SLIPKNOT Albums RANKED Best To WORST

[@MetalTrenches]

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[@rcurl44]

Vol 3 was my first ever Slipknot album so I admit I have nostalgia for it, but I also listen to it as regularly as I do Iowa. Three Nil and Welcome are constant gym bangers for me.

[@reverseworld224]

Yeah even with nostalgia glasses off I think that's a fantastic album.

[@thegoatfromiowa8948]

One of the best albums ever

[@mwgfghost8231]

Honestly a lot of people can disagree, but Blister Exists is my favorite Slipknot song. The first to ever implement that marching band style drumming that we heard in Psychosocial, All Out Life and Nero Forte. I just love everything about it.

[@ConnorJaneu]

I hopped on the train with Psychosocial back in like 2014, but Vol. 3 has always been my fav. Debut comes second for me, I think both are masterful records in their own right

[@jasonwynne1546]

My first album too

[@sylvanomangano8453]

LMAO Disagree with your subliminal verses take but the "You need to leave!" meme had me in stitches

[@Василий-м4ь]

Killpop isn't that bad if you keep in mind it's not about romantic relationships but about music industry. Really changed things for me

[@MetalTrenches]

That almost makes it cornier imo. Honestly what a song is about has no baring on whether the music is good if you ask me. But opinions are opinions

[@adamcadle7078]

@@MetalTrenches Heretic Anthem is also about the music industry. It’s all kinda corny to be honest. But that’s what makes Slipknot fun 🤷

[@conorknott2683]

I personally love killpop, but to each their own

[@metalmike6668]

i hate killpop

[@astridfjord7791]

@@MetalTrenches Killpop and unsainted are masterpieces. It's definitely not 'cringe' bro. What I noticed is that you only like songs that sound like other songs you've listened to (from other album,bands or artists). Like just listen to those songs you hate as they are and you'll probably enjoy them more

[@hansithebard]

vol 3 was one of the albums that got me into music. I still think to this day that it is a masterpiece of an album. Infact I just bought it a second time on vinyl nearly 20 years later. Vermilion parts one and two still give me the chills, circle is sooo beautiful and haunting, the nameless is one of their best songs, three nill and pulse of the maggots are crushing and fantastic.The singles are legendary. Very inspired album

[@HelloWorld-lg1pz]

the whole thing, I think its sic(k)

[@LorenzoC2314]

That is probably their worst album. And that’s saying a lot cause AHIG is pretty bad also

[@seabasszamarripa8252]

I agree, I have no real nostalgia factor with this one as I listened to it after being introduced to Iowa and self titled and to me it’s still thr album with the highest level of creativity and musicality

[@ooze4261]

Corey said that he wanted Snuff to be a Slipknot song, to show that the heaviest songs aren’t always the heaviest

[@xvor_tex8577]

Plus he also said he wanted it to be in stone sour but when he pitched this song to the members of slipknot he got surprised that they said it should be included in a slipknot album

[@theepie25]

Corny

[@omid2391]

The grey chapter is forever underrated. The bonus tracks the burden and override always get overlooked, ps I think kill pop is an amazing song and the music video is really creative and tells a story in its own way.

[@Derunternehmer0815]

Gray*

[@theepie25]

.5 is dog shit

[@42yearoldboy5]

Yeah I like the gray chapter way better than all hope is gone

[@Sentiment_dying]

Gray Chapter is good. But it is not good enough compare to their others album for me.

[@crazyman6475]

Very mid album

[@fourseasons4105]

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

[@PIZZAdayisback]

I'd put all hope is gone, vol. 3 and gray chapter a little higher but yeah. Can't wait for a new album 😆!

[@ChristianCullenTheGoat]

All hope is gone is 3rd

[@Robin_Str-1997]

Man Vermilion for me is like one of the best songs they have EVER written but opinions can differ.

[@dmplacencia]

Vermillion is a real good song

[@eldrips4974]

He has a really stupid point of view to judge by it.

[@AndI0td763]

@@eldrips4974 What’s stupid about his opinion?

[@eldrips4974]

⁠​⁠@@AndI0td763I'm talking about the guy in the video

[@Triiplesiix]

Of all the slipknot songs..picking vermillion as a favorite is beyond a wildly cringe opinion. Unless your a female I guess.

[@sprsonicsam1]

My experience with Slipknot is a very recent one, maybe a year and a half ago. I got gifted tickets for a Knotfest concert in October 2021 and I didn't know any songs from them outside of Duality and Psychosocial. I started listening on their newest album at the time then went backwards. Unpopular opinion on one album but my two favorite albums are the Self-Titled and the Grey Chapter. Songs like The Burden and Override are amazing to me and the other album, Scissors and Prosthetics, are some of the most haunting and heavy sons I've ever heard. They also have insane concerts with loads of lights and interaction from the crowd. Slipknot quickly became my favorite band ever and the new album I love so much. Hope everyone is loving the album, rock on 🎸

[@coltennial9513]

So many people HATE the override lol I don't mind it actually. I like the burden a lot.

