![]() ![]() ![]() Simply, this level of raw, unhinged cacophony remains undefeated. It still feels like they’re more likely to be on Crimewatch than the Grammys. Achieving number one albums while their name still incites a reaction of suspicion and perplexity – the expectation of how unfettered, twisted, and dangerous music could be was changed forever, particularly in a mainstream arena. Over twenty years later, Slipknot still reigns supreme. Along with Corey Taylor's maniacal, guttural howls, their's was a sound that crept up your spine before digging in. ![]() Not fine-tuned enough to appear composed but with a purposeful acid smile, its beauty lay in its abrasive orchestra of the damned – most prominently, the viscous percussive floor of a trio beating ten shades of shit out of kegs and drums. This mysterious brigade gave caustic birth to their self-titled debut – a hurricane of noise that was as united in its grief as it was hatred, yet there was always something 'off' about the sound. They were taking the idea of fear and igniting it with fuel made with the most violent of propellents – suddenly all bets were off. Donning masks – clowns! dick noses! bondage! gas masks! – and boiler suits, this motley crew, later identified as Slipknot, emerged from the flat, endless farmlands as a black cloud swallowing up the pop culture sheen of the late '90s. In Des Moines, Iowa, nine disenfranchised beings, fed up with the lack of prospects and how life was treating them so poorly, turned their anger into a more realistic anxiety for the rest of the world. Before the turn of the millennium, fear was rife - what would the next thousand-year stretch hold? Would it all crumble down the moment the clock struck midnight? Well, nothing happened. ![]()
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