This song is about how Corey’s father abandoned him at a very young age. The angriest, heaviest, yet most underrated song on Iowa
@The_JustJoshing5 жыл бұрын
Christopher Walsh that’s pretty close.
@TheAspiringFitnessGuru4 жыл бұрын
@shemagle boi I feel like Disasterpiece is very overrated.
@BerserkEnjoyer6364 жыл бұрын
I love both but metabolics breakdown is bonkers
@BSTR03Hockey4 жыл бұрын
1. The Shape is more underrated; 2. Diluted is about the same thing.
@Natures..Sacrifice4 жыл бұрын
But in his book, he said that metabolic is about his friend who raped him
@haidynlatocha42625 жыл бұрын
when you’re done with the album, could you do a video dedicated to giving your thoughts on the album and ranking the songs from your perspective?
@chrisyounes92815 жыл бұрын
I would love to see that actually.
@mr_monologue26805 жыл бұрын
This is a great idea
@-cyberwave-studios5 жыл бұрын
I love that idea
@BrandonJFlores5 жыл бұрын
And/or do a full album review of self titled
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
Full album opinion review isn’t a quotient gey
@-cyberwave-studios5 жыл бұрын
MEANING OF METABOLIC: "This song is basically 'Diluted' Part II that is about my dad. It is about being so enraged yet being so impotent because there is nothing you can do about it. "It is about that time of the morning when you are sitting in bed, and you are crying uncontrollably, and you are trying not to feel, but all you can do is feel because every time you shut your eyes, it's there. It is probably one of the most personal songs I have ever written just for the fact that even though I never knew my father and even though I have never met him, I feel like I am turning into him. I have no mental picture of what he is supposed to be, but sometimes I wonder if I am doing the things he used to do. It's definitely a pissed off, heavy, fuck you, I don't give a shit because nobody told me who I was because I had to figure it out for myself song." In Metabolic, Corey is trying to get across that he isn't perfect. This song is a little psychotic because with the quote - "The hardest part was knowing that I could never be you" he is saying he knew he wanted to be like his father, but he was too imperfect to fill his shoes. The quote "My demise, I took a life worth living and made it worth a mockery." is powerful because he took his life, which was in the beginning worth living, and he screwed up so much, he turned it into shit. The quote "I wanna dress in your insecurities and be the perfect you" means I wanna wear your flaws, and be the ultimate You. The perfect man. But it won't happen because I am too imperfect. The quote "Here we go, the ultimate irony." is that he wanted to be his father but now he is nowhere, and he is known by so many, he is important, and his father still hasn't changed. You're in the same place you've always been. The irony factor is if he chose to be exactly like him, he'd be known where I would be too. So, his shitty life, and the shit I was forced to go through has turned out to be worth it in the end.
@rchicassic5 жыл бұрын
Thanks man.
@-cyberwave-studios5 жыл бұрын
Raúl Chicas you’re welcome
@jagdkotze5 жыл бұрын
"is powerful because he took his life" that is not true, Corey met his dad for the first time during or right after Vol.3 has been released. Scarlett, mother of his son Griffin, managed that meeting. www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/corey_taylor_what_was_it_like_to_meet_my_father_for_the_first_time_when_i_was_30.html no mention about Scarlett here but I think it was her that organized it by talking with his mother.
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
Yea but can you do a backflip
@Graddy55 жыл бұрын
jagdkotze I think you missed the commas in that sentence
@Sicklehead885 жыл бұрын
Metabolic has always been one of my favourites off of IOWA
@joshuarogers75175 жыл бұрын
Same... one of the heaviest they've done. I love it
This song is so pissed off love it. Quite an underrated track tbh
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
OH REALLY HAS IT REALLY TELL ME MORE TEALLY 😀
@deadknight1875 жыл бұрын
Listen to all of slipknot's Self-titled album
@insertgenericusernamehere24025 жыл бұрын
Do the ten year anniversary edition so you get songs like get this... on it .
@jonbryant6105 жыл бұрын
That album is better then this one
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
It’s so much good if it weren’t for obligations he’s invested in. It who can take the time forget the readings involved but yea totally a sick idea to run ig ohmen
@notu93155 жыл бұрын
What?
