If you are over a certain age then I think it’s part of your gene pool that you hate Slipknot. I’m not sure if it’s the image that frightens them or the dark subject matter, but they certainly divide opinion. I, for one, find them fascinating and some of their riffs and grooves are regenerated old school thrash with the added intensity of a machine drummer.
This album is mid-period Slipknot having originally being released in 2008, and musically it’s on the money with riffs and grooves to die for. I know there are triggers and things enhancing what the drummer does ,but I have never heard a kick drum played that fast. I’m not going to go all through this album as it will take me forever, but I will say it’s a stone cold modern metal classic. If you are into big riffs and grooves with those head nodding beats, then you can’t go wrong.
My favourite track today is Sulfur. Everything I love about this album is in that one song: intense riffage with a ripping groove. Oh, and for those of you who think there is no melody in Slipknot world check out Dead Memories.
Great record!
10/10 from The Grooveman.
