Slipknot Megathread- New Slipknot song & video/Firing of Chris Fehn

[A-Branger]

What's really funny, if you look past "Iconic lineups", Shawns actually the only founding member remaining.

and hes been the creative mind behind the whole band. So in a way, Slipknot it is what it is because of him.... yeah the music blah blah... but on a band like Slipknot the visual image is as important as the music. Is the "art" that comes with the band that keept the people around and made others interested in it

because their best work was Vol 1 upto All Hope is gone. Everything since has been radio friendly turd

lol, not even the band like All Hope is Gone, I recall seeing some interviews were even them say stuff lik e"yeah we dont know what happened there, we were on a bad place blah blah" kind of talk..... for me All hope is Gone sounded more radio friendly turd. And yea songs like Before I forget and Duality, but at least those songs sounded "heavy" for me..... nothin in All hope i Gone had the same impact for me

You guys gotta remember regardless of how much he wrote 'harmonically' he toured the same amount as anyone else in the band and had to go through the shitty early days with the rest of them.

Dude deserves his cut if he didn't get it

going back to my first point. Slipknot is what it is becuase the image, the show, the art, the look. Having a guy running around on stage, doing screaming back vocals and hitting the drums (that you never listen) every now and them is part of the whole "look" of the band, its part of the "WOW theres 9 nine dudes runing around crazy... look at that one.."

on a big band like that I honestly believe the best policy is to split even the shares, everyone is important, as everyone got their own role. In the moment you start thinking on who deserves more because what they play, then we can go as deep as saying Mick and Jim should split 1 share as they always play 90% the same stuff double up guitars...... Maaaaybe they could have an arrangement of royalties on the recording music, but everyting else, show tickects/merch should be equal..... if not it just leads to massive ego fights

 

[lewis]

and hes been the creative mind behind the whole band. So in a way, Slipknot it is what it is because of him.... yeah the music blah blah... but on a band like Slipknot the visual image is as important as the music. Is the "art" that comes with the band that keept the people around and made others interested in it



lol, not even the band like All Hope is Gone, I recall seeing some interviews were even them say stuff lik e"yeah we dont know what happened there, we were on a bad place blah blah" kind of talk..... for me All hope is Gone sounded more radio friendly turd. And yea songs like Before I forget and Duality, but at least those songs sounded "heavy" for me..... nothin in All hope i Gone had the same impact for me



going back to my first point. Slipknot is what it is becuase the image, the show, the art, the look. Having a guy running around on stage, doing screaming back vocals and hitting the drums (that you never listen) every now and them is part of the whole "look" of the band, its part of the "WOW theres 9 nine dudes runing around crazy... look at that one.."

on a big band like that I honestly believe the best policy is to split even the shares, everyone is important, as everyone got their own role. In the moment you start thinking on who deserves more because what they play, then we can go as deep as saying Mick and Jim should split 1 share as they always play 90% the same stuff double up guitars...... Maaaaybe they could have an arrangement of royalties on the recording music, but everyting else, show tickects/merch should be equal..... if not it just leads to massive ego fights

Agreed with everything bar the All Hope is Gone bit. For me there is still some eerie and crazy sounding shit on that album. The title track is brutal as fuck for example.

 

[A-Branger]

Agreed with everything bar the All Hope is Gone bit. For me there is still some eerie and crazy sounding shit on that album. The title track is brutal as fuck for example.

I like Psycosocial (reason I bought the album), everything else was a "meh" for me

 

[lewis]

I like Psycosocial (reason I bought the album), everything else was a "meh" for me

i decided to put it on just after this.
Gematria is heavy too (i.e not Radio Friendly)
I still think in general this sound/mix/production etc suits the band and its writing regardless of the song

this new trend of emphasising every other down beat on the drums with extra trashcan hits or whatever, is tedious. Like for 1 song ok fine, but its every track now since the new Drummer joined.
So incredibly limited of a drummer to Joey. Where are the cool fills and sick double kick work?

The riffs and overlays/melodies are way more varied on AHIG compared to the brand new material too. Some of these rhythms down right slay

 

[Ralyks]

I like All Hope Is Gone .... Again, I also seem to prefer everything after Iowa anyway. I actually didn't even like Slipknot until Vol. 3

 

[setsuna7]

I seem to prefer everything after IOWA too. Sure there’s some radio friendly shit on em, but some of the heaviest as well. Pulse of the Maggots is one of them. Heavy as fuck!!

 

[lewis]

I seem to prefer everything after IOWA too. Sure there’s some radio friendly shit on em, but some of the heaviest as well. Pulse of the Maggots is one of them. Heavy as fuck!!

Im in this camp. I like about 3 or songs off Iowa - then on Vol 3 I love the whole album

I like about 3/4 of AHIG and 1 song off The Grey Chapter. New single does nothing for me whatsoever.

 

[works0fheart]

Does no one actually like the self titled? What?

 

[lewis]

Does no one actually like the self titled? What?

i mean not really. Its fun, borderline hilarious and experimental but I cant take it seriously enough and it certainly isnt the Slipknot sound we knew they had discovered and wanted when VOl1 dropped so

EDIT oh wait I thought you meant "MKFR" hahaha

 

[GunpointMetal]

S/T and Iowa were the only two good albums. Everything else was bits and pieces and a lot of choruses and bridges that sounded like they should have been on Stone Sour albums.

 

[Esp Griffyn]

I hope Chris gets any money he is owned. I wouldn't put it past someone like Corey to have better lawyers and accountants though, any money siphoned off is probably well hidden.

 

[ArtDecade]

Top 5
5. Slipknot
5. Iowa
5. Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
5. All Hope Is Gone
5. .5: The Gray Chapter

 

[isispelican]

Does no one actually like the self titled? What?

Self titled is where it's at!

 

[SJShinn]

I must be in the minority the thinks Mate Feed Kill Repeat was sick. I love trying to pick out riffs they reused from that album on later releases. S/T and Iowa kill too. They kinda lost me after Vol. 3.

 

[fps]

Does no one actually like the self titled? What?

Self-titled's their best record. It's the weirdest one, it's the most atmospheric one, it's the most disconcerting one. After that I think Grey Chapter (again, the weirdness factor), then Iowa, then Vol 3, finally All Hope Is Gone doesn't really register at all for me.

 

[fps]

Also, I think Chris' role should now be held by a rotating cast of competition winners.

 

[Ralyks]

I must be in the minority the thinks Mate Feed Kill Repeat was sick.

Kinda surprised it took this long for anyone to mention this album.

 

[Ralyks]

I'm leaving this here, since you went there...

 

[BenjaminW]

Kinda surprised it took this long for anyone to mention this album.

Fuck, I still gotta listen to that album.

 

[Ralyks]

Fuck, I still gotta listen to that album.

It feels like Mr. Bungle but heavier.