SLIPKNOT Deep Dive (it gets dark...)

Slipknot deep dive: Ranking the Slipknot discography from worst to best!
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[@noblelow]

They did so much heavy stuff early on, you can't blame them for expanding during this huge run. Personally, I like the heavy stuff better but their staying power is incredible.

[@booyashaka3182]

I applaud them for being as relevant as they are. It's so great to see. Even if I don't care for their newer stuff, I'm still happy to see them doing well

[@akshayde]

The heavy stuff is great but vol3 is the most important album in their catalogue

[@jokok2333]

@@akshaydeand AHIG is the mosy complex album for me

[@redlightclinicdrummer]

Bro I think their self titled album has some killer groovy shit on it. I've always loved in Prosthetics where Corey spazzes and is like "tell me man I knew it was a mistake". The push and pull of their first two albums is fucking tight.

[@marloncarbajal5492]

Damn it man i knew it was a mistake*

[@booyashaka3182]

Nothing will ever dethrone their self-titled album for me. I love everything on it. The rapping parts may feel of the time, but i still like those parts haha. That album is just so unhinged and heavy in a way thay Slipknot themselves cant and wont ever create again. Iowa is definitely different sounding enough that even that album doesn't scratch that itch for me

[@billdagrasshawking]

100% I thought I was alone in my thinking

[@jaymanji4955]

i was a a casual listener (psychosocial and duality😂) before i decided to dive deep and give a listen to all their albums through and through. i fell IN LOVE with their self titled album and been a hardcore fan ever since

[@jobananas3052]

Agreed! I think after the nu metal era was over they changed a bit to appeal more to metal traditionalists which honestly was a good choice but they def lost an ingredient to what made the first album so dope.

[@Anonymous_Identity246]

@@jaymanji4955 BRO same exact story for me 😂

[@tlniec]

I think if you were there in '99 watching these guys explode seemingly out of nowhere, the self-titled debut has to hold a special place in your heart... like yeah, it may be a product of its time, but that's a FEATURE, not a drawback! That said... Iowa managed to match it (IMO).

[@toddmueller8948]

Remember Nu Metal? How can you not? Hybrid Theory came out like 3 years ago, right? Right?!? What do you mean I'm not 30 years old?

[@FinnMckentyPRMBA]

2001 was last year

[@hands_media]

The riffs on Vol 3 are insane. Like..."The Blister Exists"? That song RIPS.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I feel like that's the one song the band has done that truly is the Slipknot sound, with all three percussionists playing in unison. Those parts absolutely fucking slap and sound heavy as fuck live.

[@booyashaka3182]

​@@FlyboyHelosimtotally agree. For me, it's one of their most iconic songs. My friends and I to this day will break out and just start drumming that part for no reason haha

[@Nightwing300]

A lot of the riffs on vol 3 was on both demo albums

[@seriouslypeople5860]

I really, really, really, wish a different producer was involved because of how cool the guitars could have sounded on Vol. 3. Rick Rubin is a kill the guitars for hi-hats and overly trebled vocals guy.

[@Vivi_9]

They opened with it on their last tour, I'm one of those who doesn't look at setlist before gigs, I was so happy and surprised as it's one of my favourite songs by them!

[@mushroomleg]

I still don’t understand how this “got dark”. Goddamn click bait!!!

[@dpark551]

1. Iowa 2. Slipknot 3. Vol. 3 4. All Hope Is Gone 5. We Are Not Your Kind 6. The Gray Chapter 7. The End So Far (I don't really count their EP)

[@JoaoPedroVCFerreira]

All Hope Is Gone is better than Vol. 3

[@akshayde]

​@@JoaoPedroVCFerreira not even close

[@akshayde]

By the way.. Now you know why they fired Jay. Look at your list

[@holidaestyles]

1.Iowa 2. Slipknot 3. Vol 3 4. We are not your kind 5. All hope is gone 6. The end so far 7. The grey chapter

[@jeux2322]

1: slipknot 2: iowa 3: vol 3 4: all hope is gone 5: the grey chapter 6: we are not your kind 7:the end so far

[@Drochaigeant]

Their first two albums have such raw thunderous aggression that I think is unmatched. I absolutely love them. Their newer stuff isn't bad at all, got a few bangers in there but I really miss Joey's drumming. It just wasn't the same.. It sounded more bland or flat overall. Corey's still has his moments but the more stone soury singing turns me off a bit. And Surely they've got some very underrated guitar work across all their albums.

