SLIPKNOT Deep Dive (it gets dark...)

[@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*

[@maurobrandolt2166]

SIC, Waitnbleed, eyeless, surfacing, all of this is fucking golden and yet he put spit it out to give an example of what is that album lmao

[@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

[@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

[@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).

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@PilinhaXauu]

iowa is not overrated, i prefer self titled but iowa is the goat, the guitar, drums coreys vocals are so well in there as well!​@@simondavies109

[@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

[@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

[@mushroomleg]

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

[@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

[@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

[@vinnya.1566]

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

[@B_COOPER]

YES! Fuckin yes!

[@StoneyCrow]

YES!!

[@rhondawileman1466]

👩🏼‍🎤🤘🏻👩🏼‍🎤🤘🏻👩🏼‍🎤🤘🏻👩🏼‍🎤🤘🏻

[@fatefatefate]

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

[@TRENDKILL0]

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

[@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🤘🏿

[@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

[@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

[@6MasterWilly6]

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

[@user-ex7yq6xq9s]

1. Iowa 2. We Are Not Your Kind 3. All Hope Is Gone 4. Vol 3 The Subliminal Verses 5. Slipknot 1999 6. .5 The Gray Chapter 7. The End So Far

[@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......

[@WIBYTIEDH]

As rough as MFKR is, Paul's bass lines are just mental. And the thing I've always loved with AHIG is it was the band at one of their best. They did away with the egos, went back to their roots and just banged out a killer album with some of the best instrumentals I've ever heard. Volume 3 was Slipknot's answer to critics saying they couldnt make songs without cussing. It was literally out of spite and it made them huge 😂

[@blackmesacake5361]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@hunternixonfishing2500]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@AnabolicDan16]

.5 the gray chapter is criminally underrated

[@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

[@Nielint]

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

[@kristylouise727]

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

[@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.

[@mariocarreoncuellar]

When Iowa came out. Me and my cousin listen to that album for a whole month. It was a great moment to be a metalhead teenager. He passed away in 2022 and I miss the guy, i was a week older than him. Now i'm 37 and when i hear the album it brings a lot of memories.

[@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. :)

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@whalesequence]

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

[@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.

[@TDBS83]

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

[@Tormentor.death122]

Love mfkr one

[@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.

[@brunisdrummingcover4837]

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

[@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 😅

[@Geddylee2000]

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

[@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

[@dimitrismits213]

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

[@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. 🤫

[@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

[@Magnumscrotus]

I’ve honestly not heard anyone say we are not your kind is garbage. Ive heard everyone sing nothing but praises when it came out. Its the best one in a long time. Critical darling and spiders are great.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Dismal626]

1. self titled 2. Iowa 3. everything else

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@Lucifye]

The thing about a lot of bands in genres of heavy music is once they are no longer pissed off angry young men they begin to suck. It's not the case for a lot of the bands but a handful do suck as they got older.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@darthpyhris2000]

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

[@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

[@brandondavis7617]

All Hope is Gone is the first metal album I ever heard. And My First Slipknot album. Will always hold a special place in my heart. Great list definitely agree with your list!!! They have no bad albums period!!!

[@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.

[@CuriousGeorgeRockwell]

we are not your kind was their redemption album. Nero forte, critical darling, chapeltown rag, unsainted... I had all but given up on them (my favorite band growing up). I definitely think it's better than all hope is gone and the Gray chapter

[@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

[@queensofthedthrone8267]

Best moment of my nu metal life (which is >Life) was singing Duality at a karaoke bar, a couple walked out INSTANTLY, and then at the end getting the whole crowd roaring in cheers (I really hit that last “in-SANE”, as I recall)… and then I walked out instantly (I mostly walked out bc I promised myself, regardless of “how bad it will go” I will just leave)

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I had a similar experience doing Limp Bizkit's Take A Look Around, but stayed afterwards because people made me feel like a rock star. I got offers that night to join several local bands as vocalist. LOL

[@DROPKICKaZOMBIE]

The newest album is absolutely horrible

[@firestarter_breaks]

Unsainted is such a badass song bro

[@ryanangeli5897]

I still listen to the first 3 albums after 20 years now. They’re great ALBUMS, from top to bottom. After Vol.3 they wrote great SONGS. The End, So Far had Yen…and that’s pretty much it for me. And I’m really disappointed that I never got to see them live in the old days. Not really interested in seeing them now.

