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Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0016861865528
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Roadrunner Records
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Roadrunner Records
Release Date: 1999-06-29
Studio: Roadrunner Records
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Limited edition pressing of the debut album by nine member alternative metal band from Des Moines, Iowa signed to the Roadrunner label. Comes in a digipak with 3 bonus tracks added, 'Get This', 'Interloper' (Demo) and 'Despise' (Demo). 17 tracks total. Digipak. 1999 release.
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Summary: Awsome Debut
Comment: This Was An Awsome Slipknot Rap/Metal Debut. The Song's Were Great, So Were The Bass Guitar And Everything Else. I Really Enjoyed This Album, And I'm Sure Those Who Listend To This Album Did To.
Sic 10/10 Wicked Song.
Eyeless 10/10 Awsome Song.
Wait And Bleed 10/10 Serious Song.
Surfacing 10/10 Awsome Song.
Spit It Out 10/10 Super Cool.
Tattered And Torn 8/10 Pretty Good.
Me Inside 7/10 Not Bad
Liberate 10/10c's Awsome.
Prosthetic's 9/10 Good Song.
No Life 10/10 Wicked Cool.
Diluted 10/10 Awsome Song.
Only One 8/10 Pretty Good.
Scissor's 2/10 Slow And Not Intertaining.
This Was An Awsome Album. Add This To Your Metal Collection, Espeacially Slipknot Fan's.
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Summary: The exploration of mainstream music: Subject A: Slipknot: Album #1: Slipknot: Thoughts: A slippery knot indeed...
Comment: ...as far as Slipknot go they have had a rather sucessful career...many adoring fans (maggots? The patriotic references are rather disturbing) and of course their music is played on mainstream metal radio stations across the globe...
...their image has always been one of the quirks that repel certain people thus drawing in others...making random people shout out words such as "THEY'RE SATANIC BECAUSE I ASSUME THEY ARE!!!" And awkward controversies (spellcheck) meant they were seemed as "different"...the look has of course been done before my mushroomhead but I'm not going to go into a copyright ramble...
...so what did I think of their first album? I can understand why people would like them but their methods of execution aren't that interesting...after a while Corey Taylor's shout runs dry and turns into a paste of long drones along with the guitar...but I'll give you a track by track analysis...
7426(do you really want me to write out all the numbers?) 6/10: Yes it's only an intro track...but I expected something more...there are more interesting things you can do with sampling (AKA the industrial era) and they do nothing but make it slightly higher up the scale or slightly slower...but nice try...
(sic) 7/10: Not bad...starts off with a very heavey and simple guitar riff where of course their rap iuinfulence is shown by unecessary adding of a turntable...the downtuned guitars at this point may seem somewhat entertaining and powerful...but after a while your ear will become so accustomed to the sound you can't hear it anymore...the drummer is fantastic...and always will be...his technique is very impressive and he pretty much could carry the entire band as I love percussive music that is reliant on rhythm...Corey's voice starts of fast and of course when a change of pace (not key unfortunately) appears later on his voice becomes more toned and slightly manic but nothing astounding...a good start...but of course it left me wanting something more interesting...
Eyeless 8/10: I like the drums at the beginnning...the main riff at the beginning is very reminiscent of Converge's "The Saddest Day" only less staccato and a lot more sloppy...this riff is then replaced with another predictable low downtuned fast paced riff...Corey's voice goes from talky to shouty and the main hook (california eyes something) is a memorable hook...but rather irritating...it's an improvement as the structure isn't binary (ABAB) and I can only hope after this there will be more imporvement in the next track...is there? Perhaps a new guitar tone? Once again the rap influenced is shown by random unecessary turntable sounds...
Wait and Bleed 8/10: I hear this first time round I don't like it...Corey's voice isn't suited (his real singing voice) but of course it grew on me...and the main verse with his shouty singing is very catchy (WOW HE HAS DREADLOCKS!!) But it all seems to collapse to mediocrity in the chorus...the melody isn't strong at all...guitars yet again follow the rule of low powerchords mixed with single weak pitch bent whiney high notes...yet again the random turn table rubbish gives pointless sounds a new name...and I love Merzbow...
