Hip-Hop Head REACTS to SLIPKNOT: "Metabolic"

[@The_JustJoshing]

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_JustJoshing]

Christopher Walsh that’s pretty close.

[@TheAspiringFitnessGuru]

@shemagle boi I feel like Disasterpiece is very overrated.

[@BerserkEnjoyer636]

I love both but metabolics breakdown is bonkers

[@BSTR03Hockey]

1. The Shape is more underrated; 2. Diluted is about the same thing.

[@Natures..Sacrifice]

But in his book, he said that metabolic is about his friend who raped him

[@haidynlatocha4262]

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?

[@chrisyounes9281]

I would love to see that actually.

[@mr_monologue2680]

This is a great idea

[@-cyberwave-studios]

I love that idea

[@BrandonJFlores]

And/or do a full album review of self titled

[@DK-oc6sf]

Full album opinion review isn’t a quotient gey

[@-cyberwave-studios]

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.

[@rchicassic]

Thanks man.

[@-cyberwave-studios]

Raúl Chicas you’re welcome

[@jagdkotze]

"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-oc6sf]

Yea but can you do a backflip

[@Graddy5]

jagdkotze I think you missed the commas in that sentence

[@Sicklehead88]

Metabolic has always been one of my favourites off of IOWA

[@joshuarogers7517]

Same... one of the heaviest they've done. I love it

[@sicboi80]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@seand.latham4286]

Absolute best

[@jeromesimon8916]

This song is so pissed off love it. Quite an underrated track tbh

[@DK-oc6sf]

OH REALLY HAS IT REALLY TELL ME MORE TEALLY 😀

[@deadknight187]

Listen to all of slipknot's Self-titled album

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

Do the ten year anniversary edition so you get songs like get this... on it .

[@jonbryant610]

That album is better then this one

[@DK-oc6sf]

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

[@notu9315]

What?

[@Xord499]

Yes please

[@CarlosMartinsCunha]

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?

[@whatisahandleplz]

Yeah especially towards the end, pure fucking hatred in his voice

[@BWC-ui6we]

My favourite Slipknot song ever...the second half of the song gives me goosebumps every listen !!

[@mattp4062]

Mine too brother! Love that song! Great to blast after a long had day at work!

[@S011235]

AbsoFUCKINGlutely! That breakdown is sic as fuck.

[@DK-oc6sf]

Yo I know right coming orovder them actually playing the original was sick!

[@yerawizardaiden]

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.

[@karimpardayev]

That lines

[@a.j.vanfossen4789]

You now know you have to do a self-titled album reaction.

[@DK-oc6sf]

Aaron Vanfossen you ono

[@slashthe2nd]

No

[@Eric_P2823]

He shoulda did that instead of this

[@chineseducksauce9085]

@Jake Ashman pretty sure he doesn't like any of their albums..

[@papajubjub8139]

Yeass

[@derekwebster110]

“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.

[@Acepilot12345]

What does that mean? Just curious as it seems counterintuitive.

[@charizard4249]

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

[@derekwebster110]

@@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.

[@doomrayer1714]

@@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

[@callmewaves1160]

@@Acepilot12345 "I am ready die but you are the one causing my death"

[@yoursusmedievalseedussyfbi1847]

God luck with IOWA song because you are going to be on you chair for 15:05 minutes

[@CaioViniciusMaciel21]

That's exactly what I thought when he talked about it.

[@emmazinke355]

And he thought Skin Ticket was long

[@yoursusmedievalseedussyfbi1847]

Not long but heavy really heavy

[@marocz6270]

React to Slipknot (self titlet) 10th Universary This just has to happen

[@CherryChersky20]

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.

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

I absolutely agree

[@jamesplaysgames2017]

Grammar, Spelling 100

[@themattiside6688]

Titlet

[@KallosCrypt]

Next comes the grand finale...prepare yourself for a dark wild ride Alex, its gonna be heavy

[@jagdkotze]

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.

[@FORTEPodcast]

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...

[@IXorchard9XI]

Most under rated song they ever did

[@felipegiraldo8100]

To be honest its their fault for not playing more of their underated songs in their lives, more than the same shit of always.

[@cmft9358]

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

[@PeefRimgarGames]

"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.

[@murphygreen6330]

Yup

[@jakeohalloran952]

Don't forget the vomit

[@trendkill3333]

Honestly I think this is their heaviest song, in terms of what the lyrics mean

[@fingerfast4197]

@555666 well if you’re 555 then I’m 666? (Had to, sorry 😂) But I agreee!