[@severalsedrack]

they hated recording All hope is Gone, but the album is great

[@bsj971]

Great video, I saw Anders live in Sydney a few months ago. His vocals performing live are so much better than the recording - he did a full performance of Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat in a small venue which the crowd loved. His growl was great but definitely so much different in style to Corey.

[@stevemacdougall2]

Self-titled album for me is still near the top with Iowa. (Sic) is still my favourite Slipknot song many years later. I agree with Neo-Forte being underrated.

[@benjaminmorales9154]

Great video Finn. How about a deep dive into the A7X discography? That would be pretty cool imo

[@alex86devapath]

Glad to see AHIG get some love. When it came out I thought I was one of the few that liked that album.

[@Rose-From-the-Dead]

Enslaved is even older than Slipknot and have put out something like 15 albums that are all fucking amazing. And at 30 years into their career, some of their best albums are their most recent.

[@TheMetalGaia]

Enslaved is so fucking good. I always struggle to pick a favorite album.

[@kochampokoj870]

The virus of life. My favorite slipknot track. Like Alice in chains meets Marilyn manson and they go hang out with Korn.

[@MrE51917]

Thanks for including MFKR. I still listen to it every Halloween as a tradition since I was atleast...14?

[@Magnumscrotus]

Spit it out is dated. Always been surprised its so popular. But the rest of the album is absolutely some of the best slipknot has ever made. The best deepcuts by far.

[@creekandseminole]

First time I ever saw Slipknot was during the Pledge of Allegiance tour in 2001. It was the Iowa era and completely insane.

[@johnnysins1171]

2001 would have been the best year to see Slipknot in my opinion. They were in their prime. I was only 8 years old in 2001, so I never got to see them then unfortunately, I was still a bit too young.

[@Goo.Bitty.73]

I absolutely LOVE slipknot, my two favorite albums are honestly the self titled and the end so far, songs like surfacing, acidic, sic, chapletown rag, absolute monsters of songs in some of the best ways possible, i dont think they have a single song i disslike, even things like killpop or all out life are just ok, but still not bad The adderal EP is also very fun and interesting, and id love them to move to less from full length albums to just a couple songs, or a song with demo versions/instrumentals

[@Dan82W]

“He does these sort of power metal vocals. Sounds like a new thing” Hydrograd, Stone sour album is riddled with that same vocal melody lol

[@j____397]

Joey was such a talented musician .. it was so audible when he wasn’t in the band anymore. The sound of is drums and his drumming were so recognizable. I also listened to his other projects .. Murderdolls, Scar the Martyr, Vimic .. and there was not a single bad song he put out. Whenever he was in charge it was almost guaranteed to be good. But that’s just my opinion. And it makes sense that Slipknot was very death metal heavy since Joey was very much into death metal.

[@romaretaylor9953]

Scar the martyr and vimic weren’t THAT great bro, plus studio wise you can tell joeys drums weres Triggered to hell by this point

[@j____397]

@@romaretaylor9953 I'm not a bro. I did not say they were great, but imo they didn't have any bad songs and I am crazy picky as a musician myself. With his condition it was understandable. It does not change the fact that he had a great understanding of music.

[@lifeasadreamrecords4479]

Yea he was the key ingredient along with Paul...

[@StackingtheSouth]

Good video. My list wouldn't be far off. Dig the channel always.

[@John_TheDrummer]

I ordered a copy of MFKR from some mail in CD order form I got in an old Metal Magazine when I was in Middle School. I was sent a CD-R copy of the album with cover art that had a live picture of Corey Taylor on it and the most clip art font ever with their name and album title. It also featured a Bonus Track of "Lookaway" from Sepultura's Roots album. I think I spent about $30 on this thing....

[@F2t0ny]

I don't know why, but I completely bounced off most of Iowa. I actually only listened to it for the first time recently. My favorite album by far is self-titled.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Yeah definitely self-titled for me, too. Nothing compares to that raw, chaotic, energy they had back then. Even the live shows were scary because they were so unpredictable. Even though Iowa is seen by most to be heavier, it started to lose that raw unstable energy and was more or less a straightforward metal album with more traditional song structures and time signatures. It felt much more contained.

[@F2t0ny]

Agreed

[@alexhowe]

"Iowa" doesn't get the credit it deserves and I think most fans and the band themselves blame that fact on the very unfortunate timing of the album's release.