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SLIPKNOT – All Hope Is Gone

March 8, 2023 /

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.

SLIPKNOT – We Are Not Your Kind

March 29, 2022 /

Love them or hate them, you can’t deny the impact Slipknot had on the metal scene. Their image of a “circus of the weird and wonderful of society” is really striking and they put on a killer Live show. They also have not forgotten that good metal music has to groove and make you want to move. A lot of metal bands today seemed to have lost the ability to do that – especially black and death metal ones – which mostly I find totally pointless.

This is a really good record, and after the intro, the opening track and lead off single, Unsainted, is a total slamming groove fest – it’s one of the best things the band have done. Birth Of The Cruel is a slower paced track but the groove is deep on this one. I love all these creepy little pieces they put between tracks as it adds to the atmos. The riff to Nero Forte is evil and huge and the beats are killer. I love the fast paced almost rap vocal delivery. Critical Delivery is a D-tuned chunk of awesome and I love the way this track swings – great harmonies as well. Red Flag just explodes out of the gate and this is all about the percussion – an insane rhythmic onslaught. Orphans is another rhythmic blast that slays. There are a couple of slower pieces on the album, the best of which is My Pain – a very eerie piece.

This is one of the better Slipknot albums and has a killer groove throughout.

9/10 from The Grooveman.

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