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SLIPKNOT - Iowa
What has 18 legs and is sure to rip your soul apart? Yep, the answer is
Slipknot.
This masked, boiler suit wearing 9-man strong incognito powerhouse of
pure Metal mayhem from Iowa finally released the follow up to their vehemently
brilliantly first effort. Their apocalyptic vision of this decaying spinning
rock called earth spurts forth from a brilliantly produced amalgamation
of thundering drums, shredding & chopping guitars, blistering vocal intensity
and an array of additional percussion and sampled bits & pieces. Slipknot
doesn't hold back, not even when they slip into a temporary sense of calm.
With ¾ of the planet labeling them "evil", what people fail to see is
the fact that Slipknot
reflects the calamity, which is all around and created by us, escalating
to boiling point. The sleeve art is phenomenal with silver reflective
print as well as printed trace paper inside. Absolutely beautiful. [Unfortunately
its reflective surface doesn't get justified with this scanned image -
the light bouncing back at the scanner, its silver mercury shine turning
dull - so, go check it out in the shops ya punx!] Nothing is ever what
it seems and the repulsive nature of Slipknot is one of those paradoxical
bondage free musical expressions turned appealing via many factors like
its addictive, tribal nature and fascinating flirtation with the dark
side and similar attraction one has to art like horror films. The closing
title track is a 14-minute trip of audio exploration, paranoia, crunch
& passion. Enter their world if you dare and do yourself a favour and
check out their first album (pictured below) - it is packed with a bunch
of total Slipknot
classics like Eyeless and Spit It Out. You can't have just
one or the other - it's gotta be both.
5 / A
- PB
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