Finale.

Well, there you have it. I reviewed every single Slipknot album they have made in this whole month. I'm proud of my work, I was starting to think when I would start reviewing my favorite band. I'm glad I dedicated a whole month for them. Before I finish off, I'll be reviewing the little extra songs that were released as a secret tracks. Before doing that, I'll explain some things. Next week, I'll be off in a cruise the entire week, so I won't be able to post anything for the first week of August. But when I come back, I'll start reviewing bands that I've been requested. Such as Avenged Sevenfold, Protest the Hero, We Came As Romans, Threat Signal, and Killswitch Engage. Many others will be reviewed also, since I'm going back and reviewing random bands. Well, thank you for sticking with me this month, I'm going back to normal now. In order to fill up this review, like I said, I'll be reviewing the hidden tracks from Slipknot. I'll post the album covers next to it to tell what album is it from. I'll use alternate covers to make it look different and appealing.

"Slipknot" 1999

-Get This

"Local bands (suck these nuts) U.S. bands (suck these nuts) Worldwide bands (sucks these nuts) All you bands can suck these fucking nuts!" This song is amusing. Everyone sucks, so live with it.

-Interloper

This is the remake from the" Crowz" album. The only difference is that it was made after releasing the self-titled album. It sounds exactly the same, it's just made again with the new band members.

-Despise

For a hidden track, it's a pretty good song. I think it should have been a part of the track list, it's like a combination of Purity and Liberate, so it sounds good. It has the slow yet powerful feeling like Purity and the madness from Liberate. Also, if you get the 15 minute version, once the actual song stops, and you speed ahead to like, 10 or 11 minutes or so, you hear an audio of the whole band watching 2 girls 1 cup.

"Iowa" 2001

-Snap

This is the remake of the one in "Crowz." The thing is, they didn't really make it, they did it again and it actually sounded pretty much the same. They only included in the hidden tracks because they let Roadrunner Records use the song for the soundtrack to the movie "Freddy vs Jason" that was made in 2003.

"Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) 2004

-Don't Get Close

This is another favorite of mine. It has to be my 4th favorite Slipknot song. It's just so awesome how fast, quick, and hard-hitting this song is. With sick guitar riffs, sick drum fills, and mad vocals.

-Scream

To end my top 5 list, this comes in 5th. It comes close against Don't Get Close because they're both just that awesome. If these songs were sent to the main track list, then this album would have been way better. They can take out the acoustic songs and replace it with these songs. That's what they should have done. This song is awesome, it's pretty trashy and it has the same thing Don't Get Close has, but in a different way.

"All Hope Is Gone" 2008

-Child of Burning Time

I don't really know much about this song, but it isn't that great. Corey mostly sings, and that's what we don't want. We want harsh vocals, not just singing. If he screamed the lyrics through the song, it would have been way better cause the music itself is sick.

-Vermilion Pt. 2 (Bloodstone Mix)

It's just Vermilion Pt. 2, just more depressing. I like this version better, but for other reasons. When it comes to the music itself, it gets better, but it shouldn't be here.

-'Til We Die

I like this song, it's basically saying nothing will seperate them apart, only if they die. Ironically, Paul Gray, the bassist, #2, has died. He died May 24th of this year. They dedicated this song to him, a co-founder of the band. May he rest in piece. I love you Paul.

Well, that's it for this band. I would like to keep on writing as much as I know of Slipknot, but soon enough, this month has come to an end. I'll be back reviewing other bands 2 weeks from now. Until next time, goodbye.

Part VI

The final album. The last album up to date. You know, when I first heard a new Slipknot album was coming out, I went crazy. I told everyone I knew, continuously. I was so psyched when I heard the new single, Psychosocial. I almost jumped off my roof when I saw the new music video. After, I heard the single All Hope Is Gone. I couldn't get it off of my head. The rest of the songs was leaked, but I didn't want to hear it. When I had the money, I rushed to the mall near my house, went inside the Hot Topic store and bought the special edition, that brought 3 extra songs. I put it on my iTunes and put the CD in a place where it won't be ruined. Kept hearing the album 50+ times. I then stopped listening to music for a while. I came back and heard Slipknot in correct order of albums. That's when I realized, this album isn't what I honestly expected it to be. I wanted better, but they gave us mediocre. This album is All Hope Is Gone.

"All Hope Is Gone" 2008

1- .execute.

It sounds pretty good. The song is basically a rant about things that are going on that concerns human's feelings and such. The song itself, it starts with some sampling, to guitar, and then a fast drum solo. It sounds pretty sick. You stop caring on what Corey is trying to say and you just indulge yourself when Joey does his drum solo.

2- Gehenna (The Killing Name)

One of my favorite songs in this album. It's sick as hell, you have your thrashy sounding guitars and the fast drum fills. It's trying to replicate (SIC) from the self-titled album, where you get an intro song that goes directly to the next song, and that next song is a slap in the face.

3- Sulfur

This song is meh. It's not that great, the only cool thing is Joey bringing the double bass. The way Corey sings the chorus is fine, but this is where you can see how Slipknot changed. It doesn't sound that great. The video for this song is pretty cool, I like it. But the song, not that great.

4- Psychosocial

I like this song. It's a pretty good single, no lie. The music video is pretty sick, they used these totem heads as torches (they used totem heads before releasing the new masks). They also used alot of water and fire. Theres a part in the video where they poured water down Joey's cymbals and when he goes to hit both crash cymbals, it goes slow-mo and you can see the water bounce up and splashes. It was a great single to start the hype for this album.