[@kimmyfreak200]

i will never understand Knot fans (maggots) hatred for grey chapter... i adore their debut album it gives me insane energy... and grey chapter has major variety and the beginning of the album is gorgeous with XIX then the intro to the first song that soft grungey guitar in SARCASTROPHE it makes me feel like i am time traveling to the 90s to the early or mid 90s when grunge was popular. Some of my fav ever slipknot songs are on grey chapter.. the only album i did not connect with (and this is the most popular with the fans/maggots is ALL HOPE UIS GONE...i just did not connect on any level with it...it was too generic and almost mainstream... psychosocial is a killer track though. (just a random thought: chester bennington was in a band called grey daze and its great stuff...its early 90s grunge when he was like 17 and recently they re-did the album and i hated the re-done versions.. like a remix from hell, except for maybe a couple songs were better than original.. but i like the sad depressing raw grunge originals... which is why i like sarcastrophe even though the entire song isn't like that but i love it.. i miss that sound from the mid 90s grunge era... fav songs on that album NO SUN TODAY if u ever wanna check it out: SHE SHINES (ORIGINAL, ALBUM WAKE ME) 1994, JUST LIKE HEROIN (THE REMIX), B-12 (THE REMIX VERSION TO ME BETTER THAN ORIGINAL BUT ORIGINAL IS AWESOME TOO THE REMIXES IS AN ALBUM CALLED AMENDS ON GREY DAZE CHANNEL, DRAG, AND THE DOWN SYNDROME-ORIGINAL, )

[@chasepavlich6171]

Scissors and prosthetics are absolute bangers

[@cormacbegley8227]

Their first album and Iowa are my favorites but man some of my favorite songs come from the gray chapter. Sarcastrophe, Custer, and especially the Negative One are such bangers

[@kimmyfreak200]

love the beginning of sarcastrophe especially...its like 90s grunge... love itttttt

[@ToyancTopcuoglu]

The Burden is the best Track in this album imo

[@huntermacinnis3624]

Devil in i sitting in the corner crying rn cuz of u guys lol

[@theepie25]

Ehh kinda predictable 😊

[@Horsed_Beef]

The obnoxious cartoon billygoat screaming in Custer makes it objectively annoying and F tier, along with that whole album. K, bye.

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

Great ranking video. I'm not a big Slipknot fan but I'll give this new album a spin for sure. Keep up the great work

[@Aiden-qr3bu]

Not a huge fan of Vol. 3 The Subliminal Ververses, I like a few songs there, but Iowa and their debut album were PURE MASTERPIECES. But scince their album "The Grey Chapter" every album just sounded the same to me. They release new albums and songs every once in a while, but other than that notning really changed. Joey was a game changer in Slipknot, and once he left the scene got really dull for me. I still am a huge fan of Slipknot, though. I just mainly listen to their first two albums. Yet, I do still like some songs later on like "Red Flag," and their single "All Out Life" personally.

[@davidburns6284]

The End, So Far is pretty damn good. It's growing on me with each listen. The only Slipknot album I don't like much is All Hope Is Gone. S: Iowa, Slipknot, Vol. 3-The Subliminal Verses A: We Are Not Your Kind, The End So Far B: .5: The Gray Chapter C: All Hope Is Gone

[@bestbrainbigman]

As someone who was introduced during the Gray Chapter, The Devil In I has consistently been my all time favorite song as well as my most listened out of any Slipknot song in my library. I think the variety in dynamic in Devil in I pins it as one of the most unique and memorable in their discography. I personally don’t think it’s cringey at all, but to each their own

[@landryharrell7]

It’s one of my favorites from them, a phenomenal song. The bass line and guitar are 10/10

[@akuofakuma7623]

Man puts it lower bc of Paul gray.

[@G59forlife.]

I dont like it bc Corey's voice during the chorus sounds so hoarse... and he doesnt ever finish saying the "step inside" line. He just says "step insie!"

[@og3dkooz381]

@@G59forlife. w..t...f🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kimmyfreak200]

the LIVE version of it is phenomenal..the one with the red light background..its from 2014 i think...the quality is insane and better than studio version

[@Triiplesiix]

The production on Iowa..in my opinion..is the greatest thing ever. I’m not sure what it is to be honest. Its so bassy. Just soooo much bass. Dark dark atmosphere. As someone who was there from the start, I go back and fourth with the first two being my favorite slipknot albums. And can agree when vol 3 came out I was beyond let down. When I was in high school, I think I watched the disasterpieces dvd over 500 times. No joke.