@Xord4995 жыл бұрын
Yes please
@CarlosMartinsCunha5 жыл бұрын
The song's about his dad. That scream might be the best scream he has ever done, how angry can one man be to do that?
@whatisahandleplz5 жыл бұрын
Yeah especially towards the end, pure fucking hatred in his voice
@BWC-ui6we5 жыл бұрын
My favourite Slipknot song ever...the second half of the song gives me goosebumps every listen !!
@mattp40625 жыл бұрын
Mine too brother! Love that song! Great to blast after a long had day at work!
@S0112355 жыл бұрын
AbsoFUCKINGlutely! That breakdown is sic as fuck.
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
Yo I know right coming orovder them actually playing the original was sick!
@yerawizardaiden5 жыл бұрын
Exactly, it is my favourite Slipknot track too, God the honesty of the emotions, the sheer anger in it is astounding. P.S. Matt P, amen I can attest to that fact brother, there is no better song, in my opinion. to blast at the culmination of a long long day.
@karimpardayev5 жыл бұрын
That lines
@a.j.vanfossen47895 жыл бұрын
You now know you have to do a self-titled album reaction.
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
Aaron Vanfossen you ono
@slashthe2nd5 жыл бұрын
No
@Eric_P28235 жыл бұрын
He shoulda did that instead of this
@chineseducksauce90855 жыл бұрын
@Jake Ashman pretty sure he doesn't like any of their albums..
@papajubjub81394 жыл бұрын
Yeass
@derekwebster1105 жыл бұрын
“I’m always ready to die, but you’re killing me.” Is one of my favorite lyrics from Corey. Also, don’t be sad the reactions are nearly done, now you can throw the whole album into rotation when you just want music to jam out to.
@Acepilot123455 жыл бұрын
What does that mean? Just curious as it seems counterintuitive.
@charizard42495 жыл бұрын
Acepilot12345 Reactions channels can't listen to a song on their own time until they have done a reaction to it as their first listen
@derekwebster1105 жыл бұрын
@@Acepilot12345 I feel it's up for personal interpritation. How it speaks to the listener as an individual is going to be a bit different for everyone. I does have a counterintuitive nature, but that is also part of how it can bring individual meaning for each listener. This is all part of why I like it so much. because the sentence conflicts with itself can speak to a person's internal conflicts or it can also not speak to some, if they are stuck on the literal, incongruous meaning.
@doomrayer17144 жыл бұрын
@@Acepilot12345 the songs about him not meeting his father and having the feeling that theirs nothing you can do about it I think you can now picture what that means
@callmewaves11604 жыл бұрын
@@Acepilot12345 "I am ready die but you are the one causing my death"
@yoursusmedievalseedussyfbi18475 жыл бұрын
God luck with IOWA song because you are going to be on you chair for 15:05 minutes
@CaioViniciusMaciel215 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I thought when he talked about it.
@emmazinke3555 жыл бұрын
And he thought Skin Ticket was long
@yoursusmedievalseedussyfbi18475 жыл бұрын
Not long but heavy really heavy
@marocz62705 жыл бұрын
React to Slipknot (self titlet) 10th Universary This just has to happen
@CherryChersky205 жыл бұрын
I think that Get This sums up the whole album into one song and I would love to see a reaction on it. Fantastic song.
@ArkaeaFCL35 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree
@jamesplaysgames20174 жыл бұрын
Grammar, Spelling 100
@themattiside66883 жыл бұрын
Titlet
@KallosCrypt5 жыл бұрын
Next comes the grand finale...prepare yourself for a dark wild ride Alex, its gonna be heavy
@jagdkotze5 жыл бұрын
Paul, the bass player #2 had the idea to make Metabolic .5 faster - that is some credit they have given him by celebration IOWA and the life of Paul.
@FORTEPodcast5 жыл бұрын
It’s that scream after the second verse that gives me goosebumps. Is it physically possible to have that much power in your abdomen, lungs and vocal chords to pull off such a protracted scream?! Not human...