5- Dead Memories

I like this song. At the time of buying this album, I was getting over my "moments" of back then, and listening to this song helped me out. "But you asked me to love, and I did. Traded my emotions for a contract to commit. And when I got away, I only got so far. The other me is dead, I hear his voice inside my head." "Dead visions in your name. Dead fingers in my veins. Dead memories in my heart." The video for this song is purely amazing. It starts off with Corey with no mask burying a hole. He goes inside the whole and his in his straight jacket and mask and he goes through each band member, a challenge to go past their mind. Out of all music videos in this album, I like this one the most.

6- Vendetta

All I have to say about this song, sick drum intro. The rest of the song is awesome, this is another favorite of mine of all Slipknot songs. this will come to spot number 3. "Are you ready for the time of your life? Let's - Pretend - We're not at the end. Pretend - That we have nothing left."

7- Butcher's Hook

When I first read the title for this song, I imagine those hooks you see dead pigs are hanged by and a butcher is using the hook to kill people. Well, the song itself is great. It just screams out anger. I love the fact that this song is all just harsh and the lyrics are just amazing, because I had problems and this song made me want to kick them aside. This band helped me kick everything I hated aside and just listen to their music.

8- Gehenna

This is like Iowa's "Skin Ticket", which like I said before, not one of my favorites. This is like, a slow song that has to do with feelings and emotions. Like, bottled up emotions, to be exact. When you listen to this song, you feel like you have a burning sensation to let go and just sit down to think of the regrets you have, if you do have, and try to burn them away from your mind.

9- This Cold Black

Not much to say about this song, just that it's a good song to listen to after Gehenna. This is one of my favorite songs in this album. It's so hard-hitting, and has big words for you who have intensive reading! You can learn new words such as the words in this verse, "Pneumatic Destroyer - Pathetic Seducer - Distortion Sufficient."

10- Wherein Lies Continue

This song is okay. Like I said about The Shape and Three Nil, it's good but not talked about alot. The thing is, by this time, people would stop listening to the album because since we all expected more and we just got an alternative sounding album, we just gave up. I didn't, they still will be my favorite band. This song is okay, I like it. But like I said, you don't hear good things about it since you don't see this song talked about alot.

11- Snuff

Now this is like Vol. 3's "Vermilion Pt. 2" since the acoustic feeling in this song. Thing is, this song is the only acoustic sounding song in this whole album. So they did a good thing about not having alot of acoustic songs, unlike Vol. 3. I don't really know the meaning of this song, but yet you can tell it's about bottled feelings toward someone that you want to tell them about everything, but either you don't want to, it feels like you can't, or they just walk away when you have the chance. To get an idea of what I mean, watch the video. It seems like Corey wants to show a woman how much he cares, but she walks away, giving him no chance to relieve himself, so he's suffering with emotional pain. Well, other than that, this song is great when it comes to relieving emotions.

12- All Hope Is Gone

I've noticed, every time Slipknot does a sad song, right after that in the track list comes a hard hitting song that punches you in the face. This song is an example of that. From a sad heartfelt song to a fast paced thrashy piece of music, it seems like a punch in the stomach and slap in the face. This song is amazing, and I have to say, the best song in this album. You can say, they saved the best for last.

This album deserves an 8 out of 10. It's a good album, but doesn't really compete with their other albums. It does go head-to-head to Vol. 3, but knowing that, you can see that they can do better. Well, that's it from this band; no more albums. I will post one more post though, it will be the final part of the Slipknot series. I will go back to reviewing bands next month. I've gotten requests, so watch for that.

Until next time, goodbye.

Part V

Now this is the album that everyone recognizes. This is the album that everyone knows. Everyone has heard of the singles in this album, Duality, Before I Forget, Vermillion Pt.1, andVermillion Pt.2. Slipknot added an acoustic guitar sound throughout this album, so it's softer than "Slipknot" and "Iowa" but it still sounds amazing. It is also true that they're many subliminal messages throughout the album. In the 80 minute video they made and released after this album was out, it had many "easter eggs" to unlock and you can find all 9 of them and you can see 9 different clips of each band member and see what they do. This album is Voliminal 3: (The Subliminal Verses).

"Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)" 2004

1- Prelude 3.0

It sounds pretty weird in the beginning of the song, but it's a great introduction to the album. Also, unlike the other albums, this is actually a song. Not just a 1 minute or less song that goes to the next song in the track list. No, this is an actual song. It still goes right along to the next song, which makes it a good introduction.

2- The Blister Exists

This song is all drums and percussion. Mostly percussion, since Chris Fehn and Shawn Crahan use marching snares to keep the rhythm. Other than that, the guitars match the drums and percussion sound to make a thrashy fast speed. A great song in this album. May I also mention, I like the little drum/snare break. It's about 30 seconds and when it's around 15-30 seconds, the guitars come and have their own jam out with the drums/percussion. It then goes back to the song and after that, it ends with the small percussion break. The same beat as before, but the song ends that way.

3- Three Nil

I'm not really much a fan of this song. Don't get me wrong, it's a good song. But it's like what I said in Part IV about The Shape. It's good, but not heard much. They did perform this song live, but even so, I still don't find it enjoyable enough, like the other songs.

4- Duality

Here's a song that everyone knows. It's annoying how people judge Slipknot just by this song. It's not that great, honestly. I like the fact it starts out slow and then it just goes crazy. The video for this song won "Roadrunner's best metal music video of all time." I can see why, it starts off with the band in an abandoned house, all broken. Outside the house, hundreds of people, all of them being maggots (the name given to Slipknot fans). They all just come in and wreck the shit out of everything. You can see most of them jamming out with Slipknot in a room and you can see other just breaking walls, throwing shit out of windows, pushing and shoving each other. It's a funny sight, but the song is okay. I like the song, don't get me wrong, but the fact that this song went a tad mainstream, I started to dislike it. Oh well.

5- Opium of The People

Now this, this song is my favorite Slipknot song overall. I also think the best metal song in this album. No one really has heard of this song, but I think they should. It's my favorite, no doubt. It's basically 5 minutes of awesomeness. It has it's own breakdown with Mick and Joey. Corey then screams back into the song and everything goes back to where it's awesome.