[@james737er]

I originally started listening to Slipknot around 2019-2020 completely oblivious of WANYK. (I was raised with Slipknot, Korn, Limp Bizkit, or literally any other alt metal or nu-metal band) I loved every album and then I took a deep dive into every song and they are now 100% my favorite band. TESF is a complete banger in my opinion, can’t wait for my CD and shirts to arrive.

[@niccoprimo3418]

My experience with Slipknot, and also for me as a metalhead started with Unsainted (even if I actually started listening to some Trivium but I didn't enjoy them that much). While waiting for the full album release I listened to every single piece of the discography and that was all that I listened in summer 2019. Your ranking is quite good in my opinion, but Volume 3 and 5 are much better than All Hope Is Gone for me, but maybe it's just because I'm tired of listening to those tracks. I still need to listen to the new one but I hope that how you presented it makes it click for me as well

[@brodybazzini6729]

My favorite slipknot album is the subliminal verses. Probably not their best. But I like almost all of it

[@TH3DUD3959]

IMO of course 7.) All Hope is Gone 6.) Gray Chapter 5.) Iowa (yes I know) 4.) Slipknot 3.) The End so Far 2.) Vol. 3 1.) We Are Not Your Kind I have only been listening to Slipknot for about 4 years so I don’t really have much nostalgia for this band that a lot of fans have so I completely get if me putting Iowa and Self title lower on the list is seen as a cardinal sin. They are not bad albums by any means, I just don’t like how all of their other content is compared to them and expected to be on the same level as heavy by a lot of hardcore fans.

[@valoryt1297]

Gematria is one of my favourite Slipknot songs. I think it is Slipknot’s best song.

[@ihavewaited90daystochangem51]

There are few good songs on there but to me as a whole the album screams "let's just quickly slap this together so we can the fuck away from roadrunner"

[@tehCostHD]

I think solway firth is the best slipknot song ever. To me wanyk and the end so far are both S tier for me. I love the albums back to front

[@blackwaterrust476]

S: Iowa A: Self Titled B: WANYK C: Vol 3, All Hope is Gone D: The Grey Chapter, The end so far. Conan is the 🐐

[@howardstrutt5120]

Grey chapter was my first slipknot album back when i was 16. listening to it now it isnt as good as i remember it, but the first 3 albums absolutely slap for me.

[@jxcelynyt]

Ikr it’s more heavier

[@og3dkooz381]

🤣🤣🤣

[@GinoBtheman]

Ooooo trenches liked the new one? That makes me feel good man, I respect your opinions a lot and I find some amount of pride in knowing we share similar views

[@MetalTrenches]

Let me know what you think of it.

[@GinoBtheman]

@@MetalTrenches I just finished my 3rd listen, first spin of the vinyl (kind of shocked to realize it spins at 45) I agree with your placement and the points you made about it, there’s elements of the old school mixed in with the modern. I saw a post Michael Pfaff made earlier on his Instagram of his synth patch for adderall, gave me an extra appreciation for the track. I think it might be off the look outside your window recordings, if it is that’s a cool way to put joeys spirit on this record. The musicianship is next level, and as a whole I think it is very strong, definitely a solid b+/A- even more so considering the circumstances in which they said they recorded it

[@zacharyseibert4526]

"All Hope Is Gone" is a great underrated album, just sayin.

[@downscreen129103]

Good stuff man. Slipknot was a good gateway band into heavier metal for me, but I've moved beyond them. Maybe I'll give it a listen. Slipknot definitely has a lot of good hooks in their songs, so I'll give them that. The live version of People=shit used to be one of my main gym songs back in the day.

[@danboyisdopex9864]

1. Vol.3 2. Self Titled 3. Iowa 4. All Hope is Gone 5. Grey Chapter 6. We are not your kind 7. The end, So far

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

Same.

[@sadboi7537]

Your list is an abomination.

[@MarcoRoberto1]

Putting Vol.3 in C tier is an absolute BLASFEMY. Thats a perfect album.

[@MetalTrenches]

Gonna have to agree to strongly disagree on that one. Metal is all ABOUT blasphemy.

[@ZBilbs]

Nice video, believe it or not but Yen is actually my favorite Slipknot song right now. Likely it’s because I’ve always enjoyed clean vocals more and Yen when it was released as a single made me realize that Slipknot has more variety than I thought. Months later and I have completed the discography including the new album and I have grown to appreciate the harsher, heavier style even more now (Iowa is great) but I still love the mix of clean and brutal the best. So probably a hot take, but I love Yen and I can thank it for starting my discovery of Slipknot

[@yg-dp7mo]

welcome to the maggot gang fr

[@og3dkooz381]

Only a hot take to those dorks that think Slipknot can only be Iowa. They're a great band with some solid albums and a (few?) Classics.

