Slipknot thread?

[ErHaO]

Bought a cheap(er) second hand ticket for Slipknot at Ziggodome next week. Was doubting to go because I am on my own, but my new appartment is about 10 minutes of cycling from Ziggodome, so that made the barrier quite low.

Looking forward to finally seeing this band live!

[cramx3]

 

That would be so awesome to see them there, enjoy the show.  I'm not crazy about Behemoth having seen them a few times (opening for slipknot and slayer) but they do put on an entertaining show if you catch them.

[ErHaO]

That would be so awesome to see them there, enjoy the show.  I'm not crazy about Behemoth having seen them a few times (opening for slipknot and slayer) but they do put on an entertaining show if you catch them.

Yeah, I am not planning to go see Behemoth, don't really care about black metal and it's offsprings.

But judging on yt vids, the Slipknot show will be fire.

[ZKX-2099]

Behemoth is fun even if you're not a fan.

[ErHaO]

Couldn't make it to Behemoth from work, but was well in time for Slipknot.

Great show! The band is in fantastic shape and the crowd was really into it. Corey sounds amazing this tour so far, damn. He has not sounded like this in almost 20 years, some of his screams/growls really echo the old Slipknot material. I think it is a combination of no smoking and him not jumping around as much anymore (so not being out of breath all the time), as well as adequate rest before the tour.

Of the new tracks All Out of Life and Nero Forte were real bangers. And from the debut stuff Eeyore was great to see. And Before I Forget and Duality were great to see, I have listened to those sooo much in the past.

This was the biggest show they ever did in the Netherlands and it sold out or nearly sold out (so 17.000 people), amazing to see an artist this far in their careers do so well, especially this kind of music. Well earned, I'd say.

[EPICVIEW]

Cory is great ...period

[cramx3]

Yes!  They are playing Madison Square Garden with A Day to Remember and Underoath  got my ticket just now

[EPICVIEW]

Yes!  They are playing Madison Square Garden with A Day to Remember and Underoath  got my ticket just now

ADTR Kicks ass too

[cramx3]

Yes!  They are playing Madison Square Garden with A Day to Remember and Underoath  got my ticket just now

ADTR Kicks ass too

Yea, they headlined Warped Tour last summer and blew me away.  I had never heard of them before and was wondering what to expect and really won me over.  I didn't go out and buy a CD or anything, but that performance was just really good and I'm happy to get to see them again.  I'll have to get a album now.

Like, how fucking awesome was this? A Day To Remember - Sticks and Bricks Live @ Warped Tour 2019 Atlantic City

[cramx3]

There's a few live songs from a new BBC studio session, these are AMAZING in terms of quality and performance WOW

Unsainted

Duality

Article about them:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-bbc-radio-1-rock-show-950142/?fbclid=IwAR0g_IM2C5xfebHmeZUOlkMua5sP_gZUi0r5-4-ct41Q69dKYBWSvqTYoCc

[wolfking]

I'm hoping videos of the oter four songs gets released at some point too.

[Ben_Jamin]

Their setlist for the European tour is pretty damn good.

[SystematicThought]

With no disrespect to Paul, Joey, and Chris, I really feel like Slipknot is at its best right now. Their live performances are amazing and their last album is their best, if not at least in the top 3. I just feel like they’re firing on all cylinders right now.

[Lax]

With no disrespect to Paul, Joey, and Chris, I really feel like Slipknot is at its best right now. Their live performances are amazing and their last album is their best, if not at least in the top 3. I just feel like they’re firing on all cylinders right now.

I respectfully disagree, at least partially :
-On the agree side, their shows are tight and satisfying, the latest songs are efficient.
-On the disagreeing side, the anger and bestiality heard in the first album will never be matched again, maybe not even from another band, to me.
And some people like me prefer joey's drumming, grooves...

I think they mostly sobered up and sharpened their tools, with the intend to have good shows, in the past they were drunk/high/incoherent... and it would impact tighthness, behaviour, whatever...