Surfacing 7/10: A repeated guitar ostinato this time consisting of a high note repeated over and over again that somehow keeps reappearing through some random power chords and alternate picking...Corey's voice switches between random shouting and random talking...the drums can't be heard that well in this track...and although it may sound like it's pretty annoying...it's not that bad...the chorus has an interesting syncopated (you might want to check though) rhythm...but yeah...overall my mind says meh...it's not exactly really technically, melodically or harmonically interesting...lots of power chords and random turntable noises that are starting to annoy me...alot...
Spit it out 8/10: The video was amusing...and of course this song has the most rap influenced vocals in it...but honestly? I deep down like this song...yes it's simple but the chorus' contrasting with the verse is very very pleasant to hear...and you know what? The guitars are actually bareably more origianl this time...turntable noises are still present...a good single...
Tattered and torn 9/10: Starts with some random noises of wind and bells...turning into a toy box like sound...the guitars are very inventive this time round and I like the random noodling...Corey's voice is all over the place and the structure is an absolute mess...I feel right at home with music like this...it reminds me of all those unmainstream bands...oh how I miss them...overall a nice sweet and short song...I like the direction they're going in with this...perhaps it'll turn into a main thing in the next track? Perhaps...perhaps...
(I am reviewing the original version of this album...no "me inside"...instead two other tracks that are slightly better)
Frail limb nursery 7/10: Another short track consisting of sampling...random talking...the only thing they add to it is a random bleepy life support machine in the background...and random sounds...followed by a very quiet drum and bass track leading to...
Purity 8/10: ARE YOU READY FOR MORE POWERCHORDS!!? YEEEEAAAAAAAAAH!!!! And of course guess what? TURNTABLE NOISES!!! This is what the intro consisted of and I was like "Here we go again" but then it all calms down...the drums continue on very dominantly with Corey very nicely chirping away to himself...but then of course...it explodes back into the main riff...and then fades...the structure is ABACACA...section C is probably the best melodic section they've made...the backing vocal track harmonises very well and the tune shows of things yet to come...until of course they return to a variation of Section B...the difference being Corey says more...stuff...but of course Section C saves this track quite well and because I'm very generous I gave it an 8...good ole me with my spinelessnes...
Liberate 6/10: At this point the heaviness is starting to wear incredibly thin...I get it Corey...you're annoyed and Mick and Jim (check names) like their downtuned guitars and their power chords...now please please please show more variation...the drummer gets it...I mean look at him go...the other 8 people should be ashamed...making Joey do all those complex cross-rhythms...this song is heavy and it has a heavy riff...but if you're like me and have a varied taste in music this may drag out to you a bit more by this point...or maybe it's just me...most likely...oh yes and Corey screams quite randomly at the end...enjoy...
Prosthetics 8/10: Starts off very promising...a dark and eerie feel with the guitars being nice and calm...is there going to be more power chords? You might think...no...instead you hear a girly scream and the addition of the bass to the formula...it all sounds like an interesting composition they are making...it sounds different and quirky...Corey very calmly enters with a nice dark and electronically altered voice...the echo is stuttered out...but of course...they then revert to power chords...so so so so close...but...the chorus has a very nice sound...the double tracking with Corey's voice has yet again added another element to the harmony this time in the baritone of the voice...and for a while...it was good...then follows some sort of random solo that is the the same few notes played really quickly over and over again (grade 3 guitar work)...and then Corey shouts alot more yada yada yada and it's then all repeated until it ends with the scream again...
No life 8/10: More rap influence...the drums come in very well...the rest is the same old same old...and guess what? YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE BASS AT TIMES!!! And for that I gave it an extra mark because I bet that bassist gets pretty lonely all the way in tones of pitch that are hardly ever heard...chorus is an attempt at singing with no change in the power chords...at this point in time I feel I heard this track already a few tracks ago...but still...it leaves its mark...
Diluted 8/10: The guitars are tiresome...on the plus side Corey saves the song quite well with his vocals...besides the cliched theme he has very good rhythm and control over his voice on this one...the chorus fumbles a little but the instrumental breaks before the verses are nice and eerie...I'd rather not analyze the guitars due to the fact that they are becoming incredibly bland right now...it makes me sad...oh and another plus...the DJ gasmask guy is actually put to good use this time round...hurrah...