[@jacobvelasquez562]

The title track of all hope is gone is easily the most death metal track of their career.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Yep. I say that all the time. And I also bring up the title track when people say that AHIG wasn't heavy. It's actually probably the heaviest song they've done.

[@bradleymontgomery5775]

@@FlyboyHelosimWithout a doubt agree 100%. I actually remember being a kid listening to that song for the first time when the album came out and being blown away by it. I remember thinking “Wow this is the heaviest thing I’ve ever heard. What is this?”

[@Василий-м4ь]

How is it death metal

[@abowla7187]

FUCKIN THANK YOU!!!

[@jacobvelasquez562]

@@FlyboyHelosim AHIG, Gematria, and This Cold Black are all heavy as fuck, and good ass songs. Just about everything on that album is great to me, it’s easily my favorite from them.

[@J_ONeal]

I did a small q&a with Mick. He talked about playing hard and sloppy on purpose to give the riff for character. If take was too clean, Ross would tell them to “slop it up”. The tone is in the hands.

[@CompleteProducer84]

I am in the minority with Psychosocial, it’s good but I’ve always felt it’s overrated. Of their singles, I think Duality is their song that I would put up there with the all time greats. Also happy to see you put Vol 3 so high!

[@SDubU416]

You’re not alone there.. I’ve been to 7 slipknot shows and every time they play Psychosocial that’s when I go buy a beer and take a piss. But I feel the same way about Duality and Before I forget as I do Psychosocial. There just songs for people to sing along with.

[@CompleteProducer84]

@@SDubU416 Good to know I’m not the only one. I knew Psychosocial had reached some new pinnacle when my friend (who doesn’t like Slipknot) had it on his playlist. Even with the catchy hook, I’m still surprised it’s so well-respected

[@SvetlinNikolovPhx]

+1, also kinda surprised people praise Psychosocial that much.

[@geekroomlife5850]

I’ve seen the 9 about 15 times and if I never hear wait and bleed and Psychosocial again it’s to soon.

[@akshayde]

Duality is roadrunner's best selling song and highest watched video.

[@SamuelBlackMetalRider]

Self-Titled is fvckin AWESOME you’re crazy. Absolutely not outdated. The FIERCENESS of that album is so pure. So authentic. Only IOWA is better

[@NINJAxBACON]

Self titled is definitely my favorite. It's completely unhinged and sounds raw. Some of the newer stuff goes hard, but you can feel the production value in alot of it

[@Lucan2025]

I grew up in a very conservative, overly Christian house with my grandmother and I saw psychosocial on VH1 in high school and it clicked for me why people like metal.

[@TomCollins-c4h]

@@FLmetalhead Me too! glad my parents werent hippies lol.

[@oki__]

@@FLmetalhead I can’t stand either side of you’s

[@FLmetalhead]

@@oki__ cry

[@samcourt6228]

The Gray Chapter took me a while to get into; at first I wasn’t a fan but it grew on me. Self titled is still my favourite though. When it came out, it completely blew me away - it was carnage (in a good way).

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

dude unless you were into like cannibal corpse or Suffocation or possibly early Dying Fetus at the time, slipknot self titled was one of the heaviest CDs that I owned in 99! that shit hit so hard when it dropped dude, people don't understand

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

Slipknot got weak to sell more records and that shits super lame we could see it when Iowa dropped, we saw the change. then on their 3rd roadrunner release it's like okay dude fuck this im into Deathcore now it's 06 btch

[@simondavies109]

The best 2 for me (Iowa is so overrated) and The Negative One is one of the greatest metal songs ever made.

[@Anonymous_Identity246]

Same

[@sochioranmyaku]

Thank you Finn. All Hope is Gone really is a great album and imo they haven’t made a better sounding album since as far as production goes. The drums sounded insane on that record. People crap on Pyschosocial but it’s a great song and that breakdown has been emulated time and time again. It also kills me how they’ve never played Gematria live lol….