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed last july's live show, and slipknot is one of my favorite bands, I even think about having a tribute band
But to me, they made a Metallica stretch (but with a better ending lol) : First album 0% marketing, iowa-vol3-ahig more and more marketing, trying things slower/poppy/or even guitar solos, grey-wenyk return to earlier slipknot.
The latest contains elements from iowa to grey, which is cool.

[cramx3]

As someone who only enjoyed some of their music when they first started to being a total lover of the new album, I guess I have to learn towards this current group being the best Slipknot. But I agree, the aggression cant be matched from the beginning. Corey and clown are not the same people they were so its only natural but they are writing overall better music now IMO and the show has apparently approved (I never saw them live before 2016 to compare)

[Ben_Jamin]

Losing Paul was a real blow to the band, having to lose a founding member. Then, Joey (another founding member) leaving, later revealing his disease. It's great to see them flourishing and forging on putting on great shows again.

[Volante99]

With no disrespect to Paul, Joey, and Chris, I really feel like Slipknot is at its best right now. Their live performances are amazing and their last album is their best, if not at least in the top 3. I just feel like they’re firing on all cylinders right now.

I’ll second this. I was never a big Slipknot fan (although I definitely thought they stood out amongst their peers back when they were first taking off) but even I admit their last album was fantastic. Top 10 of the year for metal.

[ErHaO]

A full proshot festival show was released on youtube yesterday, Resurrection fest 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUZqbMfPezQ

Sound is a bit dry and the backing vocals are off (and Corey's mask looks bad), but from skimming it seems like a great show! (I prefer Rock Am Ring 2019, but the video of that got deleted).

There's a few live songs from a new BBC studio session, these are AMAZING in terms of quality and performance WOW

Unsainted

Duality

Article about them:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-bbc-radio-1-rock-show-950142/?fbclid=IwAR0g_IM2C5xfebHmeZUOlkMua5sP_gZUi0r5-4-ct41Q69dKYBWSvqTYoCc

Visually this looks so great. I would honestly love bands doing a full fledged dvd like this.

[Fritzinger]

A full proshot festival show was released on youtube yesterday, Resurrection fest 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUZqbMfPezQ

Sound is a bit dry and the backing vocals are off (and Corey's mask looks bad), but from skimming it seems like a great show! (I prefer Rock Am Ring 2019, but the video of that got deleted).

There's a few live songs from a new BBC studio session, these are AMAZING in terms of quality and performance WOW

Unsainted

Duality

Article about them:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-bbc-radio-1-rock-show-950142/?fbclid=IwAR0g_IM2C5xfebHmeZUOlkMua5sP_gZUi0r5-4-ct41Q69dKYBWSvqTYoCc

Visually this looks so great. I would honestly love bands doing a full fledged dvd like this.

I wouldn't consider myself a Slipknot fan, though there are quite a few songs I really like. But wow, this band knows how to deliver on stage! GREAT performances!

[cramx3]

Damn, that video of Resurrection Fest is  Corey sounds a very gritty, but it's terrible.

[ErHaO]

They streamed Download 2019 in it's entirety yesterday, part of the proceedings they make/made goes to covid-19 relieve efforts (on their webshop and the knotfest site).

The link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO3j9niG1Og

I think this is Corey's best performance of all recent pro shot live footage.

[cramx3]

  yesterday was a good day for music IMO, lots of bands pulling out all older concert videos that are really well done

[ErHaO]

They had a very good live stream a couple of days ago (which I assume will see some form of official release, but it is all over youtube now)

They also released a new single, Chapeltown Rag 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2v4u7VhoPU

Part of the band is apparently working on a new album that has been around for a while? (since All Hope is Gone session, titled Look Outside Your Window), not sure if this is intended to be part of that or not.

[Kotowboy]

If there's a new studio album in 2022 it will be their fastest turnaround in a while.

I wouldn't be shocked if Chapeltown Rag isn't on there - like how "All Out Life" wasn't on the album We Are Not Your Kind.

[Ben_Jamin]

If there's a new studio album in 2022 it will be their fastest turnaround in a while.

I wouldn't be shocked if Chapeltown Rag isn't on there - like how "All Out Life" wasn't on the album We Are Not Your Kind.