6- Circle

This song really has no meaning, but they wanted to try out a song where they can add an acoustic feeling to it, and it takes the spot. It has a sad feeling to it, an aspect of which no Slipknot song has. Until this album, they're other acoustic feeling songs, but in the order of the track list, this is the first.

7- Welcome

Going back to the harsh Slipknot, this song is amazing. I love the fact that it brings you back intro reality after listening to Circle. To me, it sounds like an exploding volcano. The beginning, the volcano is about to erupt. The middle is when the volcano just explodes, and around the ending is the lava burning everything in sight. The small guitar solo is just jizztastic. This comes second in my favorite Slipknot song list.

8- Vermilion

This song was for Corey Taylor's girlfriend or wife at the time. During this album, he still had a drinking problem. When he was drunk, he always thought about the problems he has had in his life. So, he tried to make a song to try and make his significant other realize what he has in his mind concerning her. The video for this song is excellent. It's made from stop motion, and everyone likes a bit of stop motion in their life.

9- Pulse of the Maggots

Remember in Part IV, what I said about The Heretic Anthem? Well, this song is like that, but not an anthem. You can say, it's pretty much our march. What gives us our courage to do anything. "We fight 'til no one can fight us. We live, and no one can stop us. We pull when we're pushed too far. And the advantages. The bottom line is. We never, had to fight in the first place. We only, had to spit back in their face. We won't, walk alone any longer. What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger." See where I'm getting at?

10- Before I Forget

Ughhh. Even if this song won a Grammy Award and AOL's top metal song of the decade (back then, it was 2005), in my opinion, it's not great. I'm a maggot, I can't lie about that. But this song, it just isn't great. It went mainstream when it first came out as a single. This is one of the first songs I heard from them and I liked it. After hearing their whole discography, this song isn't that great. It's good, but not in my opinion.

11- Vermilion Pt. 2

The second part of Vermilion. This is another song with an acoustic guitar. This part is when Corey gets sober from being drunk all the time and start to think of depressing things about his failing relationship. He says aspects that he appreciates from his significant other and the reason why he loves her. It's a sad sob story, I know, but it adds the acoustic guitar feeling to it, and that's what basically matters.

12- The Nameless

Just like Welcome brought you back into reality after Circle, this song jolts you back to your main state of mind after listening to Vermilion Pt. 2. It starts off all jumpy, but then it goes back to realizing that you're alive. After listening to Vermilion Pt. 2, I honestly jumped up half a centimeter up my chair when it changed to this song. The chorus of this song amuses me, a tad. "(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you. (I know) The only thing I ever really loved, was hate." Corey is trying to continue say the fact that he still loves her, but also hates the fact that she's still alive. Confusing? Yes, I know.

13- The Virus of Life

I don't really know what's going in this song. It's all percussion with the help of Craig, sampler. Adding noises here and there. I'm pretty sure this is an adaptation of what goes through a mind after being sober and understanding what's wrong with your life, so you go back into drinking, realizing what's wrong with you and you talk to yourself about the things that go through your mind. That's what I think, because I don't really know understand what's going through this song, but hey, it's still awesome. When I first heard this song in this album, I kept listening to it, I didn't stop until a week.

14- Danger - Keep Away

Back when I had my "moments", I kept hearing this song. I would sing it to myself and think of my past doings and regrets. "I won't let you walk away, without hearing what I have to say." I think that's pretty heartfelt. Another one, "What if I never saw you again... I'd die right next to you in the end." I find this a great song because when Corey sings, not only does he sing, but Chris Fehn adds backup vocals, and they sound great together.

Well, that's all for this album. Overall, this album is an 8 out of 10. Some songs I didn't like, and since it's their first album with an acoustic guitar feeling to it, it didn't come out the way we all wanted it to be. We all like the old Slipknot, but this new Slipknot doesn't really quite make it. If you want to buy this album, go ahead. Everyone knows the singles in this album, but if you're a metal head and want heavy stuff, go back and listen to Slipknot or Iowa. You won't be disappointed.

Until next time, goodbye.

Part IV

After a successful debut album, does this album compare with the self-titled album? Surely enough, yes. It's not that great, but some people rather this album than the first one. I first thought so, but then I heard this album with Slipknot, and I'm sorry, but Slipknot is better. Well, this album is good nonetheless. Although, while making this album, the band was going through many difficulties. The band members took a small break from the first album and they all had either an alcohol addiction or drug addiction. All of those messed them up, mentally, physically, and emotionally. Yet, they still gave us what we wanted. More. This is Slipknot's 3rd main album Iowa.

"Iowa" 2001

1- (515)

Vomiting, screaming, yelling, and distortion. That's what you get in this one minute song. It's a great intro for the album, because the next song goes great with this song.

2- People = Shit

Now, this a good song. Only thing is, it gets boring. It keeps on saying "People equal shit" and that's it. Okay, they do have other lyrics, but they made their point of saying people equal poop by the title. There isn't any need for the continuous phrase to be said. Other than that, it's an okay song.

3- Disasterpiece

I for one like this song. I know some people who just skip through this song because they don't really like this particular song. I, for one, do like it. I mean, I can see why people don't like it, it's not that great. But I like the lyrics, especially the chorus. "Noises, noises, people make noises. People make noises when they're sick. Nothing to do except hold onto nothing." There is a part in this song where it just slows down. It doesn't really need to be slowed down, but oh well, they did it, and made it sound alright.

4- My Plague

I love this song. That's it. It's just so awesome in every way. There is a mix of this song that was put on the 2002 "Resident Evil" film soundtrack. The mix is called "My Plague (New Abuse Mix)" but the song in the album isn't it. This is the original one, and way better than any mix. It is also meant to be heard in full volume, it's so hard and fulfilling.

