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- People = Shit. The anthem. The mantra by which all maggots live by. One of the best opening songs by any metal band that hits with such gusto and malice you struggle to recover until the end of the record.
- Disasterpiece. ‘I wanna slit your throat and fuck the wound’ is the most violent line to ever feature in an album that reached number one in the UK. Imagine that happening today.
- The Heretic Anthem. Hail Satan! That’s what metalheads are supposed to shout, isn’t it? We all bloody love that big red bloke who lives underground… or maybe it’s Corey Taylor we love.
- My Plague. The song that made Slipknot megastars, partly thanks to its inclusion in Resident Evil but also thanks to its MASSIVE chorus. One of Iowa’s more accessible songs due to the clean vocals, it stills carries that threatening edge like the rest of the record.
It's probably not the heaviest on its own, or the darkest on its own. I listen to a lot of death metal, and Iowa is definitely less heavy than 90% of the subgenre, but a lot of that stuff I wouldn't call really all that dark as the subject matter, while dealing with a lot of brutal themes, can sometimes be done in a fairly over-the-top way ...
Makes sense id have to go Iowa self titled volume 3 (before I forget pulse of the maggots vermilion1 and 2 and duality are just way to popular and then there's a few hidden gems like the blister exits opium of the people and the nameless then WANYK. I honestly feel the way they put out the order of the albums is pretty perfect...
- People = Shit. It couldn’t really be anything else, could it? People = Shit is one of Slipknot’s most iconic songs and up there with the best the band have ever put their name to.
- Left Behind. Iowa’s lead single, Left Behind is certainly the most radio-friendly thing on the album, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy-going. Nominated for the 2002 GRAMMY for Best Metal Performance – an award that was eventually won by Tool for Schism – it’s an impressive example of Slipknot’s crossover appeal, as the band take a more melodic approach while retaining all the unbridled fury that characterises their heaviest material.
- Disasterpiece. ‘I wanna slit your throat and fuck the wound.’ Yep, someone pissed off Corey Taylor really bad. Using that hatred as the fuel for Disasterpiece’s raging wildfire of aggression, Slipknot are electric here as they lay waste to all who dare cross their path.
- My Plague. My Plague is one of Iowa’s more melodic tracks, but Corey’s lyrics more than make up for that. ‘ Kill you, fuck you, I will never be you’ is the glorious lyrical refrain that most sticks out from a song that, thanks to its inclusion in Resident Evil, set Slipknot on the path to stardom.
- Slipknot (1999) Has there ever been a more perfect opening to any album in the history of metal as the five-song run that kicks off Slipknot’s self-titled Roadrunner Records debut?
- Iowa (2001) Comfortably the heaviest album that has ever topped the UK album chart, Iowa is a genuine one-off. Released in an era when it seemed the best way for a band to achieve commercial success in a nu-metal dominated world was to make themselves seem poppier, cuddlier, cartoonish and maybe chuck an 80’s cover in there as well, Slipknot became the ugliest band on the planet.
- We Are Not Your Kind (2019) You’d be forgiven for believing that, for all their continued success and continually great live shows, Slipknot were never going to scale the heights of their earliest material as their sixth album came over the horizon at the start of 2019.
- Vol.3: The Subliminal Verses (2004) It’s not easy having to follow up two landmark albums, but that’s the position Slipknot found themselves in heading in to the recording of their third effort.
Sep 21, 2022 · Dannii Leivers. Danniii Leivers writes for Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog, The Guardian, NME, Alternative Press, Rock Sound, The Line Of Best Fit and more. She loves the 90s, and is happy where the sea is bluest. Iowa was the record that confirmed Slipknot as metal’s biggest band in a generation. Corey Taylor takes us through each song.
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