Were you, like me, pleasantly surprised with how good Slipknot's last record was? After the mixed bag that was All Hope is Gone, I didn't know what to expect from .5: The Gray Chapter. I certainly didn't expect the level of kick-ass that I got.
Slipknot has always been a volatile set of relationships, something that only seems to have gotten more and more true as the years and albums have piled up. With a couple of the original nine now gone, perhaps the most important of which being bassist Paul Gray, it's hard to know how much gas Slipknot have left in their collective tank. Factor in the time Slipknot traditionally takes between albums, and it would seem that their alums may well be numbered.
So let's celebrate the return to form the band accomplished with .5: The Gray Chapter by jamming heavy rager "AOV" at a decent volume, OK?
Showing posts with label Paul Gray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Gray. Show all posts
Friday, 30 October 2015
Sunday, 3 August 2014
Slipknot - The Negative One
I'm already a few days late to the party on this one, so I'd better hurry up and get it over with lest I become even tardier.
All the recent online teasing from Slipknot has finally culminated in the streaming of a new song, "The Negative One", our first taste of the band's new material minus Paul and Joey. It's not the best Slipknot song, but it might belie the quality of the rest of the band's next record.
Since there isn't really any further news about when such a record might be released, for now we'll have to content ourselves with "The Negative One". Have any thoughts about the new track upon listening? Leave a comment below, whydoncha?
All the recent online teasing from Slipknot has finally culminated in the streaming of a new song, "The Negative One", our first taste of the band's new material minus Paul and Joey. It's not the best Slipknot song, but it might belie the quality of the rest of the band's next record.
Since there isn't really any further news about when such a record might be released, for now we'll have to content ourselves with "The Negative One". Have any thoughts about the new track upon listening? Leave a comment below, whydoncha?
Sunday, 15 December 2013
Saturday's Song: Slipknot - Snuff
Yes, I know I'm a few hours late with Saturday's song. I'll blame the weather, because the wintery blast we're currently in the midst of receiving has a great deal to do with my getting posts posted on time. Or not.
Anyways, by now the well-informed among you may already have heard that Slipknot has parted ways with drummer Joey Jordison (or maybe it's the other way around), so today (or yesterday, now) we're going with a Slipknot song to commemorate the final nail in the coffin of Slipknot as we knew it. First Paul Gray's death in 2010 and now the loss of Joey add up to what will be a very different band on their next record.
So as a kind of ceremonial chalice-raising to the end of the beast that was, your song for Saturday is "Snuff" from 2008's All Hope is Gone. It might be a little too Stone Sour for some Slipknot fans, but it's a cool song, and a good one too.
Anyways, by now the well-informed among you may already have heard that Slipknot has parted ways with drummer Joey Jordison (or maybe it's the other way around), so today (or yesterday, now) we're going with a Slipknot song to commemorate the final nail in the coffin of Slipknot as we knew it. First Paul Gray's death in 2010 and now the loss of Joey add up to what will be a very different band on their next record.
So as a kind of ceremonial chalice-raising to the end of the beast that was, your song for Saturday is "Snuff" from 2008's All Hope is Gone. It might be a little too Stone Sour for some Slipknot fans, but it's a cool song, and a good one too.
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