[@rafaelalamilla5583]

Me too... until I saw that video of Mick tracking the guitar part and I'm like "yeah, that'd probably be pretty tough to do cleanly across an entire tour cycle".

[@neilkennethofficial]

THE LEMONS OF THE DEAD!!!

[@TitosTheSalty]

@@rafaelalamilla5583 The band has never said why they don't perform it but that they have personal reasons for it. So 2 popular theories exist. The first is what you said and the second is that it may have been one of the tracks that Joey kicked everyone out of the studio for and finished himself (apparently that happened during AHIG) or some other personal thing that brings up bad memories.

[@SickSoundingStuff]

One more comment now that I've watched most of the video... Your list is all wrong. Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat absolutely belongs at the bottom of the list, joined by All Hope is Gone. The rest is up for debate.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

AHIG has some of the fastest and most complex songs of the entire SK catalog, and the rare time they did play the title track, for example, one of the guitarists would always mess parts up.

[@vinnya.1566]

WANYK is so damn good. Especially Not Long for this World and Solway Firth.

[@B_COOPER]

YES! Fuckin yes!

[@StoneyCrow]

YES!!

[@BON3SAW]

MFKR is an interesting album because you can hear a lot of stuff from self titled so it's cool to see how it evolved

[@maggot216]

I always wonder to myself how the band would sound if Anders hadn't quit the band. While corey's melodic vocals are great, they wanted him on as either backup or duet style vocals. If he had stayed I imagine they would sound similar to Mushroomhead in a way. I think the MFKR version of Gently is better than the rerecorded version on Iowa. Just something about Anders voice that works for me.

[@steptorhythm]

exactly why i like it so much tbh

[@trendkill1909]

Not an album guy, but Iowa is an all-timer to me. Also always thought Psychosocial was as good as anything else they've done. That's their best, most memorable riff imo.

[@simondavies109]

Isn't it funny I love slipknot but I've always felt Iowa is so overrated!

[@Job.Well.Done_01]

@@simondavies109agree with you here. Good album, but not my top pick

[@blackmesacake5361]

Absolutely love this band still to this day, and great video!

[@cadendufrene]

IMO WANYK definitely isn't the second worst. Honestly ranks within the top 3 albums for sure. Red Flag, Soloway Firth, Critical Darling, Nero Forte, Birth of the Cruel. Even Not Long for This World is good. I even forgot about Unsainted. As a gen z, I remember waiting for this album to release and the first listen was awesome.

[@jacobfischer8385]

I mean it was a solid album but definitely not top 3

[@sevel7556]

That’s your opinion, mine is that’s it’s definitely the second worst lol

[@terrymills810]

I love Spiders from that album

[@FlyboyHelosim]

He didn't say it was second worst, but third, after M.F.K.R. and TGC.

[@cadendufrene]

@@FlyboyHelosim MFKR doesn't really count

[@zaklopopolo4366]

Finn Mckenty easily the best rock critic since Beavis & Butthead

[@thesecorridorsoftime]

Lol

[@kristyna1312]

🤣🤣

[@derwilhelmovic1617]

Nah for every good take he has he has 50 that are shit

[@turdferguson353]

Still watching the video, but the self titled will forever be my favorite. There's a reason why they blew up so quickly on ozzfest 99. That album is a devastating experience from beginning to end.

[@turdferguson353]

Saw where you ranked it...bout to thumbs down your video lol

[@eesktv]

@@turdferguson353i like self titled more but ahig is objectively on the same level. the riffs are slipknots best. ahig is slipknits “death metal” album

[@josephbarone239]

7)All Hope is Gone 6)The End So Far 5)Gray Chapter 4)Vol 3 3)WANYK 2)Self Titled 1)Iowa

[@real30yearoldboomerhours53]

Swap Iowa and S/T and that’s my ranking as well \m/

[@Tormentor.death122]

MFKR self titled the best

[@fatefatefate]

>Mate Feed Kill Repeat "EP" >Literally the demo is like 12 songs or so, def not a "EP" by any means

[@delix787]

The Gray Chapter album is personally my favorite album because that’s where I started with them. All of their songs from that album is nostalgic for me.. 🫨🤯🖤💙🖤

[@booyashaka3182]

