Track Listing

1. 742617000027
2. (Sic)
3. Eyeless
4. Wait and Bleed
5. Surfacing
6. Spit It Out [Not Final Mix]
7. Tattered and Torn
8. Me Inside
9. Liberate
10. Prosthetics
11. No Life
12. Diluted
13. Only One
14. Scissors

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11208 in Music
• Brand: SLIPKNOT
• Released on: 1999-06-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Limited edition pressing of the debut album by nine member alternative metal band from Des Moines, Iowa signed to the Roadrunner label. Comes in a digipak with 3 bonus tracks added, 'Get This', 'Interloper' (Demo) and 'Despise' (Demo). 17 tracks total. Digipak. 1999 release.

Amazon.com
The album cover of this self-titled release depicts the members of Slipknot in creepy masks, the dark image confirmed by the presence of a parental advisory sticker. Inside, foul language and subversive lyrics complete the picture. Yet Slipknot are no Insane Clown Posse, using hyperbole to mask a lack of talent. Slipknot's sound, while indebted to the likes of Korn, is more aggressive and creative. Indeed, it's a closer kin to Slayer and death metal, yet listenable and surprisingly melodic. The common denominator among Slipknot and the late '90s crop of neo-metal-rap bands is producer Ross Robinson (Korn, Limp Bizkit), who discovered the Iowa-bred Slipknot and signed them to his label, I Am Records. His stellar production, melded with wonderfully creepy percussive elements, a sampler, a DJ, metallic-grind guitars, and singer Corey Taylor's immense passion and wide melodic range, makes Slipknot immensely listenable. Slipknot isn't for everyone, but they provide a visceral and satisfying ride for fans of the hard stuff. --Katherine Turman

Customer Reviews

Aggresive but real
Slipknot is, well, they are real. These 9 guys from Iowa are as scarry or as real as they can get. I don't mean their disturbingly creepy/cool masks, I mean their music. The lyrics that the absolutely amazing vocalist Corey Taylor('8' as his band ID suggests) sings out from behind that mask only make sense in this truly diluted world. With every single word the listener can hear his pain. In 'Scissors' he goes into a sort of trance of insanity where he seems to cry and laugh maniacly at the same time while singing "life,time" over and over again. With every single one of those we feel like he is really hurting. And this is something only a few bands can do (or have done in case of KoRn-they still have a chance people! ). The two percussionists 6-Shawn and 3-Chris are absolutely amazing and original. Same with 1-Joey. Every member of this incredible band is 101 percent with the music, everyone knows their instrument. They even have 0-Sid, a DJ who kicks some major MTV DJ Scribble ass. Now how often do you see that in a metal band. The tag team of guitars coming out of 4-James and 7-Mick are really vivid and it really shows that these guys are on their game. Let's not forget the pig masked 2-Paul and 5-Craig. Paul makes some nice sounds come out of his piece and Craig does an incredible job of putting out some creepy sounds. This band is definetly original and the sound they bring out makes you want to go truly nuts. My favorite songs on this CD are the ones where Corey actually sings and the way he can switch between the screaming out loud death sound to a pain filled melody is incredible. This would be 'Wait and Bleed, Me Inside, Prosthetics, Dilutedm, and Scissors.'. But the CD's best is Me Inside. And while you listen to Scissors and actually let the track run, you will find a sickeningly hilarious recording which will make you laugh and realize that these guys are just liek everyone else. They are human. Final words, Slipknot's music shines in today's too much misuderstood world. These guys are real and the lyrics that come out of Corey's mouth are real. It might be hard to get used to but if you listen to it with an open mind, you will quickly realize you are listening to truly amazing music. This should be 10 stars but unfortunately I can only give 5. This is a really meaningful album. Slipknot is here to stay for a while, you can be sure abbout that.

Not half as bad as it's made out to be
I like this album. No, that dosen't mean I need a lecture on what good music is or a list of death and black metal bands that are heavier or darker. Chances are whatever you could recommend is probably already sitting next to this Slipknot album in my cd case right now. I'm not here to say Slipknot is the greatest, heaviest band in the world or anything like that, but I do think this album is far better than people give it credit for.

With this release Slipknot manage to blend elements of Thrash and Industrial into the typically stoic nu-metal style to make what is, in my estimation, a pretty good album. The riffs are heavy and aggressive, not the most technical playing you'll ever hear but it fits the overall sound well. Joey Jordinson is probably the highlight of this band, his skill level is top tier. There are quite a few better drummers than him but he does have substantial talent. Corey Taylor isn't what I would count as an amazing vocalist, but he has heart and intensity, which he gets by on. This album isn't without it's faults but everyone else has pretty much covered that so I won't go into great detail on the matter. Turntables, Simple Progressions and a somewhat cheesy theme and appearence are basically the key points of the problems.

