Returning
to the brutal music industry trenches is Iowa's own metal
jugernaught Slipknot. After a much needed break from the insanity's
of touring and the whole exploding popularity of this 9 piece
traveling wrecking ball these masked men are back and stronger
then ever.
With
their newest reincarnation Vol 3 (The Subliminal Verses) is
a firm rooted album of experimentation daring to out stretch
anything they have created in the past. Corey Taylor takes
his vocals much further then ever attempted straying from
sounding to mundane and repetitive making the Slipknot sound
a little more accessible. Not to worry, by no means have these
maggot leaders sold out in any way. With the help of famed
producer Rick Rubin Slipknot have just taken their dark brand
of brash abusive rock and created a whole new realm of extremely
heavy metal. Treading into waters that some close minded fans
may claim are too commercial for Slipknot Vol 3 (Subliminal
Verses) easily is a perfect example of an exercise in the
art of maturing as musical artists. Making the transition
to the modern evils of Pro-Tools production, Rubin has captured
every musician's sound with out making them sound to programmed
and over produced. Song after song takes the listener on a
mental journey of chaos and brutally that Slipknot have mastered.
All the trademark double bass and grinding sounds that established
Slipknot as a extremely heavy band are still very prevalent
just now they have much more variety to offer. It seems a
very intelligent but risky move on the part of Slipknot to
expand and dare move out side the waters of what made them
such a huge success.
Look for Slipknot to return from overseas to pummel crowds
all summer as they get set to hit the road with this years
installment of OZZFEST.
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