5- Everything Ends

This is a great song to let out some emotional problems. Whether it be a girl of your dreams cheating on you, or you're being bullied at school, or even if you want to blow off some steam. All in all, this is a good song. Not great though, because it's saying the same thing over and over again, but oh well. "I haven't slept since I woke up and found my whole life was a lie, motherfucker!"

6- The Heretic Anthem

Once I turned heretic, I started to actually think this song to be my anthem. All jokes aside, this song is trying to prove a point. People talk shit about other people, judging them and saying who they are. Thing is, they're just wrong. When that one person goes fact to face to the shit talker, the person doesn't have anything to say because the crap they've been talking about is just bull crap. They have nothing to say, so there isn't a reason why to talk crap. Just shut up and let them be.

7- Gently

This is the remake of the "Gently" in the M.F.K.R. album. It is said that during the making of this song, Corey cut himself and was sent to a dark room naked and they recorded everything he was saying after being in the room for 15 minutes. He started to talk to himself, and the audio for that is in the beginning. Once they had him in that room for 30 minutes, he started yelling to himself, and that's the audio that you get after the low volume talk. After that, they stood him up, waited for him to clean himself up and they started recording this song. When I had my "moments" back in the day, I would always listen to this song just to say the beginning lyrics, "Gently, my mind escapes into the relaxing world of pleasure, a pleasure that'll take my mind off the realities of my life, my past life...life as I know it now." I would then scream my heart out when that part ends and the song continues. It would honestly help me relax a bit with the problems I was going through.

8- Left Behind

This song is for those people who feel they are being left behind. The video for this song is awesome, it's about a kid who goes through life being alone. He seems like a 12 or 13 year old who has a job being a butcher. The kid goes to his home, and it starts raining. He then goes down a basement lives there forever. In addition, Slipknot had a goat with them throughout the whole recording, which is why you see a goat head in the album cover. Well, they made this song for the goat, meaning that this song is what the goat thought when it saw the many sides of Slipknot when they were making this album.

9- The Shape

I don't hear much about this song. It's okay, no lie, but it's one of those songs you don't listen to as much because it isn't exactly out there. Well, if you do like it, I can see why. It has it's sneaky elements to it, and the lyrics are alright as well. Again, this song isn't really heard as much. But if it was, then you can see alot of people talking about it.

10- I Am Hated

One of my favorite songs in this album. When I first heard this song, I couldn't get it out of repeat in my iPod for a good 2 weeks or so. I always wanted to try and do the drum track for this song, but I always fail since Joey Jordison is a beast. Well, it's a statement for everyone who thinks they wanna be someone else. You shouldn't want to be someone else, you are who you are. "Now, I'm not pretty and I'm not cool, but I'm fat and I'm ugly and proud - so fuck you." I agree with those lyrics because I feel like I'm 'fat and ugly', but I'm proud of who I am, I don't care what anyone says.

11- Skin Ticket

I don't like this song as much. This song and the next one aren't that great. I mean, it has it's good moments, but in general, they're both pretty bad. For example, this song doesn't really need such a long intro. It doesn't really add in with the rest of the song. It sounds boring until the good part comes up, and even then, after the good part, it gets boring again. But it shouldn't be boring at all, but oh well.

12- New Abortion

Another song I don't really like. I never got into it, that's why. I've heard it many times, but I just don't think it's that great. For the rest of the album, it's like this song and Skin Ticket are just two 2 pieces of cotton in a land full of shards of glass. It just doesn't seem that right. The song is okay, but it doesn't really compete and compare with the other songs in this album.

13- Metabolic

Now this is a good song. It knocks down Skin Ticket and New Abortion. Pure drums, percussion, and screaming. The guitars are in there, yes, but you have to say that this song is all for Joey Jordison, Shawn Crahan, and Chris Fehn. This is a song everyone should listen to.

14- Iowa

This 15 minute epic consists of pure randomness. It's trying to resemble Killers Are Quiet/Dogfish Rising from the end of M.F.K.R. Thing is, this song is way more creepier than the M.F.K.R. version, so I find this one to be better. There aren't any ridiculous sayings and it isn't exactly as random as Dogfish Rising, but it still has an element of which you can feel the eeriness this song has compared to the M.F.K.R. version. This version is mostly about emotional feelings, and once you have gone deep in your body, soul, and mind, you can see where everything is. It is mostly about feelings towards someone, and the emotional feelings you find in your body, it is saying what you want to say, but you can't. This song has everything you want to say. "You are mine, you will always be mine; I can tear you apart; I can recombine you; All I want is to covet you all; You belong to me; I will kill you to love you."

Well, overall, this album is a 9 out of 10. Many say this album is heavier than any other album they have made, and it's true. But my personal taste, their self-titled is better but this album comes into second place. It is pretty heavy and it has it's awesome moments as well as it's okay moments. If you are consider buying this album, do it. It's well worth it and once you're done with it, you'll feel completely different with yourself. I know it happened to me.

Until next time, goodbye.

Part III

This album is the best, no doubt about it. It's just awesome, everything about it. For further explanation, Slipknot is a 9 man band. Well, until one died this same year, but I will explain that in another review. Now, to name them in order from 1-9, #0-Sid Wilson (Turntables) #1-Joey Jordison (Drums) #2- Paul Gray (Bass) #3-Chris Fehn (Percussion) #4- James Root (Guitar) #5- Craig "133" Jones (Samplist) #6-Shawn "Clown" Crahan (Percussion) #7- Mick Thompson (Guitar) #8- Corey Taylor (Vocalist). Each has their own role in this band, not only the roles they play, but each and everyone of them add an interesting personality that together equal Slipknot. Now, this album is their debut self-titles album that got them out there to get signed to a record company, RoadRunner Records. This album is simply the best out of all of them. Coming from June 29, 1999, here is their self-titled debut album, Slipknot.