[@ShanaynayGosby]

All hope is gone was my first slipknot album in about 2009ish and I was in love with it

[@ps1182]

All Hope Is Gone is the first Metal album I’ve ever bought with my own money.

[@Jrizzle7426]

I am 100% with you on this. The first 2 got me through the later years of school. I seen a music video for wait and bleed in 99 and could not get enough. When I got the album and it was even heavier I was hooked on metal.

[@joesdao2675]

Iowa is a masterpiece and my favorite album of all time imo

[@JohnWayne-vf5bs]

Yeah man it's pretty awesome have you ever heard of the American Head charge they went out on tour with slipknot in 2001

[@dylandemars7034]

You have become my favorite review channel. You are fair even when discussing songs and albums you dont like. On topic, i have thought All hope is gone is a great record for some time and its nice thwt i am not the only one.

[@MetalTrenches]

Thanks so much. That's a balance I REALLY work hard at.

[@Dax11eleven]

Papa trenches on point,as usual. 🤘🏼 As yet, I haven’t listen to the new one from start to finish. I’m actually looking forward to it after hearing this. Heavy you say? Sweet 🖤

[@danielleivars3620]

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

[@charliebrouun6510]

I saw a lot of people saying the new one is their worst, and having now listened to it I have to say all those people are on crack. Easily their best album since at least 2008.

[@MetalTrenches]

Based

[@wardor9214]

#7 End So Far #6 Vol 3/ other then a couple songs i dont like most of the softer songs #5 Gray Chapter/ Good heavy songs but to many filler sounding songs #4 We Are Not Your Kind/ Good attempt to return to form #3 All Hope Is Gone/ Solid album with one of my favorite songs Psychosocial #2 Slipknot/ The album that started it all if your not including MFKR demo tape #1 Iowa/ One of the hardest hitting nu metal albums of all time Consideration i live in Iowa and only live about a hour away from Des Moines its always a nice feeling to know that the original 9 started there journey here. Some of the guys still live in Des Moines and if you know where to go its pretty easy to Mick and Sid since they both live here. I dont blame the others for moving snow sucks. Long live the Knot and to all fellow maggots live life to the fullest. RIP #1 #2

[@ncallaway9731]

Heavily DISAGREE about the ranking of the new album. It’s just not good. There are a few decent songs, but it’s not cohesive, The tracks feel like demos some of them feel unfinished. Even Jim said he feels it’s not that good of a record & they could have done better. Besides their first two albums which are classics, WANYK is their best album , that was miles above the brand new album they just dropped

[@MetalTrenches]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@grimsdungeonofcomics]

I got the same feeling. It feels like a bunch of B-Sides, tbh.

[@MrHellgate82]

They released two best songs from the album as a singles ( Dying Song, Chapeltown Rag) the rest varies from medicore to bad, with some decent songs here and there.

[@darthdurkelthewise320]

100% agree with you man. I take zero pleasure in not liking this album. I’ve tried to suspend disbelief approximately 6-7 times but it’s just not very good. Here’s to the next album on a new label that gets recorded with actual maximum potential in place.

[@Brighty17]

Yeah this one should've stayed on the cutting room floor

[@anthonyo1540]

S: IOWA A: Self-Titled, The End, So Far B: WANYK C: All Hope is Gone, Vol. 3, .5 The Gray Chapter For me, I just love the new album. I dont know why people are reacting so negatively to it, I guess people nowdays just need to complain about everything and then the "Everything after IOWA sucks" people. I agree with your opinion and ranking on the new album 100% however I think the strongest vocals were on IOWA instead of ST. I also think The End, So Far has the some of the strongest vocals since IOWA and that's one thing that adds the heaviness to the new record.

[@anoceanbetweenus89]

Haven’t listened to the new album, only singles but they sound promising. Agree with most of your ranking except I would put gray chapter in the high B category. I know I’m in the minority but the album felt the most inspired and passionate effort since the early days because of the grief and despair they going through after losing Paul.

[@brokenluis1851]

Yeah the fact that the whole album is a tribute to Paul makes it more special than other albums. You can feel the sadness and darkness in the lyrics and music

[@aaronhansen5101]

I love The Gray Chapter. The hate it gets is baffling. But let’s be honest, even a “mid” Slipknot album is mostly better than most of the heavy music that comes out these days.