Overall, this is far from the best album in the world but it's not terrible either. I am of the belief that Black and Death Metal are superior to Slipknot, however Slipknot is a great 1st step into the realm of extreme metal and toward those genres.

To all the people that wrote one star reviews for this album
Now I am not only here to write a review on this album but also to say a few things to the people who write one & two stars review for this album, now everybody is alowed there own opinion obviously, but i'm just going to view my side, somebody who wrote a 1 star review for this album said slipknot sounds like theres only two guys in the band instead of 9, That is a bit dramatized but also true sometimes it sounds like there is maybe 4 guys in the band instead of 9,and i think james(A.K.A. number 4) & mick(a.k.a number 7) aren't the next kirk hammet(metallica) & kerry king(slayer) but there pretty good, the DJ sid (a.k.a number 0) gives the band a bad wrap for a lame reason somebody who doesn't listen to slipknot says wow look they have a dj there rap/rock posers like linkin park & limp bizkit! this couldn't be more from the truth theres very few rap influences on this album other then maybe spit it out & liberate.Craig (a.k.a number 5) really i see no purpose in the band for him you can barely hear his work on this album other then maybe eyeless and tattered & torn. Now the bassist paul is probably my least favorite member he isn't the greatest bassist and i can barely hear his bass period and they even said KoRn was a big influence on them but then paul burns a picture of them on stage. Now i wish the two percussionist chris (a.k.a number 3) & Shawn B.k.a clown ( or number 6) had more involvment in this album there great when you hear them but you don't hear them that much. Now the drummer joey (a.k.a number 1) is an awesome drummer one of the best in there genre. Now the final member vocals corey talor (a.k.a number 8) either you love his vocals or you hate them and personally i lvoe his vocal style. and a reviewer who gave this album 1 star or was rating what he thought was "commercial" music in a listamania said he heard wait & bleed on mtv every two minutes but i have a question for him, if you like metal why are you watching mtv " every two minutes?" Now here's my review on the album

01742617000027 - 4/5 AN ORIGINAL opening the title of it comes from the bar code on there ep release " mate, feed kill,& repeat" and the people on this song saying " the whole thing i think is sick" over & over are talking about a charles Manson documentary

Sic - 4/5 Good song, Corey taylor's lyric's are just very angry and i find them some what inspireing.

eyeless - 3.5 a good song but after a while gets annoying, and also the chorus going " you can't see california wihtout marlon brando's eyes" is from when the guys from slipknot were in ny signing there contract some crazy man ran down the street screaming " you can't see california without marlon brandon's eyes"

Wait & bleed - 5/5 great choice for a single love the fact that corey sings in this one, and why would mtv play this song its to 'hard" for mtv's viewers and mtv won't play anthing controversial or that won't give them anymore money.

Surfacing - 5/5 another awesome track that will kick your ass and leave you wanting more. The chorus makes me feel like i can get up and kick the world's ass.

Spit it out - 4.5/5 the 2nd single that was BANNED from mtv very good a little rap vocals but just a very little

Tattered & torn - 4/5 an odd & short song but i like it you can actually hear what craig is doing in this song.

Me inside - 2.5/5 the only song that i don't care for this song replaced purity which was on the original version. and "me inside was actually only an extra on the digipack version of this album, purity is tons better

Liberate - 10/5 awesome song great lyrics & vocal style one of the best

Prosthetics - 4.5/5 another very good song i love the intro to it.

no life - 4/5 - vocals could be a bit better and so could the lyrics but joey's drums kick ass in this one

diluted - 5/5 a very sad song (to me) you can feel Corey's pain in this one. another favorite

Only one- 3.5/ good but its over to quickly

Scissors - 15/5 My favorite track off this album an amazing 8 + minute ballad amazing sometimes its a heavy kick your ass song the next minute ts a slow & sad song. amazing

All in all this is a great major label debut & if you are considering bying this album by all means do so, not many of the 1 star voters actually sit & listen to the whole album (i'm not saying all don't) and before i end this i'd like to say this somebody said corey take's his vocals from the lead singer of mudvayne(another good band) but didn't mudvayne's 1st album get released a year after slipknot's debut was released? (which was produced by clown) and why are all the people who call themselves "actuall metalheads" ( and i think i am one) judging slipknot and trying to categorize them? isn't that what mtv & the maisntream do? Well in conclusion this a great album and i recommend it. I hope this review could help you. Stay (sic) maggots.