- Slipknot Influences And Style
Slipknot – Psychosocial
(Read All Slipknot Articles) – I listened to my first Slipknot song today and I’m going get a patch and make my own Slipknot rap shirt from Planet 13. While I’m waiting for my new rap shirt to come, I could’t help but wonder what the content of the words were behind the song. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks as I figured out why this band is as popular as they are. I’ve been promoting and telling the story behind these bands for months now and being that I’ve always wanted to know the truth about subject matters and get past all of the trash, I can see now why Slipknot is so popular.
Check these words out:
Pseudo-sacred
Pyscho virgin
Go tell your classes
Go dig you grave
Then fill
Your mouth with
All the money
You will save
Oh, there are cracks
In the road we lay
From when the devil fell
The secrets have gone mad
This is nothing new
But would we kill it all
Fate was all we had
Who needs another mess
We could start over
Just look me in the eyes
And say I’m wrong
Now there’s only emptiness
But I’m missing something
I think we’re done
I’m not the only one
Sid Wilson and Shawn Crahan during a 2005 concert Slipknot is known for often chaotic and energetic live shows.
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The band’s primary influences include Black Sabbath, Slayer, Judas Priest, Korn, AC/DC, Kiss and Beastie Boys. Death metal, and black metal, have been mentioned as a key influence on the band’s musical direction alongside nu metal which the band is generally listed as. They have also stated that they are influenced by industrial bands like Head of David, Godflesh and Skinny Puppy as well as Neurosis and jungle music like Roni Size.
Slipknot has an extreme performance style provided by their large line-up featuring a typical heavily down-tuned guitar set-up (lead, rhythm, and bass guitars), two percussionists in addition to the primary drummer, and electronics (samplers and turntables). Robert Cherry of Rolling Stone compared the band’s sound to “a threshing machine devouring a military drum corps.”
Their early work hosted a large range of vocal styles, ranging from rapping to occasional singing to growled vocals. In more recent work, this vocal style remains present, but now includes more melodic singing. The lyrics generally follow a very aggressive tone and feature themes such as darkness, nihilism, anger, disaffection, love, misanthropy and psychosis. Rick Anderson of All Music Guide regards the group’s lyrics as “not generally quotable on a family website”. There has been controversy surrounding Slipknot’s lyrics, including a case in which a pair of young killers blamed the lyrics from the song “Disasterpiece” for their vicious crime and a case in 2006 in which lyrics from the song “Surfacing” were found at the site of a grave robbing. However, the band has never faced any serious allegations that their lyrics may incite violent or criminal behavior.
Follow the reaper posted this question on the Slipknot official message board that I thought was interesting:
Which slipknot song can you best relate to?
Follow the reaper can perfectly relate to “Diluted” while Plague1 can relate to Wait and Bleed
How about you … Which slipknot song can you best relate to?
I honestly couldn’t relate to any of their material, because I never took the time to listen to what they had to say. It does make for some interesting stuff to write about. At least you won’t find me falling asleep reading about that this band is all about. But then again, my life is exciting and I don’t understand why some feel they have to go to such an extreme. That would be one question I’d have for them plus a long list of others – but maybe going to the extreme is the only way most people will listen to a message that needs to be told.
When you post your comments I’d also like to know why you relate to a certain particular song.
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