[@TheHumanBurger]

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

[@nickryan7667]

Other than me being WAYYY higher than you on Vol.3 (I STILL put it just below Iowa, but above their debut), great list. They too were my first dive into more aggressive metal. I listened to Korn & Limp Bizkit & deftones in high school, but that was it (I was much more an industrial/grunge kid). Slipknot was chaotic noise for this newbie and I fell in love with metal. Early 2000 was when I found the self-titled, and was hooked. Vol.3 kicks ass in it's own way, but i suppose as divided as people seem to be on it, it simply works for me much more than others.

[@sarxanova5105]

I don't understand why everyone hates on All Hope is Gone (ik you didn't but I've noticed a lot of people do). Best album by them imo

[@nockblock4128]

Also, the new album is very good. It isn’t their best record, but it’s in the better half of their catalogue imo

[@philipp_7]

It sounds boring

[@pisswhistle5306]

@@philipp_7 Other than a couple of bangers, it's basically another Stone Sour album.

[@MetalTrenches]

I don’t know how people are saying it’s boring personally.

[@nepesilva2284]

@@philipp_7 this isn’t The Gray Chapter

[@philipp_7]

@@nepesilva2284 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@_CPP_]

1: All Hope Is Gone Best song(s):Gematria/Sulfur/Psychosocial 2: Iowa Best song(s): Disasterpiece 3: We Are Not Your Kind Best song(s): Solway Firth (best Slipknot song) 4: Slipknot Best song(s): Eyeless, Purity, Surfacing 5: .5: The Gray Chapter Best song(s): AOV, The Negative One, The Devil In I 6: Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses Best song: The Blister Exists 7: The End, So Far Best song: Yen 8: Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat Best song(s): Killers Are Quiet

[@amjreptx1]

Self-Titled, Iowa, Vol. 3- I enjoy from start to finish. All hope is gone- I want to like it, but the vocals are cringy for me. Sulfur, Dead Memories, This Cold Black, and Snuff I could go back to. Grey Chapter- I can't get into the first couple of songs, but then the album does pick up for me the further it progresses. We Are Not- the energy in the band is finally back, but I do tend to skip a handful of tracks on here. I don't think I will love the new album.

[@quagsiremetalhead1401]

My Personal favourite is either the debut or WANYK. WANYK probably is because i am quite a bit prog fan, so I like them experimenting more. End So Far was a bit more disapointing to me, but It's kinda what I wanted at the same time? My Ranking is WANYK Debut Iowa Vol 3 End So Far Grey Chapter AHIG

[@ElliYeetYT]

Listened to the new album literally a minute after it got available at Midnight, definitely a solid album. I’m glad Slipknot is still trying and experimenting new stuff (Was caught off guard by Adderall) and it’s a good final album with Roadrunner Records. Not Better than Iowa, The Self Titled album and WANYK for me but it is still good Slipknot!

[@MetalTrenches]

🤘🏻

[@ncallaway9731]

Totally agree - WANYK is miles better imo.

[@thegoatfromiowa8948]

New album rocks

[@jaybarbieri8619]

New album SLAPPED

[@yeeyee1690]

New album is very boring

[@robbiemoore5608]

I wanted to wait to post this for giving their newest album time to marinade with me so here's how I'd do it: S: Iowa A: The End So Far B: WANYK, Slipknot, .5 The Gray Chapter C: Vol. 3 D: All Hope is Gone This was a gateway band for me to get into heavier music. I remember in high school hearing Devil in I for the first time and it blew my mind. Iowa as an album was the first introduction to double bass, blast beats, and anything death metal related. I think every album has at least something great to offer but not everything is a hit. I still love Slipknot.

[@ihavewaited90daystochangem51]

4:10 Ah yes, the perfect songs to show your love. about stalking and killing a girl, and your schizofrenia telling you she doesn't exist. Such a hot topic teenage romance song.

[@professionallyamateur5991]

Yeahhhhh, it's really the same lyrical vibe from Self-titled. That take felt kinda out-of-pocket.

[@nemesis8626]

Doesn't effect the fact that it's a cringe song and one of the worst songs they've ever wrote

[@ihavewaited90daystochangem51]

@@nemesis8626 Yup, definetly up there with disasterpiece.

[@MetalTrenches]

Master Knife I must have really gotten under your skin lol. Take a step back and consider how replying to all of these comments makes you look. It’s an opinion, and they’re a dime a dozen. Don’t take it so personally

[@mat2093]

8. All hope is gone 7. MFKR 6. End so far 5. Vol 3 4. .5 3. We are not your kind 2. Self titled 1. Iowa

[@drippyofisol]

im a big fan of Slipknot, i say, self-titled and iowa are one of the best things in the entire metal world. My fav tracks: Disasterpiece, People=Shit, The Heretic Anthem, Purity, Me inside, Eyeless, Scissors,

[@lens_hunter]

Vol 3 was when I got into Slipknot, and it's still their favorite album for me. I'd go... S - Vol 3, We Are Not Your Kind A - All Hope is Gone, Slipknot B - Grey Chapter, Iowa C - TE,SR I'll add the new album after I listen to it a bunch today. Putting the new album in C Tier. Did not care for it.

