal once again. Finally! I found it interesting to notice that Slipknot uses record scratches, looped samples, and some quick snappy vocals almost like rapping at points. Loosely. I noticed some more unique factors in their sounds through this album. Afterward I had to seek out Before I Forget to listen to, that's my favorite song of theirs. Nothing on this album hit quite as hard.

Better than I thought. More metal than nu metal.

Okay. Much better than I expected, but still not great metal. For this list, though, it’s good metal.

Nice

I kept on banging my head the whole time.

I found this much more listenable than I was expecting. I used to really dislike this kind of overly aggressive music but somehow it holds slightly more appeal to me now. I expect it would get tiring very quickly, but as they flip up the styles, the shouty shouty isn’t too overwhelming. Went from a 2 to a 3, then overnight and as I type this up I’m leaning toward a 4. It’s certainly not middle of the road.

Ah 1999. A time where we did it all for the nookie, it was our last resort, and we were all one step closer to the edge. The Knot was a bit heavy even for a cool kid like me, but it had its place and I respect it. Class of 2001 mother fuckers!!!

I used to looooooove this album. John Piechocki got me into slipknot when my delicate emo ears was only graced by The Starting Line and Taking Back Sunday. This album still bangs.

My personal favorite of theirs. It's raw and angsty, without being pretentious.

This really hits the violence threshold of something beyond Nu Metal. They've got the masks, they've got their style, it's certainly one hell of a way to get onto the scene. The weird sounds and attitude and lyrics all play an important role, but the DRUMS carry this whole album. 3.5/5

Kæft der er knald på. Joey Jordisons trommer er simpelthen bare så vilde. Produktionen er som sådan ikke noget at råbe højt for, synes at lilletrommen er gennemborede og bassen mangler lidt, men det er også bare en væg af lyd med 8 medlemmer der hamrer på tønder, hjul af stål og river.

Actually really good

I use to think slipknot was scary but then I really liked them for a while and now I think theyre scary again

Okay sorry but... this kind of ruled? So much more raw power than I expected out of this band but I suppose that's often the case of debuts hey. Only occasionally quite cringe. Fave track: Liberate

I liked it more than I expected to. Screaming thrash metal with impressive drums. Somehow the singer is still understandable even at full scream.

Genuinely raw and innovative. Super talented drumming

Oh, the old familiar places... This was recommended on a particularly stressful day, so that's just serendipity. I love the drums, love the growls. The lyrics (and occasional "boo-hoo-ha-ha" laughs) are very "edgy high-schooler". Funny aside - When I listen to Slipknot, I can't shake a "Six Flags Fright Fest" vibe for some reason. Favorite Tracks: - (sic) - Eyeless - Wait and Bleed - Surfacing - Spit It Out - Purity - Liberate - Prosthetics - No Life - Diluted - Only One - Scissors - Eeyore - Me Inside - Get This 4/5

Levy kyllä heitti parhaat kortit heti alkuun pöytään. Muuten oli ok:ta koko ajan, ei ihmeellisyyksiä loppuun päin. Scissors oli aika mielenkiintoinen myös. Kokonaisuutena kyllä hyvä levy. Parhaat: (sic), Eyeless, Wait and Bleed

Lekker hard, vette nummers. Wel te lang en te veel van hetzelfde

Maybe 3.5, rounding up to 4. Still a blast, liked them at the time (saw them on this tour at Nottingham Rock City :)) but has stood up better than expected. Very silly but great percussion and there's interestingly a lot of noise-rock flavouring plugged into what's quite an accessible album

I had forgotten how weird the percussion on this album sounded with the 4 drummers, at least half of which are just banging on trash cans. It’s a good weird for sure, and there’s still nobody that sounds quite like Slipknot. There is no resting throughout the whole disc, it’s all very in your face and I like that about them. None of the six hundred guys was like “we need to slow it down and make a radio single”. It’s almost difficult to listen to the whole thing even though I like angry distorted messes of music; it’s just so in your face the whole way through. This is the first album I’ve had to take a break from in the middle. Teenage me was a big fan, but in my old age I can’t give it perfect marks. It’s just too much.

Was there a single angsty teenager on the school bus in the late 90's not blowing their ears out with their discman set to the highest volume? Lots of trips down memory lanes with this one: Belting out Wait and Bleed as loud as I could when no one was home? Check. Putting the chorus from Surfacing in my AIM profile? Check Listening to it 25 years later (holy shit) the drums really stand out as drivers in the composition and Corey's vocals are still immense both clean and fried.

The whole thing I think is (sic)

Slipknot's eponymous album was revolutionary in music history. Aggressive heavy metal with an amalgamation of different genres and sounds, "Slipknot" received critical and commercial acclaim. Possibly aiding to the success of this album, these tracks are succinct and to the point - no extended soloing or avant-garde cacophony.

Favourite songs: (sic), No Life, Eyeless, Wait and Bleed, Liberate, Surfacing, Spit it Out, Me Inside, Prosthetics, Diluted, Only One Least favourite songs: 742617000027, Tattered & Torn 4/5

I just love the raw, angry, aggressive, chaotic, and in your face sound of Slipknot. They seem to be able to sraddle the lines between thrash metal, death metal, and straight heavy metal while throwing in turntables and melodic vocal stylings as well. This album was a fun listen .