Wouldn't surprise me as Slipknot has made songs that are not any album, yet they played them live. Purity is an example even though it was left off for some controversial reasons.

[AVFTTOTW]

Losing Paul was a real blow to the band, having to lose a founding member. Then, Joey (another founding member) leaving, later revealing his disease. It's great to see them flourishing and forging on putting on great shows again.

IMHO Paul and Joey were the heart of the band, like Petrucci and Jordan have become since SFAM.

The musical sensitivities and influences that Paul and Joey riffed off were different from the rest of the band, plus they were more experienced members than the rest of the band (despite Clown being older and interested in visual art and Corey having SS).

Loosing both Paul and Joey have reduced the band to being a band struggling with nostalgia and identity.
At it's height I see Slipknot as being a band that wanted to break out of it's shell as a theatrical avantgarde metal band influenced strongly by Mr Bungle and Fantomas but which never quite got there (despite tracks like Prosthetics, Tattered And Torn, Only One, Scissors, Gently, Skin Ticket, Iowa, Circle, The Nameless, The Virus Of Life, etc).
They've always been afraid of alienating fans, which is something I've seen in DT as well since after SDOIT.

[Ben_Jamin]

Losing Paul was a real blow to the band, having to lose a founding member. Then, Joey (another founding member) leaving, later revealing his disease. It's great to see them flourishing and forging on putting on great shows again.

IMHO Paul and Joey were the heart of the band, like Petrucci and Jordan have become since SFAM.

The musical sensitivities and influences that Paul and Joey riffed off were different from the rest of the band, plus they were more experienced members than the rest of the band (despite Clown being older and interested in visual art and Corey having SS).

Loosing both Paul and Joey have reduced the band to being a band struggling with nostalgia and identity.
At it's height I see Slipknot as being a band that wanted to break out of it's shell as a theatrical avantgarde metal band influenced strongly by Mr Bungle and Fantomas but which never quite got there (despite tracks like Prosthetics, Tattered And Torn, Only One, Scissors, Gently, Skin Ticket, Iowa, Circle, The Nameless, The Virus Of Life, etc).
They've always been afraid of alienating fans, which is something I've seen in DT as well since after SDOIT.

Maybe that's why I haven't been into there recent output as much. I really enjoyed All Hope is Gone. I still enjoy some songs from their recent 2 albums but not as much Vol.3 and AHIG.

They were also alienating fans since Vol.3. I remember those reactions to songs like Circle and Vermillion Pt.2. I attributed it to Corey showcasing his abilities more into Slipknot since he couldn't do that in Stone Sour as they weren't together to record as much as now.

I noticed though that after watching the behind the scenes and seeing how much Paul wrote and composed for the band, their tone is what I feel changed.

[ErHaO]

Huh, We Are Not Your Kind to me does not even remotely fit that description to my ears. And it is offcourse subjective, but I put that album above their others easily.

[chknptpie]

This seems to be the most active/recent thread. Anyone listen to the new single?

[cramx3]

Yup, it's solid.  Looking forward to the new album

[Deathless]

I wasn't surprised by it but the clean singing section kind of disrupted the song for me. Otherwise it's not bad! I am looking forward to the album.

[wolfking]

I thought it was fucking terrible.  So let down after the last album.  Hopefully there's better stuff to come.

[Adami]

I thought it was fucking terrible.  So let down after the last album.  Hopefully there's better stuff to come.

Yea I was let down.

The heavy stuff was cool but the melodic stuff felt a bit phoned in. Corey is one of the best melodic guys in metal but this was beneath him.

[wolfking]

I thought it was fucking terrible.  So let down after the last album.  Hopefully there's better stuff to come.

Yea I was let down.

The heavy stuff was cool but the melodic stuff felt a bit phoned in. Corey is one of the best melodic guys in metal but this was beneath him.

The melodies were so......I dunno......awkward and child like.  Like a jingle or something.....I'll listen again but I hated it.

[Ben_Jamin]

I think the song is a great blend of their styles. There's parts that remind me of Iowa, Vol.3, All Hope Is Gone, and We Are Not Your Kind. I like it and it is going to be an energetic song live.