Slipknot...?

[rt052192]

eh they're alright, unique I guess...

 

[Anti-gravity]

they can go suck a cactus....

 

[TheLaofKazi]

What is precisely wrong with Slipknot in comparison to Cynic, or whatever, yeah Cynic is much more complicated but I'm gonna go ahead and say Slipknot's music is gonna work more with dynamics as popular music often does. Just because Cynic or whatever bands you like are better in some areas doesn't mean they are indisputably better.

Having said that, I don't even like Slipknot, so I'm not entirely sure why I'm arguing against you, I guess I just don't particularly like musical snobbery.

Cynic is just more complicated?

It kind of annoys me when people brush off really talented bands as 'just complicated or technical,' when that's hardly the. That's not all there is too it, they work with dynamics and other musical ideas arguably more then Slipknot.

Sure, music is subjective and everything, but Cynic is a very innovative and talented band, much more so then Slipknot in my opinion.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Personally I though Subliminal Verses was their best album, although I like all of them. But they tried some new stuff on Subliminal Verses, and succeeded for the most part.

 

[IronicBeet]

Slipknot is an example of true musical genious and anyone who says otherwise deserve to be slapped upside the head
Snuff, Vermillion, Psychosocial and Duality are among some of their best <3

You're kidding, right? Please, please be kidding.

 

[khaimera]

I love their music, as long as it didn't come out after Iowa

 

[Beartrucci]

Absolutely awful in my opinion. The epitome of stylised metal pandering to the teenage try-hard metalhead demographic.

Not that everyone who listens to them is a try-hard metalhead, simply that in my opinion they never have seemed genuine, instead seeming to just try and slot into that crowd to make a buck, besides this they seem to me to be rather musically poor.

I will say that it's not like I view it as a crime to like slipknot, if you like the music you like the music, but respect and liking the band are not the same thing, I personally both dislike the band and don't respect them, as for me personally they fail both on a music level and an artistic integrity level.

Summed up my opinion pretty well. Another thing I would like to add is Joey Jordison. I get so pissed off when people tell me he is the fastest and best drummer in the world because it's in the Guinness book of records. Sure, he is a pretty damn good drummer, but not even close to being the best. Or the fastest.

 

[Julianking93]

snip

Honestly wouldn't say they're "musical geniuses" but I do like them a lot.

I've seen them twice and have all their albums, so that says something, but "musical geniuses?"

No.

 

[Helios_(DEL)]

shit in my opinionn sure they create there own atmosphere but its just bad

 

[p3t3r]

i don't really like metal. so i don't really like slip-knot. the only metal i like is SOAD

 

[skitzo van]

I think they are what's wrong with metal.

 

[superbatranger]

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

How about you stop assuming that we all think Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne are musical geniuses. Slipknot is a good band, and I wouldn't mind listening to them or even going to one of their concerts. But musical geniuses they are not. In my opinion, the geniuses in the rock/metal side of music would be Between the Buried and Me, Mastodon, Tool, Dream Theater, System of a Down, just to name a few.

 

[GooBeyond]

Slipknot is an example of true musical genious and anyone who says otherwise deserve to be slapped upside the head
Snuff, Vermillion, Psychosocial and Duality are among some of their best <3

fix'd

OT: they were good (Self titled is still the best IMO, followed by Iowa), not anymore.
their quality declined with every album, and "Snuff" was like, a sink hole of their quality.
and their bassist got a bad case of the dead.

 

[Uberpwn-w00t]

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

King Crimson.

EDIT: Gorguts,Neurosis,Cynic.

I like this post.

EDIT: I think that if you haven't moved on from Slipknot, and you really are into music, you will eventually. Like a few people here said, it's like a gateway band. I even used to like Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit and all that. If you're into music, you'll just keep on searching and discover tons of interesting new bands.

Here goes nothing:
Coheed & Cambria
Protest the Hero
Scale the Summit
The Fall of Troy
Mastodon
Mew
Piglet
Pelican
Periphery
Cloudkicker
Animals As Leaders
Veil of Maya
Exivious
Cynic
Dream Theater
Liquid Tension Experiment

To name a few. You probably won't bother checking them out, but hey. At least I tried.

 

[WilliamRLBaker]

I like a few of their songs.
Aren't the best band in horror rock metal.
I liked the lead singers off band...They did a song called brother...I cant remember the name of the band.

 

[gibboss28]

Can't stand them, I think that they are a pretty rubbish band... that many people in a band and they manage to make a sound thats quite horrible, though they do know how to put on a good live show I'll give them that.

Also the interpretation videos that have been done to their songs make me laugh. heh psychosatchel