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SLIPKNOT - 870621345
(Roadrunner)
This 9 piece gang of audio terrorists slap you square in the face and
karate chops your neck before you hit the ground. Their total anarchic
attitude explodes forth with everything including the kitchen sink: bass,
guitars, samples, turntables, voice, “custom percussion” and a whole bucket
of bile aimed at society. Giving the Nu-Metal genre a little bit more
than the usual cliché, the boys from Slipknot also put on one hell
of a show with their boiler suit uniforms and varied masks. Freaky, crazy,
tortured, demented and one solid goddamned wall of energy. But it’s not
a mere screaming thrash from start to finish, with the aggressive explosions
meeting moments of dreaming melody and harmonic voice or drum & bass waves
& samples. It is also good to know the invigourating double bass drum
attack has not been discarded in our day and age of the programmed beat.
Aside from the 15 tracks you’re treated to another 4 songs (and 2 hidden
tracks, a hacking-barfing-laughing session and a speeding blaster), pushing
it well over an hour of totally groovy mayhem. Technically precise and
determined as a turbo-charged steamroller, after sitting through 870621345
you’ll more than likely have your knickers in a (uuuhm) slipknot (!).
6 / A
- PB
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