I used to REALLY like slipknot. I thought they were the brootalest **** ever.
I slowly grew out of them as I discovered better banRAB. But then, I had a revelation; after watching the video for "Before I Forget," I was like... "Do these guys actually think they've matured and are not the same 9 idiots like on their other albums?"
Their riRAB are generic and catchy at most. NOTHING SPECIAL OR REMOTELY ORIGINAL! Their songs off the third album are alright to play; I bought a songbook of theirs and had recently tried playing some of the songs. I figure unless I can play this stuff, I shouldn't be boasting about how talentless their guitarists are.
Nowadays, I listen to them here and there. I think they need to take the masks off, get rid of the Sampler guy and two percussionists, and trade in their singer. The only people on the band that have the potential to be great are Joey, Paul, Jim, and Mick. They just need to cut the bull**** and commit to being more creative. I'm not talking technical **** like Necrophagist or whatever, just something not so nu-metal.
No matter how much they suck, I do think "Vermillion" was really good. Every band has at least one great song.
The fans of Slipknot haven't pissed me off..... yet. I'm still awaiting the day I wear my Cannibal Corpse shirt to some concert, and some "maggot" will argue how Cannibal Corpse relies on their gore and album imagery to gather a fan base, and I'll refute that, and we start arguing.