[@doomrayer1714]

Heavier then people =Shite

[@proudtobeamaggot0185]

@Alex Hefner You’re gonna have a jolly ‘ole time reacting to the song Iowa😏😏😂

[@thehereticanthem9737]

Best, very dark, my favorite

[@Yamatsu7]

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-oc6sf]

You didntbe en laugh foh

[@murphygreen6330]

I know 🤣

[@MotoXAlive]

Who is ready for that 30 min. video for Iowa?

[@WhiteTrash2993]

Eventually you just gotta do full album reactions for all of their albums. PLEASE. But Self Titled next🙏🏻

[@slashthe2nd]

No offence but he might as well create another account just for album reactions

[@codyhon1404]

Love ya dude. Now do their first album lmao

[@prodbylahzach]

YES

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

Do the ten year anniversary edition so you get tracks like get this....

[@DK-oc6sf]

Really lmao ? It was that funny ? Yea?

[@hunterothling8673]

As in the one without Corey Taylor?

[@codyhon1404]

@@hunterothling8673 maybe after all the corey taylor albums are finished lmao

[@picax8398]

That "killing me" at 4:55 you can just feel his pain

[@portlions1]

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.

[@aksimpson91]

Tomorrow people is the day. Alex is about to get ruined by the song Iowa!!!

[@TSTEMP9]

Alex Simpson hehe xd

[@Ben-bn8sh]

Legit my favorit song of the album xD

[@trendkill3333]

Have fun sitting through the 15 minutes of psychosis that is IOWA

[@dudleylandsberg1747]

I did it on acid. Fucking hell it took me to another place.

[@thedesertfox3319]

Dudley Landsberg the demonic mumbling part would make me kill everyone around me off I was tripping on tabs

[@cursedlemon7368]

@@dudleylandsberg1747I gotta try that shit lmao

[@-yomamasnuggets1143]

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-ci4zg]

one of the best song on the album , so underrated

[@abyssF]

Will u make other slipknot albums reactions?

[@n3gative466]

That would be awesome :)

[@RoudyGhouth92]

Honestly, Vol. 3 is my personal favourite album by Slipknot!

[@Rybob1987]

Vol.3 sucked probably the worse album by the 9. After self titled and Iowa, all hope is gone is the best

[@n3gative466]

@@RoudyGhouth92 Yeah vol. 3 is my favorite too

[@TheMetal750]

Slipknot are good n all but some of us have been asking for songs from other bands for over a year.

[@sairoland5715]

Please trivium shogun!!! A truly incredible song! Goosebumps everytime I hear it!

[@karimpardayev]

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

[@darigazz666]

Metabolic is my favorite slipknot song of all time.

[@joshmilne5607]

Heavy music playing..... Alex: Oh FuuCk! 😂 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼 You the man Brah!!!

[@theeyelessbeholder7463]

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.AYRAL9]

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 !

[@Justynbrodsky123]

Do their self titled album. It’s a legendary masterpiece that made Slipknot into what they are today!

[@jimwilliams8663]

Allegaeon “Proponent for Sentience III “ Allegaeon “Gray Matter Mechanics “

[@killy3891]

OMG, this is pure emotion, rage, hate, craziness and destruction.

[@quarantinevibes9782]

Just a friendly reminder that Alex likes his coffee like he likes his men... You guessed it: Black!

[@jlm10181978]

TTV SOUTHSIDE 😂😈🤘🏻

[@schprox]

I like my coffee just like the daily emotional problems I go through BLACK

[@jlm10181978]

I like my coffee like I like my metal. Black!!

[@RicardoVinuezaHeras]

Metabolic is my favorite song on the album, underrated.

[@SassySally391]

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 ..

[@grammarpolice7339]

Su Simone how the hell have you not heard of slipknot or stone sour before... they a some of the biggest bands

[@SassySally391]

@@grammarpolice7339 dude I was more into european metal .. Plz don't arrest me

[@lorimooney6572]

Metabolic..... one of Slipknots heaviest and most underrated songs. My personal favorite. 🤘🏻😡🤘🏻

[@bishfish1514]

Yeah this song has got to be my favourite slipknot song it’s so heavy mentally and musically

[@caleb281]

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.

[@crystalspears465]

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-oc6sf]

Crystal Spears and you never will

[@gamevault4580]

This song is without a doubt, the heaviest song on iowa, as well as my favourite

[@youngjiggymf1704]

Those last two “killing me” lines man you can hear the fuckin pain I love this song so much

[@raybryant9768]

Woke up 4pm and boom!!!! hell yeah dude, this is my fave song on the album by far!!!!! hits replay....

[@stevenhill3978]

Metabolic and gently= best slipknot songs. Keep it up alex

[@S011235]

I was specifically waiting to see you react to that breakdown. My second favorite breakdown that slipknot has EVER MADE.