"Slipknot" 1999

1- 742617000027

"The whole thing I think is sick" or "The whole thing I think is shit" is repeated throughout the whole 00:36 song. This is a great way to open up the album, especially since you can already tell it's going to be awesome. Agree or not, this is their best album uptodate, no lie.

2- (SIC)

This song is awesome. It is one of my favorite songs from them, no doubt. If you ever get the chance to start listening to Slipknot, listen to this song, it will not fail you. It's 3 minutes and 20 seconds of pure all out. It leaves you wanting more, and you do get more. You can tell this album was going places, and it did on February 2001, when it was declared this album to be Double Platinum. You have to give them credit for going that far in their self-titled debut album.

3- Eyeless

Now this a song that would want to make you gouge your eyes out. "You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes." Corey is stating that you can't see anything without being perfect, hense the title being called Eyeless; no one is perfect, so you have no choice but to just be blind in your own world and not give a damn. This song is pure anger when it comes to the fact that the world is not perfect, so shut up with your little perfections, people feel safe and secure where they just are. If you don't and wish to be called the perfect person, well good luck with that.

4- Wait and Bleed

It is said that this song was made because Corey Taylor had a dream where he saw a man in a bathtub just bleeding profusely, so he dedicate this song to anyone who's a masochist out there and just loves pain, and actually agrees with them. The only thing that he disagrees on is the fact that some people turn into masochist because of some lame emotional problem and the only way they want to resolve it is by just cutting themselves up to feel pain. No you stupid little kid, grow up and mature already. "Inside my shell, I wait and bleed," means I wait for happyness, and until then, I stay inside the confounds of my mind until I achieve superiority, but not in a way where I cry myself to sleep.

5- Surfacing

Ah, the famous song that turned most people, mostly teens, to be in Slipknot's fan group, being named "maggots" mostly because of the chorus of this song states, "Fuck it all, fuck this world, fuck everything that you stand for. Don't belong, don't exist, don't give a shit, don't you ever judge me." Of course not in that exact way, he mostly just screams and spits out the words full of rage.

6- Spit It Out

Another favorite of mine, it has a great speed. It's rushing you, wanting to jump higher, scream louder, and even mosh harder. From the beginning, it feels like you're going to get an adrenaline rush, and it does a perfect job doing that because this song does not slow down, only until around the end of the middle of the song, theres a small slow jam where Craig samples sounds with the help of Sid and it goes back to how it was in the beginning, hard and fast.

7- Tattered and Torn

It is said this song was made by the "clown" of the group, #6 Shawn Crahan. Only because when they recorded this back when it was first shown in M.F.K.R., Shawn had the idea of making a song of a sad clown who's angry at the world, and that's what you got in M.F.K.R. Now, in this album, it's a cover that way more metal than the foolish sounding one in the earlier demo. It still has the same aspect of the cynical clown mind, but it goes more deeper in this song than it does in the song in the demo.

8- Me Inside

Definitely another mad man song. When I first heard this song, I felt "insane in the membrane." The beginning of this song sounds pretty weird until you hear the massive double bass happening with sampling/turn tabling. It then goes on with Corey Taylor screaming out what he has had in his mind the whole time recording this album, pure blind anger. This song sounds pretty short, but you still can't deny the fact that it's just awesome.

9- Liberate

This song is for those who can't get free from control. As in, they feel they are being controlled, so they just want to be set free and run away. The beginning lyrics "Liberate - My madness" is self-explanatory. Another song where I felt I just wanted to bash my head into a wall. Funny story about that, I was once listening to Slipknot, and this song was playing at the time, and I felt so antsy to do something, I got up and head banged my crash cymbal from my drumset. I had the idea of doing so when I first saw a video of Joey Jordison doing it when he was playing live. It was a small clip of him doing it, so I wanted to do it. But, since he has a mask, it won't hurt his face. Too bad I didn't think about that at the time, I made a small cut running along my front hairline. Word to the wise, don't ever do that.

10- Prosthetics

If this title rings a bell in your head, it's because this is the same title of a song in the Crowz album. This is the remade version, and in the other post, I said something about pulling your hair. This remake does the same effect, but not exactly making you feel of pulling your hair out. In the beginning, it makes you feel like you want to get into the fetal position in a corner of your room. It then goes on with the feeling of hatred, and not exactly making you feel like you should pull your hair off. It's still good, I think it's better.

11- No Life

I don't quite like this song that much. Corey spends most of the song just singing, and I'm not saying I don't like his normal voice, but I prefer his harsh vocals. The chorus is him singing, while I was accustomed to the screaming vocals. But this song is still good, it would have been way better if it actually had harsh vocals all the time, not some times here and there.

12- Diluted

Another favorite of mine, it starts off awesome, but then slows down. I still like the effect they're using. They started the song in okay speed, slowed it down to mimic a normal thing until it gets faster and faster, and when it goes faster, Corey goes more hard on his vocals, mirroring a man who has no idea what to do. To me, this song is like a story of a man who has had nothing but happiness in his life, but one little screw up and he lost his whole life. "What the hell - did I - do to deserve - all of this?"

13- Only One

As I was listening to this song to review here, I couldn't help it, but I just put my hands away from the keyboard and just jammed a bit. As I said in the Crowz review, this is the remake. When I said I like this version better because Corey does a better doing the vocals in this song, it is completely true. Both versions have their own little drum solo, and I prefer this drum solo than the other. You can say, it's more spicier than the other.