I haven't heard that opinion yet hahaha. I'm glad you love it. It's their most disappointing album for me personally. All of the pre-release songs absolutely kicked ass (minus Devil In I. It's ok). The Negative One in particular had me the most hyped. It honestly sounded like old Slipknot to me! I wasn't a big fan of All Hope is Gone, so I was foaming at the mouth after hearing that track haha. It came out, I listened to the album like 10 times in about a month, and it just didn't stick. I tried haha, but it was just so forgettable for me. I haven't picked up an album form them since and haven't enjoyed any of the singles after that either. Still great to see them killing it though

[@hunternixonfishing2500]

Nothing will ever touch Iowa. Any other answer is just wrong Also All Hope Is Gone is criminally underrated

[@Atso123]

no.3 will always be my favorite and honestly I think the most complete metal album ever made. It literally had everything. Accessibility, breakdowns, blistering riffs, Corey's super harsh scream before he changed it. 11/10 song writing and creativity.

[@akshayde]

It's my favorite too.. Its the most important album in their catalogue. The album that cemets slipknot as a goat band, propels them to stardom and all that while doing some crazy innovative stuff. Its Joey's legacy imo

[@6MasterWilly6]

All hope is gone debuted at #1, and that album has blast beats. That’s an insane fact!

[@knotproject14]

A few things you got wrong worth mentioning: 1.) Their first recorded project was in 1992 called Painface. Their first project under the name Slipknot was in 1995 and it was a self titled EP. 2.) Anders Colsefni’s name is pronounced (and-ers cul-sef-nee) 3.) Slipknot had a 2nd album with Anders that was never released and was leaked in 2020. It’s on KZbin and it’s called the SR Audio Gold Disk and it is fucking amazing. 4.)You showed the weird funky bits of MFKR and evaluated it solely based on that. Listen to Gently, Slipknot and Tattered & Torn.

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

he also showed the literal worst part of self titled

[@КостадинДаржанов]

I think that someone paid him to say so many wrong things. :)

[@Nielint]

Self-titled is #1 for me by quite a ways.

[@darthpyhris2000]

I love how the most popular nu-Metal bands don't sound alike at all.

[@alanturquet7727]

It's incredible how a band like slipknot can still deliver new songs to their shows. And not have to play the same playlist over and over again for 15+ years because their new material is not at the same level. Not their case! They still can deliver 3 or 4 great songs, and people like me will still get excited every time they drop a new one. Loved them as a kid, love them as a 30 year old.

[@Chill-mm4pn]

Yes🤘🏿

[@TDBS83]

I still love the Self Titled and Iowa albums to this day

[@Tormentor.death122]

Love mfkr one

[@travisspaulding9540]

How dare you mention literally everyone but Korn when mentioning the big anything of nu metal. Immediately discredit your entire opinion

[@1brytol]

Literally the first band he mentioned is Korn

[@abowla7187]

I'm sorry but I get emotional about Slipknot. I can really respect this video. THANK YOU for giving All Hope is Gone respect. I think if Dead Memories and Snuff got cut from the album, people wouldn't have bitched. It's really death metal in a lot of parts as you mentioned. Listen to the title track. Fuck. I'll still die on the hill of IOWA being the greatest metal album of all time, and this band dying with Paul. Great video FInn......

[@Dusty338]

Here's my ranking: 1.) Self-titled tied with Iowa. I can't pick a favorite between these two masterpieces. 2.) All Hope Is Gone 3.) Vol: 3 5.) We Are Not Your Kind 6.) The Gray Chapter 7.) The End, So Far

[@johnnysins1171]

My list is almost the same, except I would switch Vol: 3 and All Hope Is Gone

[@Dusty338]

@@johnnysins1171 Honestly, those two albums are ALMOST tied for me. Tough to pick a favorite.

[@KurtleTheTurtle907]

Corey for the last 3 albums; "It's gonna be Iowa levels of heavy, mannn." Literally also Corey; "Omg, we're never making another Iowa, move on." Idk, stop promising another Iowa for the last 10 years, then.

[@AnabolicDan16]

.5 the gray chapter is criminally underrated

[@whalesequence]

I grew up on Iowa, one of my all time favorites

[@timgonzales2891]

Id be interested on a similar video for korn. I kinda lost track of them after see you on the othet side. Curious about the test of their catalog but its daunting

[@seanwechsler6783]

Great Video. Awesome to see All Hope Is Gone get more love. Gematria (The Killing Name) is a super underrated song.