[@onepercentwill2073]

Whats your first?

[@S011235]

@@onepercentwill2073 Before I Forget. That song helped me evolve into a better person, I love it.

[@onepercentwill2073]

Jared Strobel that was the first Slipknot song I ever listened to, it’s really what got me into metal

[@Heskin0]

That fucking scream at 3:30 is so damn good it hits like a truck!

[@sin66siq]

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]

That voice crack at 4:32 is the best moment of the song chef kiss

[@hunter_93-93]

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.

[@sicboi80]

@3:36 that is the most powerful scream Corey has ever done. So good.

[@nuxborns]

1:54 I fucking love this riff, such a underrated song

[@davidmccartney189]

Hats off to you man for working your ass off!!

[@nelsonjere17]

My favorite song on the album by a mile. 16 y/o me was losing my shit in my 92 lumina. LOVE THIS SONG

[@SJRenkola]

One of my favorite Slipknot songs. The lyrics, the musicianship, the anger, the heaviness. It's all there & I've always loved it.

[@TheAspiringFitnessGuru]

Metabolic is that song that is so damn great, but gets overshadowed by other not as great but popular songs like Disasterpiece.

[@imatoaster7831]

Metabolic the heaviest song? title track is gonna kick your ass Alex... like it did with all of us

[@Acepilot12345]

Nah Iowa is heavy moments but majority is mellow.

[@ninja_tony]

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.

[@imatoaster7831]

Ninja Tony exactly that

[@tforal2]

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

[@oleksiistri8429]

one of my favourite songs, one of the best from them for sure

[@noahwooten2790]

Dude, this is my first time hearing this song and I'm equally as blown away as you are Alex

[@abbasahmedlp]

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

[@grammarpolice7339]

3:42 we head banging and you stop for a second and realize you are in the middle of the pit

[@CasterOfShame]

You got to hear "Snap" from SlipknoT. The song that was released on the Freddie vs. Jason soundtrack. 🤘🏼

[@shanethetrain13]

Definitely one of my favorites! That aggression and emotion is felt all through the album!

[@lewisbates5208]

ITS IOWA NEXT

[@rinderknorpelmuhle1790]

I love Iowa. I like to hear it when I'm outside. It's the best way to ignore everything around me.

[@Tainami_]

My favourite Slipknot song finally getting reconised!

[@prodbylahzach]

React to self titled album

[@DK-oc6sf]

Nightmarez pigeon

[@what7884]

Aye Back at it again to say thanks and also to recommend “I Speak Astronomy” and/or “Words of Wisdom” by Jinjer

[@92rataj]

Gonna see them live next week for the first time!

[@karaames2003]

This is me and my boyfriend's favorite slipknot song. So so good

[@wesweldon3712]

Display of Power album review next please if not have a dope ass day

[@Meccarox]

One of my favorite Slipknot songs.

[@illdros6522]

Great reaction as always! 🤘🏻 your energy is always contagious. You’re in for a treat for the last song on the album lmao!!

[@tad3937]

Metabolic is one of the most underrated slipknot songs EVER!

[@stevenmcdonald710]

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.

[@bengarner8467]

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 😳😳

[@mazze84]

For sure! Bring it!

[@asiamies7453]

Now self-titled album

[@Nativusdes]

LOOOVE the slipknot videos, i've started listening to them way more now thanks to your videos

[@christophersmith588]

Dark Tranquillity - Forward Momentum

[@DK-oc6sf]

christophersmith588 na

[@ToniNYY]

So excited for the last song!!

[@fatimus007birds9]

That scream changed Alex’s life lol

[@TopSpeedKertus]

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.

[@Slamthulhu]

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 ;)

[@DirectThreat]

This is my favorite song on Iowa

[@dumpsterfyre278]

Alex: “This song is fuckin heavy bro..” 10 seconds: “Hold my beer.”

[@Wardaddy4477]

Good luck with Iowa. Alex please... Calm down, close your eyes and really listen to Iowa. One of my all time favourite songs.

[@hXcjedi]

Everyone get ready. Tomorrow it's going down. He's about to experience a masterpiece

[@RowdyRedBeard]

SIX FEET UNDER "FEASTING ON THE BLOOD OF THE INSANE"

[@DK-oc6sf]

whiteboynolan1 Love cupcake

[@ELECTRiCMELViN69]

Finally a reactioner that doesnt pause every min

[@naq6613]

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

[@LogsMaggot]

This song is the story of the relation between me and my mother in my childhood

[@wessonliam7423]

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_5128]

One of my favorites on this album! 🤘 definitely underrated. can't wait for your reaction to the title track, Iowa.

[@CDCrest]

He's full-on metalhead now at this point