[@mrnubbs8965]

The one that kills the least is super underrated from .5 once that solo starts and that drum beat comes in it goes so hard

[@joshrealmusic]

Thank you for the topic, I love talking about this. Slipknot still is and has been my favorite band since 1999. I am open minded and don’t mind a band trying something different, I just didn’t find The End So Far album enjoyable. It just didn’t feel like the band was that into it. To me, Yen probably was the closest to their sound and was a really good song. I think Corey had his heart more in the non traditional Slipknot songs and the other songs seemed like, hey guys, we’re Slipknot, we need to make some Slipknot songs too. The singles weren’t bad but they didn’t quite get there for me, I talk more about this on my channel but still have nothing but respect for this band!🙌 This band has helped me through many periods throughout my life. Slipknot are still my favorite band and I have absolute faith their next album will be great. It’s just my opinion but am glad some enjoy it and understand why others don’t. I’m very excited to see what they come up with post roadrunner🔥

[@kytondeon8725]

I didn’t listen to them until 2015 and the only song off of .5 The Gray Chapter was The Devil In I. I started getting into their big hits and Vol 3. Vol 3 and Self Titled were the first albums I listened to and absolutely loved

[@barryneilson6298]

Slipknot's self titled was my introduction to metal as a 13 year old. That and Iowa will always be special to me

[@daleleombruni2004]

I'm with you metaltrenches...after the first 2 albums were my all time favourites and listening to vol 3 the first time I was so dad dissapointed with the production and song structure.

[@MetalTrenches]

100%

[@ultimate-13]

I gotta listen to The End, So Far more, but for me, so far 07. .5 The Gray Chapter 06. All Hope Is Gone 05. The End, So Far 04. Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses 03. We Are Not Your Kind 02. Slipknot 01. Iowa

[@jcgmusic16]

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

[@sadboi7537]

Agree with 1-3, but the rest of your list……fucking yikes dude.

[@m3gabea5t]

I’d go: 1. We Are Not Your Kind 2. Iowa 3. Vol.3 4. Slipknot 5. The Gray Chapter 6. The End so Far 7. All Hope is Gone

[@dimebag505]

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

[@jasonforpresident5678]

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

[@ruddthreetrees1104]

When this album (first one) came out we had a party at my parents and put it on all night. When came down in my morning my gran put cd player on and the first “song “ played for ages until she said “this isn’t my Roy Orbison cd”

[@Lord-valentine]

I love albums 1 & 2 so thanks for putting them in S tier. I think all the other albums suffer because they don’t share the same energy or passion. While each proceeding albums had some great songs, they just aren’t really continuations of the format set by Self Titled and Iowa

[@troythomas5803]

I really dig The End, So Far. I think it has a really good flow and I really enjoy the more experimental moments.

[@mephistoss238]

S -Iowa, Slipknot A - Vol 3. (Although some songs in Vol 3. are S tier for me), All Hope is Gone B - WANYK, Grey Chapter Not sure about the new album yet, i would put it on B overall but the songs are growing on me

[@trashcanjoe4902]

I could get behind Iowa being one of the heaviest of all time, but not Self Titled. It’s just too wacky overall to be one of the heaviest imo. I got into Slipknot in 2013-2014, and was an absolute die hard fan up until recently when my tastes shifted a bit. But Iowa will still always be a top 5 for me. Anything after that, currently, I don’t listen to anymore

[@Hola-tq4pg]

Honestly my ranking would be: *S tier:* Iowa *A tier:* WANYK, Vol 3 *B tier:* self titled *C tier:* AHIG *D tier:* The Gray Chapter, TESF

[@campbells0ups]

the new album surprised me. de sade, hive mind and H377 really are awesome tracks

[@marc2000z]

S: Iowa A: Slipknot, We Are Not Your Kind B: Vol. 3, The End So Far C: The Gray Chapter, All Hope is Gone

[@terrorfex1611]

Totally respect your list. Everyone has their own listening preferences and that is a good thing. It leaves more room in the space for music to be enjoyed. My tiers would have went: S Tier: Slipknot, Iowa A Tier: Vol. 3 B Tier: All Hope Is Gone C Tier: We Are Not Your Kind D Tier: The End, So Far and I would add an F Tier for : The Gray Chapter. Personal opinion, they really started to fall off after Paul died, then even more after Joey was released. You used to be able find a groove in the music and ride it out the whole way through. They were masterpieces. Now it is too much experimentalism. Too many off beats for my liking and drop downs. It is like flooring your car, getting half way through the powerband and then taking your foot off the gas and coasting down. It's maddening. I love the band so much, but I have to force myself to listen to the last three when I would rather listen to any of the first five including Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat (which I have an original copy of from the night it released haha!)