[@cky2k827]

Super underrated. That song is fucking amazing.

[@mutantdog.]

V3 goes at the top for me. I always found Iowa to be a little too tight sounding, more like something from a standard 5 piece band. In contrast, V3 brings a lot more of Craig and Sid into the mix along with much looser percussion really making it sound like the product of all nine members. I’d also put WANYK up there near the top of the list too

[@davedronski7749]

The end so far is by far the worst proper Slipknot record! They literally pumped it out so fast and in such a rush just to get out of the Roadrunner deal.

[@brunisdrummingcover4837]

4:35 Actual footage of Finn actually making expressions while litsening to a song for the first time ever

[@BWSBwoi]

For me The Gray Chapter is the only Slipknot album that I never skip a song from... There's something about it that makes it feel special.

[@not_raine.]

ikr? it's like they took the atmosphere gently has and made a whole album out of it

[@NavarroSkyrim]

I love Slipknot, but saying that their worst album is better than 99.9% of metal releases is one of the most stupid things I have ever heard

[@DROPKICKaZOMBIE]

The newest album is absolutely horrible

[@frailimbnursery]

the fact that you prefer the end so far to we are not your kind is blowing my mind😂. to each their own though

[@Tormentor.death122]

Tf is the fact is not a word 😂

[@pinkdragon4830]

@@Tormentor.death122 how high were you when you commented this

[@zagadape109]

Concidering what they'e done in the past, Slipknot IS totally washed up and became a Stonesour hybrid mess. A parody of itself. To each their own. Pozdro666

[@deathpgt]

How you put Grey chapter below the new pile of crap they put out this year is beyond me lol

[@sochioranmyaku]

I don’t understand why that album gets so much hate.

[@gwlm2679]

I like Slipknot and think they’re great, but they are not better then 99% of bands, idk if you mean something different by that but they are a bit overrated

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

Glad to see some love for All Hope is Gone, I don't really understand the criticisms either. Those riffs are unstoppable. I would probably swap it and Vol. 3, then swap WANYK and The End So Far to get my list. Side note, the clips from Resident Evil in the "My Plague" video were so cool

[@TopchetoEU]

AHIG just feels so produced and doesnt make artistic sence. yeah, the riffs and the drum parts on their own are great, but they feel kinda forced in together in a song, as were the members of slipknot at the time

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

@TopchetoEU I agree that it isn't as raw as it maybe should be, but I do at least feel like the songs make sense. The performances are very tight, too

[@repairshop22]

End so far is GARBAGE aside from 2 songs and should NOT be judged by chapletown rag

[@dimitrismits213]

thats exactly the way i would rank their albums. That three nil main rif is soooooooooooo Morbid Angel-y

[@kristylouise727]

Absolutely love All hope is lost! I've always been shocked at people not liking it.. Its killer!

[@mexicanmaggot666]

Yesterday I was binge-watching a marathon of Resident Evil movies (the Milla Jovovich ones) and to this day, the first two movies of this franchise are the only ones whose credits I leave till the very end just to hear My Plague and Vermillion. That era of Slipknot was LEGENDARY.

[@communist750]

My Plague (New Abuse Mix) is very shitty compared to original. Without screams and some parts I don't feel that it sounds good.

[@ShadowOfADoubt9]

Slipknot All Hope Is Gone Iowa Subliminal Vol. 3 Then the rest are meh to me.

[@joshuaprietophoto]

Such a good band. They still don't get enough praise in my opinion. Iowa is fucking nuts. Can't talk it up enough. Good video, respect your rankings

[@nettlecider]

My very unusual placing would be 1. Vol 3 (9/10) 2. We are not your kind (9) 3. Iowa (8) 4. Gray Chapter (8) 5. Slipknot (7) 6. All hope is gone (7) 7. The end (6) EP never bothered to listen in full 😅

[@bertdebackercovers]

I think Self Titled album deserves another chance. All you've been talking about is Spit It Out. Spit It Out was indeed not as tight as the rest because that was their first demo ever. Spit It Out hyper version is tighter though! But songs like: Wait And Bleed, Surfacing, Sic, Eyelless,... you simply cannot skip. They don't deserve 4th place.

