![]() ![]() Taylor sings the darkly atmospheric opener with deep-set pain and without the saccharine side he tends to favour on Stone Sour's ballads, culminating in the rally cry of "Don't let this fucking world tear you apart!" After the proclamation that "This song is not for the living, this song is for the dead", vocalist Corey Taylor's inimitable talents are pushed into the limelight. ![]() It's exactly what Slipknot needed to do after the through-the-motions All Hope Is Gone not to mention since they had to enter the studio without two primary songwriters.īeginning with 'XIX' is a Slipknot curveball: rather than come out roaring, all blastbeats and hardcore-riddled death metal riffs, the band defy expectations. 5: The Gray Chapter sees the band instil some of the same incendiary emotion into their music that fuelled the hell-fire of their eponymous debut and terminally bleak second album IOWA. What's more surprising, however, is the fact that. ![]() So, given the circumstances, the fact Slipknot's fifth studio album isn't a monumental clusterfuck is a surprise in itself. Like most bands who have existed for a couple of decades, Slipknot's history is littered with trials and tribulations from chart-smashing records (including a 2006 Grammy for 'Before I Forget') and massive headline shows/tours to the death of one of their founding members, bassist Paul Gray, in May 2010 and the recent dismissal of another, drum demon Joey Jordison. ![]()
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