[@Mhamilton201]

100% agree

[@theCrownofSympathy]

Personally, I would switch Vol.3 and Slipknot which may be an unpopular opinion, but otherwise I can get behind your ranking.

[@terrorfex1611]

@@theCrownofSympathy Doesn't matter if it is an unpopular opinion. It is YOUR opinion and that is what matters and good on you for having an opinion of your own. Everyone likes everything differently. Have a great day!

[@mutatednut]

The Gray Chapter hate is unacceptable

[@BlitzFace]

I almost agree to this ranking, just that I would put End So far in the B Tier instead But yeah the gray chapter sucks (for me)

[@themightyscottthealmighty545]

I’ve been a fan since the debut. The music video for the devil and I freaked me out a little bit. I don’t get shook up by much of anything anymore but damn. That shook me to the core for some reason.

[@SAMs3piol]

I think THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES IS FLAWLESS.

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

It’s their best one by far. I honestly couldn’t tell you what the songs names are because it plays as one long song to me in my mind and I’ve owned it since it came out.

[@Sunking210]

I have their first 3 albums as S tier, WANYK goes A, AHIG is a B, .5 and TESF a solid C

[@Agostoic]

I stopped caring after All hope it's gone which is to me a B with Vol 3. Agreed on the S tier tho. Having moved to more extreme sounds I can't really grasp what they trying to do with the band nowadays. Really miss their aggression circa 2000's.

[@robertsparling917]

I saw Slipknot on the Gray Chapter/Summer's Last Stand tour in 2015 in Vancouver with Lamb of God [who are dropping a new album next week and I'll be seeing on October 9th], Bullet for My Valentine and Motionless in White!

[@Micha1M]

The new album is great, it's my kind of flavour and it's more engaging than the previous one. Previous one had moments of boredom, I remember skipping songs because of that. The new album delivers juice and I was looking forward for every song. edit: Some intros and atmospheric moments are to much for me, I could cut them out

[@adolfdaikun8012]

Gotta say they were one of the bands that got me into metal as a kid, Otep being the other. When Iowa came out, I was absolutely obsessed.

[@KrisTheKrisMan]

Honestly I love vermilion but I can see why it can feel cringe for some people. To me it felt like something I hadn’t heard from Slipknot before and I really appreciated that it’s about Paul’s drug addiction while utilising less explicitly laid out meaning and a sound that I found pretty atmospheric. What annoys me is the fact that they use the exact same metaphor every time they want to do a ‘sinister and abstract’ song by writing lyrics that are a romantic sounding description of a relationship between the speaker and a woman but *surprise* it’s actually about something else which probably isn’t even interpretable in the lyrics without clarification (yen and killpop are good examples). So while I think vermilion is great for the newness of the band going for that sound, new emotional levels that seem more about desperation than romance to me and the heavily related lyrical obscurity compared to their other work at the time. The problem which i have in regards to the song is that it’s been hard for me to listen to it without thinking about those other songs that seem to have lazy lyrics and feel like they took all the cringe that some people feel about vermilion (which I assume is because of the way it can come across like angst driven love poetry) and threw it into songs with barely any real substance to it because of the lack of an organic writing process. Sorry guys I know that was uncalled for but I started writing about how I understand what makes people dislike vermilion and I just went off on a bit of a rant.

[@arok5896]

couldn't agree more about the perfection of 1999 Self titled. Appreciate you showing it love

[@jeffreymercado2082]

The only gripe I have with Vol. 3 is the production. Rick Rubin was definitely not on his game back when he recorded this one. And according to the band, he was hardly ever present in studio.

[@lasercop3893]

Hello i am french and i have learned 8 songs of the first album who is for me the best of slipknot and one of my favorites albums metal

[@stanstanislas2225]

I had to pause the video at your rating of Vol. 3. It's kinda hard for me to judge it since there is so much nostalgia involved. I still feel it's a banger tho. It's also the last one that gives me the vibe of the original experience I had with the band. After that something changed somehow. 'All hope is gone' is interesting but the production is a bit too heavy and clean compared to the previous ones - and I honestly gave up with the rest of the dicography. I also started to listen metal with the first album. To me, it is still as mean, agressive, desperate and perfect as day one.

[@LucasBelarminoSilva]

Meu Ranked - Slipknot: S - Slipknot e Iowa A - Subliminal Verses Vol.3 B - All Hope Is Gone e .5: The Gray Chapter C - We Are Not Your Kind D - The End, So Far

[@SadKamala]

I don't think it's cringe to say that Slipknot's debut got you into metal. If you grew up in that era like us, 90% got into metal through nu metal. Just the way it is.