Only one 7/10: POOOOOOOOOOOOOWER CHORDS!!! This song is rather fast paced and somewhat intense...I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't heard the same thing over and over again for this long...but it has some very interesting changes to it...and there are parts where the guitar try different ostinatos...Corey tries another singy chorus...and...I don't feel anything for it...it just feels like it was slotted in in the last minute to make the song more polyphonic in texture...
*(best song on album)*
Scissors 10/10: The only track that really convinced me there was some incredible technicianship between this band...starting off with random drum brushes and steel drums with a slow crescendo of guitar static...the bass enters with a fuzz pedal incredibly distorted and sounds like a pedal note...very unlikely though...the guitars then have a distorted ostinato...it all increases gradually over the crescendo...and fades for Corey's entrance...he adds very nicely to the atmosphere which starts to be very "stop and go" until it explodes...the guitar is bareable because it is a very simple riff to start with...it grows into a power chord march but unlike the other times it's slow enough to take in the notes...it then returns to a diminished version of Section A only to revert back to an instrumental break variation of Section B..."Biding my time until the time is right" is then the words that are repeated over and over...and turned into a new theme (AKA section C)...it then all slowly fades and slows down for a while...the bass carries on the tune and the guitars remain squeaky and feedback-like...Corey's voice re-enters and section D begins...high pitched guitars and steady percussion...the guitars get more complex and Corey's voice gets more angry and the percussion goes more all over the place...his screams then grow more insane and then suddenly fade...we are left with an awkward and confused Corey and crazy sound effects and a guitar that sounds like it's just sitting there for the sake of it...it then returns again (Section E) for Corey's final word...quick power chords and a crying Corey...the reason this took the longest to analyze is because it's the best song...if you buy one song off this album...buy this one...
(hidden track)Eeyore 8/10: Since it's an extra track you can't expect that much right? Yeppy doos...just consisting of fast and ridiculously over the top rhythmics...one for the adrenaline rush but just seems out of place...ending with Scissors would have been so much better...but of course if you enjoyed all the other above tracks 100% then don't miss this one out...
...so how has the exploration of my first subject and first album gone? Better than expected...although the guitars are very often power chords on drop D tuned guitars there were times when I liked the songs on this album...it could potentially be a grower if I gave it more time...Scissors is a fantastic song and so is the percussion section of the band (well Joey anyway)...
...I wonder what I shall find with IOWA...the album that is rumoured to have dumped the rap influence...therefore abandoning the annoying turntable sounds...I shall find out soon...
...if you like Slipknot singles and want to find out more about the band's strong aggressive side and don't mind nu-metal then buy this album...if like me you're somewhat picky...maybe you should test your sample first as with everything people buy...
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Summary: good luck receiving this cd
Comment: I have ordered this cd with #8 frail limb nursury and #9 Purity 4 times through Amazon and I got the other release instead. Save yourself the time and frustration and look for it somewhere else.
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Summary: Classic Album
Comment: I remember when this album first came out I was in high school and, to me at the time, this was some very hard hitting original stuff. I bought the album twice at the time because I lost one and the tracks on those I purchased were different than the ones listed here. This is because once Slipknot hit radio waves they re-arranged the album. I have no idea where you would still find the original today, it's probably worth a good chunk of change.
Nevertheless this is still a masterpiece. Some metalheads might hate on this album but they have no reason to. If it never saw mainstream then they would love it as well.
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Summary: the whole thing i think is sic...
Comment: let me start out by saying that slipknot is something that you have to have a taste for, so if you don't like it don't listen to it! anyway this self titled album is a great cd, it features some of their earlier work such as eyeless, and wait and bleed. the band its self consists of 9 members: sid wilson(DJ), corey taylor(lead vocals), jim root(rythem guitarist), mick thompson(lead guitarist), paul gray(bassist), shaun crahan(percussion), chris ferhn(percussion), craig jones(sampler), joey jordison(drums). needless to say, its a big band that packs one hell of a punch! oh and to those who said sid does nothing for the band, your wrong! he's a great dj, and only does what needs to done so that he's not over-bearing! i geuss in closing i'll say that if you love slipknot, then buy this album, because its a great one!!!
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