Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
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Anyone new to Slipknot should surely look to their Roadrunner debut first, but if you like what you heard there and want some more, or if you're curious about the band's inventive beginnings, search out this early release -- you won't be disappointed.
9y
confessions Meaning:
Confessions is a letter from a father to a son from whom he's been separated for about 17 years. It arrives about the time of the boy's first transformation. It was written by Donnie Steele. Only Paul likes this song (info that i get from the video of the song)
"only paul likes this song" LMAO
RIP Paul Gray x2 we miss you
This is practically an entirely different band than what came after, it makes sense why they only consider it a demo and not an album. Different singer, guitar players, and no DJ. It contains some of the DNA of later Slipknot but at a slower and less refined pace. It's heavier on the Mr Bungle influence, and the heaviness is a bunch sludgier and groovy kind of metal than the frantic metal of...well...nearly everything after this. It's also much weirder and esoteric in tone. Lyrics ... read more
I'll start this review off by saying I'm not a Slipknot fan, I used to be when I was a kid and in my early teens but I've well and truly grown out of them by this point. Although I remember really liking this album alot, even after I had grown out of most of their music which is what made me want to revist this. So hopefully I'll come in with a little bit more of a fresh perspective from someone who doesn't really listen to Slipknot.
I felt that this album was extremely disjointed and didn't ... read more
Interesting to listen to as a fan of Slipknot, but this is far from good. More of a curiosity than anything
Best Tracks: Slipknot, Only One, Confessions
Slipknot deep dive #1 : Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. (the prologue)
Just like many kids born in the mid-2000's, "Slipknot" was present in a pretty decent chunck of my life, mainly because my brother always used to play their songs.
Honestly, no wonder "Slipknot" was (and still, to some degree, is) so popular.
I mean you had a completely unique concept, with the whole mask thing (giving the band a unique identity and character), pretty "mainstream-friendly" ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Slipknot 6:55 | 71 |
| 2 | Gently 5:16 | 73 |
| 3 | Do Nothing/Bitchslap 4:20 | 69 |
| 4 | Only One 2:33 | 64 |
| 5 | Tattered & Torn 2:35 | 59 |
| 6 | Confessions 5:05 | 62 |
| 7 | Some Feel 3:36 | 67 |
| 8 | Killers Are Quiet 20:42 Contains hidden track "Dogfish Rising" | 65 |
Total Length: 51 minutes
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1mo
dude i totally underrated this simply because it wasn’t the slipknot i knew at the time. i need to come back to this
2mo
If you want this to be a demo submit a correction instead of just changing it, you shouldn't overrule contributor decisions without an accepted correction