14- Scissors

If this sounds familiar, it is. This is the remake of Heartache and a Pair of Scissors. They just probably shortened it so it wouldn't be exactly the same. The song isn't exactly the same as well. Well, they do both have the eerie feeling to it and the slow speed with a sound that can make you go crazy. At exactly 3:28, you can feel the mental ticking bomb inside your mind. "Bidding my time until the time is right." Once that bass guitar hits, it's like you're ready to go ape shit. You'll know when to blow up in this song, and you'll feel happy you did because that anger in you is relieved. This song is mostly for that, to relieve anger by getting angry. Makes no sense, but that's just how it is.

15- Eeyore

Continue with Scissors and there's a secret hidden track. That hidden track is this song. I personally like this song because this is just pure anger and it makes you just want to jump up and punch everything around. Seriously, get a spot in your room, a place in your house, outside, anywhere and put this song in full volume and just jump around and kick stuff. Invite your friends!

Well then, this is their best album, no doubt about it. 10 out of friggin' 10. Why? Their other albums can't compete with their self-titled debut album, no way. Real quick notice, I reviewed the songs from the original album. Since the original has been released, other songs have been leaked and they were supposed to be on this album but just didn't make it. The 10th Anniversary Edition has all the little demos and whatnot, so I'll see if I can find those demos.

Until next time, goodbye.

Let's take a break.

(For that special someone, here you go.) You have no idea how many people are in love with this group. Some might say they're mainstream, some might not care of what they say, because in the end, you still have to say their music is awesome. It might not be your taste, but even if, hear them out. You might change your mind and hear their songs. This awesome group is called Daft Punk.

Daft Punk is an electronic music group originating in the early 1990s but gaining popularity amongst the public around the late 1990s. It consists of French born Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo(1974) and Thomas Bangalter(1975). They first met in a secondary school in Paris and had created a small indie band with another classmate of theirs. They have made a rock n' roll band and played gigs. They had a negative review which stated "a bunch of daft punk." And that is where they got their name from, they liked it since it sounded unique. Their classmate left for unknown reasons and when he did, Guy-Manuel and Thomas messed around with drum machines and synthesizers. That is the formation of the Grammy Award winning duo, Daft Punk. Now, onto the review!

"Homework" 1997

I have to say, early Daft Punk is where its at. The songs are a bit repetitive, but thats how most house music is, it's intentionally for clubs and raves. Repetitive, but every now and then, they change it up a bit, that's why I like this album. Da Funk and Around the World are probably the most recognized songs in this album. Other than those 2 singles, other songs in this album are great. Notable songs in this album that are worth listening to areRevolution 909 (which has a music video that should be checked out), Phoenix (which is a bit repetitive, but if you play this at a club, no one cares, they'll just dance!), Around the World (I'm pretty sure some of you have heard this song. This also has a video with great choreography, it should also be checked out), Rollin' & Scratchin' (Another song for the club), Rock 'N Roll (Personal favorite of mine, nothing to do with the genre though), andBurnin' (yet another song that has a video that, again, should be checked out.) Overall, this album deserves a 8 out of 10. Most of these songs are a bit repetitive, but still enjoyable.

"Discovery" 2001

I have to say, this is one of my favorite albums of all time. Not just because the songs in this album are amazing, but they all make up a story, and that story is the movie "Interstella 5555." If you have never seen the film, then you have no idea what you've been missing. The entire movie is the Discovery album, in order, to form a story about an alien band kidnapped by a mean old music agent just to use their music in order to get the fame and fortune himself. As the movie continues, the music keeps on going. It goes from the first song One More Time, to the last song, the 10 minute epic,Too Long. This album has to be the best from Daft Punk. It has great singles that everybody knows, including One More Time,Aerodynamic, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, and Short Circuit. Other great songs includeSuperheroes, Digital Love, and actually, the whole album is just great. If you want to buy this album, then go ahead, it's worth it. But I do recommend watching the movie "Interstella 5555" to understand the story Daft Punk are trying to say in this album. Overall: this album deserves a 10 out of 10. I can't get enough of how great this album is.

"Human After All" 2005

Daft Punk themselves say this is their favorite album out of the other albums. I can see what they mean, this album is pretty good, not going to lie. I still prefer Discovery, but this album also takes the cake. I didn't like some aspects, though. The use of vocals in most of their songs, I'd rather music of that genre without any lyrics, just bass, treble, and sound effects, because that's what techno and any other form of it should sound like. Well, here are other songs everybody knows, Robot Rock and Technologic. Every other songs are excellent for this album. Even if I don't like this album in particular, but hey, still give it a chance, it's awesome. My personal favorites are Human After All, Make Love, Television Rules the Nation, and Emotion. 4 songs out of the 10 tracks in this album is pretty bad, but hey, some people might love this album, and I can see why. Well, this album might not be what I expected to be, but I still like it. This album is an 8 out of 10.

Overall, I give this group a 9 out of 10. Why? Because they're just that awesome. If they made more albums, then you will for sure love them even more. They might be a tad mainstream when it comes to that type of genre, but who cares, honestly. There's good mainstream, when it doesn't even matter, and there's bad mainstream, *coughNicklebackcough*. Recent news, Daft Punk will be doing the soundtrack for the movie Tron: Legacy. To wrap it up, you should listen to this group. If you don't like this type of music, then you're just missing out.

Until next time, goodbye.

(P.S. This review was for that one special person. She told me to review a favorite artist of hers, and she told me to do Daft Punk, so, knowing this month is Slipknot month, I squeezed in a day just for her so she and you guys, my readers, can read something other than Slipknot. You can say this is a small break from the Slipknot infestation.)

(P.S.S. Slipknot Part III will be out soon, so expect that to come out. If you don't read the Slipknot reviews, then whatever, your lost.)