@IXorchard9XI5 жыл бұрын
Most under rated song they ever did
@felipegiraldo81002 жыл бұрын
To be honest its their fault for not playing more of their underated songs in their lives, more than the same shit of always.
@cmft93585 жыл бұрын
I'm proud as hell of Alex to be so blown away by that scream at 3:38 because that's literally how I reacted the first time and how I still react each time I hear it even after all these years! :D
@PeefRimgarGames5 жыл бұрын
"Iowa" the song is going to be an insane reaction. Edit: I forgot to mention, in the recording of the song Iowa, Corey was naked and cutting himself with broken glass.
@murphygreen63305 жыл бұрын
Yup
@jakeohalloran9525 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the vomit
@trendkill33335 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think this is their heaviest song, in terms of what the lyrics mean
@fingerfast41974 жыл бұрын
@555666 well if you’re 555 then I’m 666? (Had to, sorry 😂) But I agreee!
@doomrayer17144 жыл бұрын
Heavier then people =Shite
@proudtobeamaggot01855 жыл бұрын
@Alex Hefner You’re gonna have a jolly ‘ole time reacting to the song Iowa😏😏😂
@thehereticanthem97375 жыл бұрын
Best, very dark, my favorite
@Yamatsu75 жыл бұрын
I already said this but, It would be awesome if someone send him the lyrics of the part when corey starts whispering, so he doesn`t cut it in the video.
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
You didntbe en laugh foh
@murphygreen63305 жыл бұрын
I know 🤣
@MotoXAlive5 жыл бұрын
Who is ready for that 30 min. video for Iowa?
@WhiteTrash29935 жыл бұрын
Eventually you just gotta do full album reactions for all of their albums. PLEASE. But Self Titled next🙏🏻
@slashthe2nd5 жыл бұрын
No offence but he might as well create another account just for album reactions
@codyhon14045 жыл бұрын
Love ya dude. Now do their first album lmao
@prodbylahzach5 жыл бұрын
YES
@insertgenericusernamehere24025 жыл бұрын
Do the ten year anniversary edition so you get tracks like get this....
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
Really lmao ? It was that funny ? Yea?
@hunterothling86735 жыл бұрын
As in the one without Corey Taylor?
@codyhon14045 жыл бұрын
@@hunterothling8673 maybe after all the corey taylor albums are finished lmao
@picax83985 жыл бұрын
That "killing me" at 4:55 you can just feel his pain
@portlions15 жыл бұрын
Underrated is the correct word. Metabolic has always been one of my favorites on Iowa, yet no one ever references it. As for the meaning, Corey has stated that it is about his dad. At that point, he didn't know his dad. When viewed in that context, the lyrics make perfect sense.
@aksimpson915 жыл бұрын
Tomorrow people is the day. Alex is about to get ruined by the song Iowa!!!
@TSTEMP95 жыл бұрын
Alex Simpson hehe xd
@Ben-bn8sh5 жыл бұрын
Legit my favorit song of the album xD
@trendkill33335 жыл бұрын
Have fun sitting through the 15 minutes of psychosis that is IOWA
@dudleylandsberg17475 жыл бұрын
I did it on acid. Fucking hell it took me to another place.
@thedesertfox33194 жыл бұрын
Dudley Landsberg the demonic mumbling part would make me kill everyone around me off I was tripping on tabs
@cursedlemon73683 ай бұрын
@@dudleylandsberg1747I gotta try that shit lmao
@-yomamasnuggets11435 жыл бұрын
lol. loved the pause. " this song is so heavy" un pause.... heaviness escalates and the look on your face - priceless. great song. and your right i have been surprised as well that this song wasnt talked about more during the journey. last one coming soon good sir.
@Chris-ci4zg5 жыл бұрын
one of the best song on the album , so underrated
@abyssF5 жыл бұрын
Will u make other slipknot albums reactions?
@n3gative4665 жыл бұрын
That would be awesome :)
@RoudyGhouth925 жыл бұрын
Honestly, Vol. 3 is my personal favourite album by Slipknot!
