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.)