Part II

Now this album is considered as their first actual demo album. They forgot about Crowz because it was mostly about who would get the position of lead singer. Now, this album is called "Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat." and it is, technically, their second album. When I first found out about this album, I had listen to it, but it was rare. Unlike Crowz, where you can't find the album anywhere since only a limited few have them, M.F.K.R., when it came out, only sold 1,000 copies. During this time, Slipknot had different band members, including ones that are still in it and ones who have left because of unknowing reasons. In this album, Anders Colsefini is part of almost all the songs in this album on vocals. Most of the reason why is because, at the time, Corey Taylor wanted to be in Slipknot because, during a Battle of the Bands where Corey was in the band "Stone Sour", he didn't want to be a part of a band he thought sucked. So, he jumped along and see if he can be in Slipknot, hence the formation of Crowz. Well, M.F.K.R. is all Anders, mostly since they started recording this album way before they even knew a man called Corey Taylor. The result was awesome, this album is really good. Some songs here are remade as well, but I kind of like them this way, except for a few songs. Well, enough of this jibberjabber, onto the review!

"Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat." 1996

1- Slipknot

It's too much of a soft opener for the album. This song gets to be redone in the next album, which sounds way better in my opinion. The speed of this song gets a tad boring considering the other songs are a tad faster. It mostly consists of guitar riffs and little percussion instruments here and there.

2- Gently

Another song that gets redone, but this song is amazing. It's slow, and it sounds good being slow. The first song, Slipknot, sounds like it should be faster, but not this song. It's slow in the beginning and it consists of acoustic guitar. It then picks up with a heavy electric guitar riff showing that the song is about to begin, and after theres a small drum solo, but not a drum solo where you think they go all out. It then picks up back to being soft, and thats when Anders Colsefini starts dominating the vocals, and that's when the song goes to back to it's quick speed. The song sounds like it should be a song to listen to when you're just mad and want to blow off some steam.

3- Do Nothing/Bitchslap

Now, I personally love this song. It has a jazz feeling to it and then, it goes to back to what Slipknot is, hard metal. I like this song just because it amuses me since it starts with a jazzy feeling, it then goes to metal, then back to jazz, and then back to metal. But the second time it goes to metal, it then goes to like, a disco beat. "Man, you're like a student or something. No class," says Anders during its disco style song before it goes back to metal. The song finishes with Anders going full out crazy, it sounds like he's vomiting, but that's only because they used an autotuner just for fun.

4- Only One

This song was redone with Anders for this album. I prefer this version, only because he has a deeper voice than Corey. But still, Corey has a faster voice for this type of song. The lyrics have to be said real quick, and Anders doesn't really quite make it through, so he took it slow for this song. I didn't really like the fact he took it slow though. Corey did a better version of this in a later album, with faster lyrics.

5- Tattered and Torn

Ah yes, my favorite song in this album. Sounds like a clown made this song, and that's precisely what happened. My next review will explain what I mean, so hold back a bit. Well, this song is amazing, I love it. It has sort of a foolish madman feeling to it. I also have to add the drum fills in this song are pretty awesome. The drummer, my role model, has mad chops and shows them off in some parts of the song.

6- Confessions

It is said that Anders wanted to make this song because he was angry with his life and had no idea what to do, so he turned to his career and tried to make out a song about how he felt about life and stuff like that. It's pretty sad if you think about it. "(You don't want to feel) The sorrow that my heart holds in knowing just where my hopes and dreams are going." That, to me, is poetry.

7- Some Feel

This song does a good job bringing you back to reality after listening to Confessions, it goes back to it's metal ways. With my imagination, I imagined when Anders sang Confessions, he had to go back to be focused and come back to reality. But when he did that, he brought back the anger he had. So, this song is basically bringing you back to the reality you were away from when listening to Confessions.

8- Killers Are Quiet

This 10 minute long song has many different meanings behind it. It is said they had to record some of the sounds on this song at a warehouse that manufactures tools. You hear gears grinding and just other different noises that were recorded at this warehouse. They used the noises and added their music to go along with it, just for the hell of it. This is also a song that gets redone, but without the gears and the knobs moving and such. It is said that this song had a problem with timing issues, so they had to leave it long so they wouldn't have to worry about missing noises and little things here and there. Throughout the song, once Anders finished singing, you can tell they tried to use the large amount of space and just add little drum fill and little noises here and there, only because of the timing issues.

9- Dogfish Rising (Hidden Track)

It is said that, on the vinyl album, if you continue playing Killers Are Quiet, you get the continuation of the song, so in reality, Killers Are Quiet is cut up in two parts, the second part being this one, making the whole song a whopping 19 minute song. Well, they only made this part for the shits and giggles, and you can see why when, after 4 minutes and 20 seconds of this song, it gets a bit weird. It goes from the gears grinding and knobs moving to Anders singing and the band playing a simple beat, and Anders saying really random confusing things. I think it's sampled from wherever they got it, but sometimes, you hear Anders saying really random things. I really have no idea what he says though, so I can't tell what he's saying.

Overall, this album gets a 6 out of 10. Mostly because it's Anders singing, and I like his deep voice. Too bad he leaves once they agreed that Corey will be the new vocalists. Well, in order to save time for the next review, these are the band members who were once in Slipknot, but left for unknown reasons: Anders Colsefini, vocalist, Josh Brainard, guitar, Donnie Steele, another guitarist, and Greg Welts, percussion. All the other members are still in Slipknot today. Except for one band member, who was a co-founder of the band, but I will explain that in another review.

Until next time, goodbye.

Part I

Heres is the month that I've been waiting for. The month to review my favorite band in the whole wide world. I first heard them on the radio, back in 2007. It was 2 songs and I really liked them. So, I searched them up and found out the name of the band. Ever since then, I couldn't stop listening to them, and that's when I declared they are my favorite band. This band is Slipknot.