[@Chris-sl1wh]

Iowa- most brutal Self Titled- ground breaking at the time Vol. 3- best overall representation of the band. These are the 3 best albums from Slipknot imho. WYANYK and The End are right after that. 2 cents🤷🏻‍♂️

[@alexddragame]

Not very hyped to hear the album tbh, I found all singles painfully average. But hey, that's just me, I'm just generally grew out of Slipknot and even their "best stuff" not doing much for me

[@joer8954]

I’m basically in the same boat.

[@yeeyee1690]

Its mediocre at best

[@P3rm4fr0st]

THANK YOU! I'm not alone here! I had exact that same feeling when Vol 3 dropped and I remember myself struggling to enjoy it. When I heard "The Blister Exists" with that drums work I thought: "Wow, it's gonna be a great album!" But after that track I felt it was a downhill till the last track. Sadly I never got into the band as I was back in Iowa era. 😕

[@MrMaggotjuggalo4life]

First two absolutely s tier. Although I prefer Iowa to their self-titled because there was so much raw emotion and it got me through some very tough times growing up. Volume 3 I'd give an A tier because even though it took a more melodic spin from the first two, it still carried that melancholic slipknot feel especially with songs like prelude 3.0 and danger keep away. I also really liked the virus of life due to its dark and sinister sounding scissors vibe. I agree with WANYK and AHIG being b tier, because it wasn't their best work, but they still had lots of replayability and catchy tunes. I really can't say I enjoyed .5 very much because it felt cartoonish and overly mainstream. The Devil in I still makes me feel cringe when I hear it. Nomadic was good, but that was really the only track I could stomach enough to listen to more than a couple times. And the new album is just bland in my opinion. Warranty and Acidic kind of caught my eye and I actually didn't mind Yen as it gave me volume 3 vibes, but otherwise the 'bangers' everyone seems to dig just don't give me that heart racing fuck yeah feeling inside like many of their previous tracks used to. Excellent review though 👏 everyone has their own nuanced tastes in Slipknot and it's nice to see they're still entertaining the community after all of these years.

[@MetalTrenches]

Thanks for sharing \m/

[@muumuu_lynnch]

my opinion: S: selftitled, Iowa A: vol.3 B: graychapter, WANYK C: the end so far D: Allhopeisgone

[@unfiltered2473]

I actually really dig The Gray Chapter. Actually might be my favorite aside from Iowa, call me crazy cuz I just might be.

[@unfiltered2473]

1. Iowa/Gray Chapter 2. S/T 3. AHIG 4. TESF 5. Vol 3 6. WANYK

[@JohnDoe-lm6qc]

I prefer it like this: 1. Hive Mind 2. The Chapeltown Rag 3. The Dying Song 4. Yen 5. De Sade 6. Warranty 7. H377 8. Medicine for the Dead 9. Acidic

[@Xeroforte]

Good ranking But AHIG isn't really that long, you're just counting the bonus tracks for some reason. Same with Gray Chapter, though that one would still benefit from not being over an hour long. Also, the new album is really good. Don't love it as much as WANYK, mostly because of the lyrics and how they resonated for me during a tough time. TESF just sounds like WANYK B sides that weren't written enough. They wanted to go more experimental but only a couple songs experiment with anything beyond a more electronic Alice In Chains. I'm not opposed to that, though. I just figured we'd get more Danger Keep Away/Spiders kinda songs. The heavier songs are just autopilot Slipknot.

[@FPSJesus]

S: Vol 3, Iowa, Slipknot A: Grey B: C: AHIG Haven't listened to the others enough to rank them but they didn't immediately grab me. I started listening from the first album. My favourite songs were always the ones with a bit of pop vocals mixed in because I enjoyed the contrast (Wait and Bleed, My Plague). Vol 3 is basically a whole album of that hence why I prefer it. Iowa has the best sound though. I wish Vol 3 got the same mix. Corey obviously had to change vocal style so that part couldn't be helped.

[@chasevids14]

Just got done listening to the new album, acidic, man v-man tore the bass up on that song. Favorite from the album.

[@TunerGuy_90]

Self titled, and Iowa are the only "entire Slipknot albums" that remain on my music playlist. I have 3 or 4 from Vol3, and All hope is gone. 🤷‍♂️. That's about it. I don't hate the newer stuff, it just doesn't do much for me. The Blister Exists is my favorite Slipknot song, but their first two albums were 👌. I do like Solway Firth.

[@thegreasyoasis9291]

Man slipknot is one my favorite bands but i can't say I've ever enjoyed an album from them front to back. Imo they write better songs than albums.