Best Slipknot album

WarThumb · #1 11-12-2009, 03:46 AM

Slipknot is on the list of bands I don't know at all. Can't name a song. So, if I would like to discover what they are about, which album to get?

Paul262 · #2 11-12-2009, 03:48 AM

To be honest... And I know I'm going to get flamed to hell for saying this...

But you're not missing much...

WarThumb · #3 11-12-2009, 04:00 AM

Hehe. I knew someone would say so. And that is why I don't have any Slipknot albums. I thought I'd give them a try

rez · #4 11-12-2009, 04:04 AM

I will second the not missing much.
But since you are asking I would say the self-titled debut album is the best picture of their songs, after that the production just gets more and more muddy and the songs interbred (which is a problem that gets repeated in the careers of a lot of "nu-metal" bands from the same time period).

Paul262 · #5 11-12-2009, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by WarThumb

Hehe. I knew someone would say so. And that is why I don't have any Slipknot albums. I thought I'd give them a try

If I were in your place, I'd just check out a few songs on youtube, I wouldn't even download an album.

El Bajo · #6 11-12-2009, 04:21 AM

Vol 3. Its good and an ideal forrey for a non Slipknot fan! It shows of more of corey taylors voice and bands musical prowness. But don't expect anything amazing on the bass, he's layered guitar to give it an umf, not much else.

theunknowndude · #7 11-12-2009, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by El Bajo

Vol 3. Its good and an ideal forrey for a non Slipknot fan! It shows of more of corey taylors voice and bands musical prowness. But don't expect anything amazing on the bass, he's layered guitar to give it an umf, not much else.

I disagree,...

mate feed kill repeat is good even if its not half the current line up, pretty much all of self titled is good (try and get the purity song that was taken off later productions its my fav song), Iowa is about half / half,... some good songs and some of it too trashy/thrashy/screamy.... Vol: 3 I actually forgot how good a lot of the songs are with a bigger variety of melodic / interesting sounds,... then they seemed to have just gone thrashy/trashy/white noise of guitars and screaming,... not my thing at all

as said before don't even bother trying to hear the bass tho... its kind of amazing, they can get clear production on self titled with most the instruments clearly defined and yet the bass unless it plays solo is just 'part of the wall o sound' of either kick drum or guitar...

off the top of my head the only place I can remember hearing paul gray playing is the intro to wait and bleed,...

link to purity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbhSITX6WjQ

BobaFret · #8 11-12-2009, 09:16 AM

My personal favorite is "Iowa".

El Bajo · #9 11-12-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by theunknowndude

I disagree,...

mate feed kill repeat is good even if its not half the current line up, pretty much all of self titled is good (try and get the purity song that was taken off later productions its my fav song), Iowa is about half / half,... some good songs and some of it too trashy/thrashy/screamy.... Vol: 3 I actually forgot how good a lot of the songs are with a bigger variety of melodic / interesting sounds,... then they seemed to have just gone thrashy/trashy/white noise of guitars and screaming,... not my thing at all

link to purity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbhSITX6WjQ

hey buddy
I agree on your disagree. What I really mean't was as a first timer to Slipknot Vol 33 is a decent album to get. It kinda depends what kinda back ground you come from. If its a metallica sound then Vol 3. If its a Slayer background then Iowa. IMHO

Valerus · #10 11-12-2009, 10:29 AM

i like a lot of the ambient stuff on vol. 3. thats about it.

Mooch · #11 11-12-2009, 05:54 PM

I think the self-titled cd is by far the best. Obviously wait and bleed is the big track off that cd. Iowa I think has the better production for there style of music but that cd is very heavy but I do love that cd.

Vol 3 is ok. I personally like the acoustic tracks the best like Vermillion and circles. Not sure about there newest cd. What I heard was more and more slayer/pantera/sepultura crap so I gave up on them.

They do kick ass live though. There drummer is amazing.

Mooch

GearHeadBassMan · #12 11-12-2009, 06:00 PM

I think Iowa is a stronger album. Every once in awhile there's some interesting stuff in the bass department, but if you want bass in nu metal, thats what mudvayne's "l.d. 50" is for.

I saw them when I was 16 and they were amazing. Didn't see them again until this past summer (20) and they were really terrible

michaelc · #13 11-12-2009, 06:07 PM

I understand that this is a bass site, so not hearing the bass is an issue, but it's a nine piece band. I could say the same thing about a lot of jazz recordings as well.

Vol. 3 is by far the most accessable of their albums. I know people who hate most metal who like at least part of that album. I like All Hope is Gone quite a bit, but I don't think it is a good pace to start. I love "Dead Memories" off that album, but a lot of it is just dense sonic mayham that can be overwhelming.

Where I think the most can be learned in an educational sense from listening to Slipknot is phrasing. A song like "Wait and Bleed seems super simple, but listen to the way the groove shift and leans and the way the melody/harmony (cause lets face it in droped tuned metal like this they're pretty much one and the same) pops and twists, all while staying in very straight forward time.

schecterbassnut · #14 11-12-2009, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GearHeadBassMan

I think Iowa is a stronger album. Every once in awhile there's some interesting stuff in the bass department, but if you want bass in nu metal, thats what mudvayne's "l.d. 50" is for.

I saw them when I was 16 and they were amazing. Didn't see them again until this past summer (20) and they were really terrible

L.D 50 brings back some memories wicked bass and drumming iwoa is a decent album, check out Between the buried and me album colors, dan briggs is an amazing bass player check Viridian of colors

BassistFreak416 · #15 11-12-2009, 08:29 PM

probably Vol3 and All Hope is Gone
i dont like their early cd's since their old techno, numetal, rap style sounded horrible to me. some of their new hectic yelling songs arent their best either

the only 3 songs i really like from slipknot are Before i Forget, Dead Memories, and Psychosocial. all are great to play on bass too

TortillaChip520 · #16 11-12-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by WarThumb

So, if I would like to discover what they are about, which album to get?

uhh.. none of them

Gunnerhea86 · #17 11-12-2009, 08:45 PM

IOWA!!! for sure!!! all the albums have their good points., but Iowa is IMO the heaviest without being sloppy.

WarThumb · #18 11-18-2009, 05:06 PM

OK. Not for me.

jollygiantchris · #19 11-19-2009, 07:42 AM

YOU CAN'T SEE CALIFORNIA WITHOUT MARLON BRANDO'S EYES!
^^^
Best track. But seriously the S/T is the best one.

amroach · #20 11-19-2009, 07:55 AM

both the first 2 albums are good, the others.... not so much.