Slipknot is a band coming from Des Moines, Iowa around 1995. Their real debut album came out 1999, but before that, they had a demo abbreviated as M.F.K.R. and even before, we have the rarest album ever from Slipknot. I myself have the whole tracklist, my sources will not be named, and listening to it, you can tell some songs on here are re-done in other albums. This album name is Crowz, and I will review every single song here, as I will do it for every album from Slipknot this whole month. Here we go:

"Crowz" Somewhere in the late 1990's

1- Coleslaw (Demo)

All of these songs are demos, so they don't go that far in the music business. Some do, but only when its remade on other albums, with sometimes different names. This particular song I enjoy. It sounds thrashy, and it makes me feel like punching a hole in the wall. I like how before the main singer, Corey Taylor, they had Anders Colsefini as lead vocals. During that time, the band had different names, such as "Painface" and "The Pale Ones" until their debut album. Back to this song, with Anders on vocals, I would have admired Slipknot even more, but oh well, this was back in the day, and I still love them.

2- Interloper (Anders Colsefini Live)

The actual Interloper song is later in this album, but they included a live version of it first. It sounds like they played at a small place because you don't hear alot of people in the audience. But hey, they were just a local band back then, no one really knew them. Well, this song is pretty funny and awesome. This song gets redone later as an extra in another one of their albums, but without some of the lyrics.

3- May 17th (Anders Colsefini Live)

I personally don't like this song. It doesn't sound that great, even though it has a small part where I can imagine them all headbanging. The quality is one to blame, their live songs doesn't sound great, it sounds like theres no bass and way too little treble. Well, that's probably how it was back then. This song was not remade, but if it was, it would probably sound better, instead of mostly just noise.

4- Windows (Anders Colsefini Live)

This is yet another song that has been remade in another album, with way better quality. This song sounds like it's appropriate for a madman or a psychopath. There's so much going on, and it just reminds me of a song that if it has a music video, it will probably go inside the mind of a crazy lunatic in a straight jacket at a mad house, like Alcatraz. The song finishes with a small growl and it goes to the next song, which I found amusing.

5- Carve (Demo)

"They're doing something rather curious with the parts of the body, in a way we don't fully understand" gets repeated throughout before it starts sounding like another song for a mad man. It continues to go on until the bridge comes in and it sounds like an instrumental song until you hear Anders just screaming random things to the mic, I can't really tell what he says because he's going pretty quick. It then turns to a small jazzy jam with harsh vocals and then goes back to what it was, a quick heavy song.

6- Prosthetics (Corey Taylor Demo)

Here comes the man of the hour, Corey Taylor. Back then, it was argued who would be the main vocalist, Corey Taylor or Anders Colsefini. After making this album, they told Corey he would be the main vocalists and while doing the album after this, Anders left throughout it because he didn't want to be back up vocals anymore. Well, this song gets remade in another album, and that one is better than this one. This song is for someone who is going out of their mind and you see them in a corner, pulling their hair out in fetal position.

7- Me Inside (Corey Taylor Demo)

Another song that gets redone. I like this song for its random little breakdowns, everything else is ok. The chorus of this song sound like a chorus that you get from any Slipknot song now, Corey Taylor singing. No, not just screaming, you can hear a tad of singing.

8- The Me Inside (Anders Colsefini Demo)

It's the same song that Corey song, but it's just Anders singing. It was made to see who can take the main vocalist part, so this song isn't any different than the Corey version. It has the same little random breakdowns, but in a different way.

9- Only One (Corey Taylor Demo)

I personally like this song, it's pretty jazzy in the beginning and it then just goes down to some hardcore breakdown! This is the beginning of what Slipknot used to do, Corey saying lyrics at a quick tempo while the band plays up to speed. This demo also has a small sample from somewhere that says "Don't let him get me...AHHHH!" I find it pretty amusing.

10- Gently (Corey Taylor Demo)

This song gets redone in a later album. I'll review it when it comes to that album because I didn't like this version so much. It sounds pretty much the same, but I like the newer version of it. It's supposed to be a song that's a powerful hard ballad, and that's what you get in the later album. Here, it's just the same, a soft beginning and then boom, hard.

11- Interloper (Apple of My Eyes Demo)

I really have no words about this song. I didn't like it, except for small funny parts, but even with those small funny parts, I still didn't like it. The remade one is better, I'll review that one instead of this one. I honestly find this song to be stupid. I even like the live version better than this one.

12- Wait and Bleed (Demo Edit)

It's basically Wait and Bleed from their self-titled album, just with Anders singing in the background. Nothing special, you can tell Anders doesn't want to be back up vocals because he doesn't sing much.

13- Snap (Early Demo)

I love this song. It gets remade, but still, I like this song for the fact that it makes me just want to jump around when I listen to it. The later version gets to be in a soundtrack for a movie, which makes it even better. But this is the early demo, so it doesn't sound as great as the newer version.

14- Heartache and a Pair of Scissors (Anders Colsefini Live)

Another song that gets remade. This version isn't that great because, again, the quality it has from being recorded live. I like this song, it's dark, deep, and powerful. Overall, this song is pretty good. The newer version sounds a bit the same, but longer, change of lyrics, but it still has that melancholy atmosphere.

15- Hate (Simplified Version)

I like this song, it's pretty harsh, it has Anders and Corey, and it's quick. What a song to end the album, a personal favorite of mine. Too bad this song is only in this album, it isn't remade, so it just stays in this album.

Well, to wrap it up, I give this album a 4 out of 10. For its time, it was pretty good. But now knowing most of these songs are remade and done better, it falls short. Some people might say that some songs are in this album and some are not, but that's what they think. This is the actual track listing of Crowz, a band member even said that was the whole order of the album, so beat that. Well, until next time, goodbye.

(P.S. Sorry for this being so long, I had to include a small background of the band, like I do to every band I've done. Next review will be M.F.K.R., their second demo album. I'll see if I can make it short, because this review was pretty long and again, my apologies.)