[@austinwiebe3801]

Even the songs people don’t talk about as much (Liberate, No Life, Diluted) are amazing! It’s one of those albums that gets better and better with every listen. So many cool layers.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I feel like self-titled is an experience. It's the only album of theirs that I can play from start to finish without skipping a track. Probably helped by the fact that some of the songs lead into the next ones, such as Tattered & Torn, Frail Limb Nursery, and Purity. Also no two songs sound the same, a truly amazing and diverse set of songs.

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

​@@FlyboyHelosimlol some ppl didn't ever even hear purity back in the day

[@FlyboyHelosim]

@@eatassonthefirstdate I know, poor bastards. LOL

[@codymilligan2569]

Spit it out is like the second best song on that album

[@TheCivildecay]

The thing I liked about slipknot is that they didn't sound as clean and mechanical as other metal bands, sadly after their first 2 albums they stopped sounding like that

[@bogartpif]

Self titled album by far the best for me ..i was really biased when i first saw them ( cause of the mask-metal band status) ...but one friend of mine gave me the cd ...i still remember the time the place and the feeling when i heard Eyeless for the first time ...thrilling

[@Dismal626]

agree. self titled over everything. Iowa is second but nowhere close to the self titled. I'm surprised Finn doesn't like the rapping part in spit it out. that is one of the best parts of the whole album to me

[@SvetlinNikolovPhx]

My Plague's album mix (not the resident evil one) has this part I love between 0:30 and 0:40 - the fact that they removed it from the official video says a lot too

[@fredderickfederico1975]

Totally agreed with your list man though i can't stand "the end so far" hahahaha self titled for me was top 3 and loved that you really like All hope is gone joey's drumming on the album was phenomenal. My favorite Record from Slipknot was Volume 3 subliminal verses.

[@irishjoe9195]

Finn you need to review Anders newer band he’s in, pure gold mine for you!

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Which band are you talking about specifically?

[@rawkguy4896]

Dang, I was so surprised he put All Hope Is Gone in his top 3. I love that record and as a casual Slipknot fan its always been my favorite. I enjoy something off all their albums but AHIG is easily the one I'm always coming back to. I can't even explain why, it just really clicked for some reason. Joey absolutely owned this record

[@kantokuu]

I'd put We Are Not Your Kind definitely in the top 3.

[@Geddylee2000]

Dude! Gematria is such an underrated song 🤘🖤 wish they played it live

[@Dismal626]

1. self titled 2. Iowa 3. everything else

[@delix787]

All Hope is gone is a record everyone keeps having mixed feelings about. It has some legendary iconic songs on the album at the same time people say for lyrics it’s not the strongest, but with music alone it’s iconic at it’s strongest. 🤫

[@wreckfestman1600]

Iowa, self titled, vol 3 everything else meh lol

[@AwesomeAustinz]

I will always say Vol 3, is their mose diverse album. The writing, production, composition. All songs have a Similar sound pallet but are so different. I don’t think there’s album where you can hear each member like you do on V3.

[@Dusty338]

I seriously disliked that album when it was first released, it was too much of a departure from Iowa. But it seriously grew on me over time and today its one of my top favorites.

[@DC11GTR]

I always felt like Slipknot only became Nu Metal after Sublimnal, or perhaps after Iowa. They were way too angry and aggressive to be Nu Metal on their first 2 with Corey

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

NO MTV OR RADIO PLAY only time u heard slipknot was at someone house or in a car. and we respected the fck outta that shit. then, they changed, THEN got famous.

[@ATR022190]

It might not be their best single, but Duality is very much their most important single. It set expectations for a more radio friendly album as well as set up the rest of their career.

[@richjnev70]

Absolutely

[@TundraCH]

For me personally, Vol.3 has so much filler it's actually painful, AMAZING singles though

[@alazander2116]

One of Slipknots most powerful songs in my opinion was Finale. It was sort of a reflection on everything they've done, and a goodbye too a gone era

[@DCT97]

All Hope Is Gone is a top 3-4 Slipknot album. Depending on how I’m feeling it could swap places with Vol. 3

[@brianpatrick6308]

Truly one of the greatest metal bands of all time and even now Iowa is one of the hardest, heaviest metal records of all time. Very, very few acts are comparable to the first four major albums of Slipknot's discography and The Gray Chapter and WANYK have some stellar moments too.