@Rybob19875 жыл бұрын
Vol.3 sucked probably the worse album by the 9. After self titled and Iowa, all hope is gone is the best
@n3gative4665 жыл бұрын
@@RoudyGhouth92 Yeah vol. 3 is my favorite too
@TheMetal7505 жыл бұрын
Slipknot are good n all but some of us have been asking for songs from other bands for over a year.
@sairoland57155 жыл бұрын
Please trivium shogun!!! A truly incredible song! Goosebumps everytime I hear it!
@karimpardayev5 жыл бұрын
Metabolic is the one that i skipped before , but then, one day i gave it a try and it became my favourite. So the moral is that Slipknot doesn't have songs to skip
@darigazz6665 жыл бұрын
Metabolic is my favorite slipknot song of all time.
@joshmilne56075 жыл бұрын
Heavy music playing..... Alex: Oh FuuCk! 😂 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼 You the man Brah!!!
@theeyelessbeholder74635 жыл бұрын
Please! please! PLEASE!!!!! Do the last song "Iowa"! It is one of my ABSOLUTE favorite Slipknot songs and metal songs EVER!!! I can't wait for it. PLEASE do it!
@MR.AYRAL93 жыл бұрын
Love that song since i'm 12 (29 now), Corey Taylor said that after the recording of Metabolic was the moment when they started experimenting other aspects of composition more cause they knew they could not go more heavy, i agree !
@Justynbrodsky1235 жыл бұрын
Do their self titled album. It’s a legendary masterpiece that made Slipknot into what they are today!
@jimwilliams86635 жыл бұрын
Allegaeon “Proponent for Sentience III “ Allegaeon “Gray Matter Mechanics “
@killy38915 жыл бұрын
OMG, this is pure emotion, rage, hate, craziness and destruction.
@quarantinevibes97825 жыл бұрын
Just a friendly reminder that Alex likes his coffee like he likes his men... You guessed it: Black!
@jlm101819785 жыл бұрын
TTV SOUTHSIDE 😂😈🤘🏻
@schprox5 жыл бұрын
I like my coffee just like the daily emotional problems I go through BLACK
@jlm101819785 жыл бұрын
I like my coffee like I like my metal. Black!!
@RicardoVinuezaHeras5 жыл бұрын
Metabolic is my favorite song on the album, underrated.
@SassySally3915 жыл бұрын
I did not know slipknot neither stone sour or corey taylor before this month.. And guess what. . I guess I am a fan. Now alot compare Slipknot to Many other European bands especially when it comes to lyrics: and I like to point out that the geographical context makes the lyrics and themes differ .. Maybe there is more universality in european bands(Epica, Dimmu Borgir, Hammerfall), but if we dig down almost same themes are tackled by bands like Slipknot but from a different approach .. This is a humble opinion from experience that is yet to grow more and more ..
@grammarpolice73395 жыл бұрын
Su Simone how the hell have you not heard of slipknot or stone sour before... they a some of the biggest bands
@SassySally3915 жыл бұрын
@@grammarpolice7339 dude I was more into european metal .. Plz don't arrest me
@lorimooney65725 жыл бұрын
Metabolic..... one of Slipknots heaviest and most underrated songs. My personal favorite. 🤘🏻😡🤘🏻
@bishfish15142 жыл бұрын
Yeah this song has got to be my favourite slipknot song it’s so heavy mentally and musically
@caleb2814 жыл бұрын
This is my all-time favorite Slipknot song (also first one I ever remember hearing). I think part of what makes the songs so heavy and angry is how laid bare it is lyrically. It's not like a typical song of just hate and violence, but feeling like an exposed nerve, confession of self-loathing and mutilation of the psyche that comes from the feeling of rejection and abandonment. It's utterly desperate, and refuses to let itself be ignored or taken lightly for the visceral experience that it is.
@crystalspears4655 жыл бұрын
I know you just did a whole Slipknot album but Please still do No Life from Slipknot and Get Inside from Stone Sour. Haven't seen hardly ANYONE do those!!
