Slipknot .5: The Gray Chapter
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BigPleb
September 23rd 2018


65784 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

AOV rules but this is easily Slipknot’s worst album.

DropTune
September 23rd 2018


1292 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

[2]

SymbolicInTime
September 23rd 2018


7380 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

[3]

butt.
September 23rd 2018


10973 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

y'all are joking right? this is leaps and bounds ahead of All Hope is Gone. That album was like a lame attempt to get more commercial radio play, but then for this they were like "fuck it" and when back to making chaotic heavy shit.

SymbolicInTime
September 23rd 2018


7380 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I actually really enjoyed All Hope Is Gone. Butcher’s Hook, Gehenna, Gematria, Sulfur, Dead Memories, so many good tunes. Honestly straight up has a lot of my favorite Slipknot songs. This was more of a chore to get through with just enough highlights to kind of make it worth it

BigPleb
September 23rd 2018


65784 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

All Hope is Gone is great, sure some of it’s experiments don’t pay off but it’s a lot more adventurous than this for starters.

Larkinhill
September 23rd 2018


7856 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I think AHIG is probably their worst album, this being 2nd worst. That said, I do like all of their albums.

Larkinhill
September 23rd 2018


7856 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Snuff is fantastic. One of my favorite Slipknot songs. Also love Gematria and But her’s Hook.

BigPleb
September 23rd 2018


65784 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

AHIG t/t rips harder than anything since IOWA tbh.

Larkinhill
September 23rd 2018


7856 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Vol 3 is still my fav knot album.

BigPleb
September 23rd 2018


65784 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

That and IOWA for me, changes every time I jam them tbh.

DropTune
September 24th 2018


1292 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

"Iowa" is their magnum opus in my opinion. Their debut was great, but "Iowa" is where the Slipknot mission statement kicked in. The only thing their debut needed was direction honestly. Otherwise, their debut would have been perfect. "All Hope is Gone" isn't a bad album. Sure it's lighter and a lot softer than anything else; but for a mainstream Slipknot record, it comes across better than "Volume 3." "The Subliminal Verses" doesn't have a lot going for it aside from its singles. "All Hope is Gone" had a lot more depth than anything on "Vol. 3." I agree "The Gray Chapter" is a step in the right direction; however, there are a new set of problems to deal with. The record is far too melodramatic, aimless and dated than their previous work.

tyman128
Staff Reviewer
September 24th 2018


4530 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I have yet to listen to Iowa or debut, but I really dig Vol. 3 sometimes

DropTune
September 24th 2018


1292 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

If you liked System of a Down's debut album, you'll probably enjoy Iowa. It's a very hard-hitting album that many consider to be a paradigm shift in mainstream metal. If you really like newer Slipknot albums, this will be hard to listen. It's not as melodic and surely isn't as smooth. Iowa is unrelenting chaos beginning to end. It's a perfect example of an unhinged unfiltered Slipknot at their peak.

Middle18
September 24th 2018


394 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Iowa is indeed thier best but i would say this is their 2nd and woefully underappreciated. They are firing on all cylinders here and I think its just cos people are bored of their sound that they don't give this the time of day. Mark my words the next album will get an even lesser reception no matter how hard it goes.

Faraudo
September 24th 2018


4654 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Iowa is indeed thier best but i would say this is their 2nd and woefully underappreciated. They are firing on all cylinders here and I think its just cos people are bored of their sound that they don't give this the time of day. Mark my words the next album will get an even lesser reception no matter how hard it goes."



Agree hard, I really like this.



butt.
September 24th 2018


10973 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah dudes, some of these songs go harder than anything since Iowa

tyman128
Staff Reviewer
September 24th 2018


4530 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I’m pretty sure this will grow on me. This is after only my first listen

TheSpirit
Emeritus
September 24th 2018


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Vol. 3 is their best

butt.
September 24th 2018


10973 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

nahhh. there are some classics but the drums and guitars sound paper thin. Iowa is like a monstrous wall of sound taking down everything in its path. Plus Corey's Vol 3 screams were weak



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