[@Owlr4ider]

I disagree with your notion that you can't expect bands to put out their best materials 20+ years into their careers. There are definitely strengths to youth exuberance but there are also strengths to experience and wisdom. Take a band like Epica for example and their latest studio album: Omega, from 2021. Around 20 years since their formation, a bit less since the release of their first official album. It's one of their best albums if not their best, if you look at the album in its entirety. Not only that but they took all that experience and confidence they gained over the years and dared to experiment with new things yet still stay true to themselves rather than 'evolve' into something new(think Opeth or In Flames as classic examples here) while seamlessly incorporating these new elements and created a masterpiece. Basically some bands go through a lot of ups and downs, with inconsistent quality in their releases, thus when they did reach their highest peak(whenever it was in the band's timeline) it's hard to replicate. Other bands are much more consistent in terms of quality(typically style too but that's not at all mandatory, just helpful to maintain consistency) so it's much harder to distinguish their peaks, let alone their highest peak, because most of their material is simply amazing. Basically it's hard to call something the best of if there isn't really a worse of to counteract it.

[@firestarter_breaks]

Unsainted is such a badass song bro

[@isaacpunch9295]

I enjoyed the absolute hell out of WANYK.

[@damienshai3408]

MFKR, Iowa, vol.3, all hope is gone, .5 the gray chapter, WANYK and The End So Far are slipknot's technical albums guitar wise: nice riffs and guitar solos. Drumwise: All Albums.

[@JasonWilliams-bx6vd]

Probably gonna get a lot of shit for this but 1. Iowa 2. Self Titled 3. Vol 3 4. All hope is gone 5. WANYK 6. End so far 7. Gray Chapter

[@matheusantonio6020]

My ranking is: 1) Slipknot 2) We Are Not Your Kind 3) Iowa 4) .5: The Gray Chapter 5) The End, So Far 6) All Hope Is Gone 7) Vol. 3: Subliminal Verses I really enjoy Nu Metal, and for me, the Selftitled is the most Nu Metal album of Slipknot, or even of all times. All the other Slipknot albums, I think that I just don't know how explain what I feel about these ones.

[@6tiple6ix6afia]

I don't even consider Slipknot to be Nu-Metal anymore because of how varied their albums are and idk Nu-Metal tends to fucking suck so it feels gross to me when people call Slipknot and SOAD Nu-Metal.

[@micksmobilemechanics]

My list 8. Mate feed kill repeat, amateur vocals and lyrics, and song structures 7. The end so far- tried to get into it just couldn’t. Could 😊 have made a decent ep too many shit filler songs 6. The grey chapter, I don’t think it aged well loved it when it came out but not so much now 5. WANYK- some really awesome songs but the filler tracks let it down SOLWAY FIRTH is one of my top 5 favourite slipknot songs 4. Self titled I agree sounds very dated especially the last half of the album some great riffs that could have been made into better songs if the ‘rapping parts’ weren’t added 3.AHIG great album I just like Vol 3 slightly more 2. VOL 3 favourite song pulse of the maggots 1. Iowa favourite song metabolic

[@nikitaprosin7347]

1. You were 100% correct when you said that Slipknot's worst album is better than 99.9% of bands out there. 2. However, you said that you don't want Slipknot to sound like Stone Sour, but I wholeheartedly disagree because most of the slower Slipknot songs are great and have a sad feeling to them which I like, but those songs show great diversity by the band and you can really hear all of the instruments and stuff Craig amd Sid are doing and cool Mick guitar effects amd Jim melancholy guitar parts. Gray Chapter have a lot of of those sad intros to songs and slower paced songs so I can see why you don't like this album. 3. It's so true that stone sour demo voice and MFKR album are so bad (especially the Slipknot one) that the song Sic comes back on, it's hard to imagine it's the same people making music.

[@awhowell]

Vol. 3 has some cringe songs on it, it’s like the black album of Slipknot. Slipknot 1999 is my favorite out of their discography because of it being “dated”. Iowa is just relentless until Gently. After The Shape it’s kind of forgettable.