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
Crystal Spears and you never will
@gamevault45805 жыл бұрын
This song is without a doubt, the heaviest song on iowa, as well as my favourite
@youngjiggymf17045 жыл бұрын
Those last two “killing me” lines man you can hear the fuckin pain I love this song so much
@raybryant97685 жыл бұрын
Woke up 4pm and boom!!!! hell yeah dude, this is my fave song on the album by far!!!!! hits replay....
@stevenhill39785 жыл бұрын
Metabolic and gently= best slipknot songs. Keep it up alex
@S0112355 жыл бұрын
I was specifically waiting to see you react to that breakdown. My second favorite breakdown that slipknot has EVER MADE.
@onepercentwill20735 жыл бұрын
Whats your first?
@S0112355 жыл бұрын
@@onepercentwill2073 Before I Forget. That song helped me evolve into a better person, I love it.
@onepercentwill20735 жыл бұрын
Jared Strobel that was the first Slipknot song I ever listened to, it’s really what got me into metal
@Heskin011 ай бұрын
That fucking scream at 3:30 is so damn good it hits like a truck!
@sin66siq5 жыл бұрын
I feel like the song is about toxic relationships and how that can drag you down or push you over the edge when you're already struggling in life. The line "I'm always ready to die but you're killing me" to me means like, im not afraid to die, like a warriors mentality, but you're actively pushing me towards suicide
@Planet_Caravan_94 Жыл бұрын
That voice crack at 4:32 is the best moment of the song chef kiss
@hunter_93-935 жыл бұрын
Just when I was starting to get in a hip hop mood, I get on here and see Alex has another reaction aaaaaaannnddd now all I want is slipknot and the like. Thanks dude.
@sicboi805 жыл бұрын
@3:36 that is the most powerful scream Corey has ever done. So good.
@nuxborns5 жыл бұрын
1:54 I fucking love this riff, such a underrated song
@davidmccartney1895 жыл бұрын
Hats off to you man for working your ass off!!
@nelsonjere175 жыл бұрын
My favorite song on the album by a mile. 16 y/o me was losing my shit in my 92 lumina. LOVE THIS SONG
@SJRenkola5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Slipknot songs. The lyrics, the musicianship, the anger, the heaviness. It's all there & I've always loved it.
@TheAspiringFitnessGuru4 жыл бұрын
Metabolic is that song that is so damn great, but gets overshadowed by other not as great but popular songs like Disasterpiece.
@imatoaster78315 жыл бұрын
Metabolic the heaviest song? title track is gonna kick your ass Alex... like it did with all of us
@Acepilot123455 жыл бұрын
Nah Iowa is heavy moments but majority is mellow.
@ninja_tony5 жыл бұрын
Acepilot12345 mellow? I think you're talking about the music itself, because emotionally, Iowa is one of the heaviest songs ever written. Especially when you take into consideration the story behind what Corey did to himself while recording the song. Heavy doesn't always equal loud and aggressive music. Iowa could be acoustic and it would still be one of the heaviest songs ever.
@imatoaster78315 жыл бұрын
Ninja Tony exactly that
@tforal25 жыл бұрын
It would be awesome when you would read for us where the songs are about again, statements from the artists about certain songs etc. I always loved that
@oleksiistri84292 жыл бұрын
one of my favourite songs, one of the best from them for sure
@noahwooten27905 жыл бұрын
Dude, this is my first time hearing this song and I'm equally as blown away as you are Alex
@abbasahmedlp5 жыл бұрын
My ignorance never made listen to this song..... little did i know,i got amazed by this...... thanks alex for doin this.....now metabolic is my fav iowa song
@grammarpolice73395 жыл бұрын
3:42 we head banging and you stop for a second and realize you are in the middle of the pit
@CasterOfShame5 жыл бұрын
You got to hear "Snap" from SlipknoT. The song that was released on the Freddie vs. Jason soundtrack. 🤘🏼
@shanethetrain135 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of my favorites! That aggression and emotion is felt all through the album!
@lewisbates52085 жыл бұрын
ITS IOWA NEXT
@rinderknorpelmuhle17904 жыл бұрын
I love Iowa. I like to hear it when I'm outside. It's the best way to ignore everything around me.
