Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

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SlipKnoT

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First of all; I already know people will be screaming "SELL OUTS!", but the fact of the matter is this album is truly amazing. All the critics just said that these guys were just people who jumped around on stage screaming useless stuff with no meaning. They have two acoustic songs, one slowish type song and a song that starts off heavy and enters into an acoustic breakdown. Those songs are so creative and crazy, you have no idea.

This album is by far their most mature and in my opinion their best album to date and is a CD that fits everyone one way or another. Corey Taylor's lyrics are really good, but the only downfall is Joey doesn't get to show his skills as much, but we already know he's a bad ass drummer, so it's fine.

I honestly couldn't see them playing this album live, or else they would get booed off stage, because people are close minded like that. When I went to see Slipknot, they only performed four songs ("Duality", "The Blister Exists", "Pulse of the Maggots", and "Three Nil") and they were all heavyish. They wouldn't be able to play "Vermillion", "Vermillion Pt 2.", "Circle", "Danger - Keep Away" or "The Nameless", which all have a nice little soft side to them. My favorite "soft song" is "Vermillion Pt 2."

Now as for the heavy part of the album, pretty much the whole first half of the CD is really heavy. I love "Welcome" the most, just because it's so intense. "The Blister Exists" was really well done too, with the patriotic drum rolls during the middle and at the end. Very catchy stuff.

Overall, it's my favorite album right now and would definitely reccomend this to people with an open mind.

Most people who like this album didn't like their debut or Iowa. Why because slipknot was more heavy on those albums.This isn't slipknots heaviest album. I hope they don't pull a metallica on us and go soft. Now don't get me wrong I love slipknot, but I was dissapointed in this album. Vermillion parts 1 and 2, why would slipknot sing about a girl. Songs that were pretty good that remind me of the old stuff are Before I forget and pulse of the maggots. If you want to hear a good slipknot album than hear their first album. And to mr hann, I agree with you on most of your review but their not rap metal. The only songs that they did something close to that are spit it out and Interloper. Rap metal is more like korn and linkin park, not slipknot. Any way is this is an album I don't regret buying but it isn't what I expected coming from this band.