Slipknot...?

[rokkolpo]

wait and bleed and duality are pretty awesome.

i never looked that much into them though. i heard from a friend they grunt alot, so i never bothered with them.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Ok then, please explain to me what you consider musical genious?
Lady GaGa? JLS? Lil Wayne? What?

King Crimson.

EDIT: Gorguts,Neurosis,Cynic.

Ok I'm going to level with you, I have never even heard of them, so yeah they must be awesome!
Not to say that whatever I haven't heard of isn't good.

My idea of genious would be Matt Bellamy, Tim Mcilrath, Corey Taylor and Mike Shinoda most of all!

And I've never heard of any of the guys you just listed. Therefore by your logic they can't be geniuses either. After looking up those names though I just have to say, I hope you enjoy your pop-metal. Those guys have done nothing that truly defines them as genius as far as I'm concerned. I'm not saying they're all bad, just not quite on the level you seem to be placing them.

Tony Iommi owns all those fools with just his severed finger.

 

[The Eggplant]

A resounding mehhhhh. They're a moderately talented bunch with the ability to play halfway-decent consumer-oriented metal, hampered by an apparently compulsive need to be "dark" and a handful of useless gimmicks. (STOP TRYING TO MAKE THE MASKS SCARIER! THEY'RE NOT SCARY! THEY'RE FUNNY!) There are better metal bands, both old and new, to be found without much difficulty.

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

What annoys me is when people claim this band or other is the cancer of music because it's not creative or whatever, because funnily enough, Slipknot are not stopping Cynic or BTBAM from making music, in fact, they're most likely helping more people to get into metal and get onto better things, so this musical snobbery around Metalcore being a cancer is just plain dumb.

Slipknot is not creative, but its also commercial and pretty souless, it gives a terrible representation and impression of metal. Even though it might be a gateway band, although i dont see how it is, considering its lack of atmosphere,commercialism and simplcity, when alot of Metal is non-commercial,atmospheric, and quite a few bands write complex material, and least we forget, its mostly extreme.

Metalcore is a cancer, they bring in a lack of creativity, commercialism into metal, while blocking out actual bands. There are exceptions, but Metalcore is bad for metal, like Lamb of God, Pantera, Bullet For My Valentine,Trivium and all that horrible lot that just take the worse of metal, and turn it into a commercial turd.

Ive heard of Guthrie Govan, but was never interested, i suppose he is a good guitarist.

Right, I got into Good Charlotte, and then Slipknot and now bands like Rolo Tomassi and BTBAM, whichever way you look at it they are a gateway band, and as I said already, they do not stop whatever bands you like from making music they can't kill it unless they literally go and kill the bands that you like. Which ... would be interesting to say the least.
And the idea that Pantera aren't real metal is quite frankly ridiculous when they created a whole freakin' genre, and the only band you listed which is commercial is Bullet, because frankly, neither of the other three were ever popular. And they all put out relatively interesting music, the harmonies in the solos on Ascendancy were all good and saying they have no creativity is purely subjective, I could say Cynic have no merit because all they do is write ridiculously complex music and scream over the top of it, and that would be my subjective opinion, it's not wrong or right, but you can't claim a band has no creativity just because you can't see the creativity.
Oh, and "i suppose he is a good guitarist"???

ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

You're having a go at Slipknot for a lack of creativity and you haven't heard the best guitarist in the world at the moment. Well, I suggest you listen to Ner Ner and Waves and then reply back.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Their songs are a bit up and down with me. I love most but others just bore me to death. Overall I would say I do like them quite a lot.

 

[Hobo Joe]

Slipknot are an absolute joke in my mind, their music is awful.

 

[Dmatix]

Apologies, Assclown.
Even if you aren't a fan, you must like Snuff, or Vermillion Pt.2, or even Before I Forget?
I remember I used to hate them, but that was like 5 years ago when I was still listening to Pop music. Since then my eyes have opened

Am I the only one that finds the phrase "Apologies, Assclown" hilarious?

OT: Funny, but I don't think I ever heard one of their songs.

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

They've got some good songs.
But I think Corey and Jim are turning them to soft, Chris Fehn is the greatest asshole in the world and Mick and Joey should start a new, more awesome band.

 

[antipunt]

I really like them, but I wouldn't deem them worship-worthy, like Matt Bellamy from Muse

 

[LightspeedJack]

I'm not much for just straight up metal I prefer metalcore or death metal but Slipknot have a few great songs and they go nuts on stage which is always a plus. Also R.I.P. Paul Grey.

So Rise Against and Fort Minor are mainstream?
That's what you think until you get asked your favorite band, you say "Rise Against" and they say "Oh, Rage Against The Machine?" and it's like "No... Rise Against you twat!"
I'm 15 for your information, not looking to be flamed so fuck off if you're gonna start stuff.

I can't believe you just said I'm into mainstream... I'm offended!
Muse and Linkin Park are the only 'mainstream' bands I'm into.

Rise Against are pretty mainstream dude. For a rock band at least.

 

[DarthFennec]

I liked them a lot when they were the only "metal" band I knew of, but since then I started listening to other artists, I don't like them so much anymore.

 

[Faulty Turmoil]

I Don't really care for them either way, but they do have some good songs, although they are one of my friends favorite bands.

 

[googleit6]

Since we are discussing Slipknot, I feel this is appropriate.
Honestly, I don't know much about Slipknot. From what I've heard, they are okay.

Haha! Thank you, you just made my day!

I'm glad I could. That video always manages to make me laugh- I can't imagine how funny I would find it if I actually listened to Slipknot in the first place. The band members laughing in the background makes the video for me.

 

[xXAsherahXx]

I used to like them, then I got bored. Then, All Hope Is Gone came out. God that album sucks so much. They said the world wasn't ready for it...turns out, the world is, indeed, ready for it, and is already sick and tired of Fred Durst-esque ballads.

 

[Jazoni89]

I used to like them alot when i was younger (teenager), but my taste have changed quite alot since then and now i have a much more diverse music taste. But recently i have got back into them (may be due to their bassist dying or something) and i have to been listerning to their music once again.

Their favourite song has got to be without a shadow of a doubt vermillion Pt 1/2 especially if you listern to part 1 and 2 simultaneously (that way you get the full greatness of the song due to the first one being a angsty fuel ride while the other being a heartbreaking depressing masterpiece). Vermillion Part 2 is also a good song to show people who think slipknot have zero talent.

 

[VincentMm]

It's good pop metal.
I like hearing it in the pub when I want to drunkenly dance.

 

[HigherTomorrow]

I prefer Slip-n-...

oh :'(