@Tainami_5 жыл бұрын
My favourite Slipknot song finally getting reconised!
@prodbylahzach5 жыл бұрын
React to self titled album
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
Nightmarez pigeon
@what78845 жыл бұрын
Aye Back at it again to say thanks and also to recommend “I Speak Astronomy” and/or “Words of Wisdom” by Jinjer
@92rataj5 жыл бұрын
Gonna see them live next week for the first time!
@karaames20035 жыл бұрын
This is me and my boyfriend's favorite slipknot song. So so good
@wesweldon37125 жыл бұрын
Display of Power album review next please if not have a dope ass day
@Meccarox Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Slipknot songs.
@illdros65225 жыл бұрын
Great reaction as always! 🤘🏻 your energy is always contagious. You’re in for a treat for the last song on the album lmao!!
@tad39375 жыл бұрын
Metabolic is one of the most underrated slipknot songs EVER!
@stevenmcdonald7105 жыл бұрын
We need Alex to react to Slipknot self titled. I think he will absolutely love it. He mentions Corey's rapping in some parts of Iowa, well we all know that Self Titled is full of Corey's rap style.
@bengarner84672 жыл бұрын
Many people have already explained it, but I love explaining this song. It's about how Corey's dad left him and never came back, even after he got famous. Even though he never knew his father, he still feels like he's destined to become him. Also sidenote, I love watching reaction videos to this song bc that scream at 2:16 always gets people😂 they just be vibin to the song like😎😎😎 and then that scream comes and they're like 😳😳
@mazze845 жыл бұрын
For sure! Bring it!
@asiamies74535 жыл бұрын
Now self-titled album
@Nativusdes5 жыл бұрын
LOOOVE the slipknot videos, i've started listening to them way more now thanks to your videos
@christophersmith5885 жыл бұрын
Dark Tranquillity - Forward Momentum
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
christophersmith588 na
@ToniNYY5 жыл бұрын
So excited for the last song!!
@fatimus007birds95 жыл бұрын
That scream changed Alex’s life lol
@TopSpeedKertus2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to my childhood. I will never forget listening to this song on the bus to school and having my middle school crush sit next to me and ask to listen along. That shared listening experience didn’t last more than 20 seconds and left her with a horrified look on her face. One of their most underrated songs imo. Lyrically I think it’s written better than a lot of their heavier songs and the progression of the instruments is fuckin amazing.
@Slamthulhu5 жыл бұрын
Metabolic has always been one of my favourite tracks from the album, very underrated like you said Alex. I'm glad you could appreciate the raw emotion this has because it's one of my favourite aspects of it, I can't count the amount of times I've listened to it and just gotten goosebumps from the ending. Can't wait to see what you make of Iowa ;)
@DirectThreat3 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song on Iowa
@dumpsterfyre2785 жыл бұрын
Alex: “This song is fuckin heavy bro..” 10 seconds: “Hold my beer.”
@Wardaddy44775 жыл бұрын
Good luck with Iowa. Alex please... Calm down, close your eyes and really listen to Iowa. One of my all time favourite songs.
@hXcjedi5 жыл бұрын
Everyone get ready. Tomorrow it's going down. He's about to experience a masterpiece
@RowdyRedBeard5 жыл бұрын
SIX FEET UNDER "FEASTING ON THE BLOOD OF THE INSANE"
@DK-oc6sf5 жыл бұрын
whiteboynolan1 Love cupcake
@ELECTRiCMELViN694 жыл бұрын
Finally a reactioner that doesnt pause every min
@naq66135 жыл бұрын
All the songs that were played live in the disaster pieces DVD you should of reacted to that performance of those Iowa songs. Greatest live performance you will EVER watch and that’s facts
@LogsMaggot5 жыл бұрын
This song is the story of the relation between me and my mother in my childhood
@wessonliam74235 жыл бұрын
Now this Is a Slipknot Song I can appreciate. When the metal sounds like metal instead of instrumentals chosen by a random number generator.
@orion_51285 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites on this album! 🤘 definitely underrated. can't wait for your reaction to the title track, Iowa.