[@TheJokesterSCR]

TESF was absolute trash. It was a disjointed mess. Their only good song on that record was Yen... one of the slow ones. The only heavy song that was awesome musically was ruined by vocals that had an exact opposite vibe from the music. Like, wtf...Even The Dying Song felt like a super formulaic and safe Slipknot song.

[@ffreplica515]

Good, and fair point about s/t being dated, but I don’t think a universe exists where All Hope is Gone is better than it. AHIG had some stronger songs, but it’s inferior as a total album. AHIG sounds like a mixtape between Stone Sour, and Slipknot; a collection of disjointed songs from multiple bands. Also as shitty as Anders vocals and the production were I would listen to MFKR over Slipknot’s new stuff any day, but objectively it’s inferior.

[@mothermushroom_]

Completely disagree on S/T only being 4th - Listening to the shitty original audio quality does drain a lot of the fun out of the album but the 10th anniversary remastered version is absolutely impeccable. S/T has literally every member at their peak with no one being pushed into the back, every single members contributions can be clearly heard. Def the most amateur of Slipknots projects but thats what makes it so damn good, its honest; you can tell this is exactly what they all wanted to make with no outside input, just raw emotion and skill. Its actually why I tend to dislike most other Slipknot projects and, controversially, dont enjoy Iowa much- sounds like they lost their more experimental members such as Craig, Sid, and Chris during it.. Will give you that 'Spit it Out' is objectively bad/outdated, loved it as a kid but man has it not aged well lmao

[@levibush5842]

I dont understand how people can lower the rankings for IOWA and Slipknots self title album and make V3, All Hope is Gone, and the Gray Chapter the top Slipknot albums. I feel like because of Social Media and things like tiktok make certain songs like Custer peoples favorite song, and if you try to have a conversation with someone who say one of those albums is the best but then they say Wait and Bleed is their favorite song then you know they hate IOWA. take the songs I Am Hated vs Pyschosocial and more of the trendy kids will pick Pyschosocial because of it having more listens on Spotify yet I Am Hated will melt your face and make you wanna commit violence because of how heavy, brutal, and coreys vocals sound on that song. The slipknot elitist (like my self) will only hold on to slipknot for the first 2 albums because of what those albums mean to the metal community, the changes they made was just so drastic that they didnt sound anything like they did before we had 4 years of the true slipknot and that was it after IOWA you guus got Stonr Sour with mask.

[@GalacticCenterOG]

MFKR is your worst album? lol nah all the bad albums were made after the 3rd or 4th album. I was 17 when I hear their first single Wait & Bleed on the radio and for the next decade I was a diehard fan of theirs. They don’t sound anything like how they used to and I’m sure the 2nd & 3rd waves like their latest stuff. That’s how music works I guess. But seeing how they have now proven that they don’t know how to handle firing their members with class, I say to Hell with them now, it was great while it lasted.

[@austin_l]

Slipknot sucks and nu metal was terrible. Only normies who weren't cool enough to know about Hardcore/punk/thrash listened it. It was lame in the 90s/00s, its lame now.

[@caiman8401]

MFKR is so terrible that they reused literally every riff from that album. I feel it is underrated. Sure, its unpolished, and the lyrics mainly are not good. Then again, it is pretty experimental, and you can really hear their hunger and dedication to get some music out.

[@missedgames]

I don't like the new stuff but I can acknowledge they can't make Iowa every single time cause it would be repetitive and they would never grow. BUT, the groove and rhythm from Iowa is what I feel is missing in their newer stuff where it just sounds like everyone is going in different directions at once.

[@oleksiistri8429]

vol.3 is too clean sounding, not enough of atmosphere , noises, guitar drones and stuff, it is too media-friendly, but has a lot of cool songs on it for sure, if this album was produced by Ross Robinson instead of Rick Rubin, then maybe i would put this album on 1st place, while this is not the case 1st place definitely belongs to Iowa

[@thebenis3219]

Oh Jesus Christ I CANNOT stand the fucking radio mix of My Plague. It's such a god damn disservice to the original track.

[@Spooky909-09]

Confessions from mfkr is the best slipknot song ever prove me wrong Also why doesn’t anyone ever talk about “the virus of life” from vol.3