When the slipknot spread like a virus

Published on 29 June 1999, the homonymous debut album of the Slipknotwho became platinum, was a success for criticism and an instant classic for fans. It was, and it is, a Molotov who has set fire to a scene, embracing a creative direction that shocks Metal traditions in favor of innovative ideas. If the breathtaking riffs combined with Poisonous production by Ross Robinson They were crucial for the success of the album, it was the care and attention to detail in the composition that moved the balance needle. The disc was and is violent and experimental, but with a melodic and structured sense that made it listened to even outside the metal.

In ’99, the NU metal was exploding (Korn, Limp Bizkit, Defones above all)the slipknot brought brutality and anger much more raw together with an imaginary, raised thanks to the mask, which made breach. Songs like “Wait and Bleed”, “Spit it out”, “Surfacing” and “(sic)” have become hymns. “We liked what we did with the first album, but we didn’t even know if there would have been something later – recalls the guitarist Jim Root – we just wanted people to listen to him. Take a full house with discs and concerts, take successful tours: these are objectives for any band. But the dream, in a sense, has come true for us “.

Slipknot have announced “Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)”, a deluxe reprint released on September 5 that celebrates that first chapter. This special exit immortalizes the creative process in which the band transforms from an emerging metal band just under contract to an unexpected cultural force that has redefined the genre for a new generation. The project will be made up of unpublished take, alternative versions and mix of audio sr, an indigo ranch and others, as well as “test mix” of alternative mixing. These recordings not only tell the complete story behind the recording of this album, but also trace the path of the choices made and the paths taken, and how the slipknot that the world knows today were born. Although the debut album prepared the ground, the slipknots were also a band unleashed live in 1999in front of an audience that had never seen anything like this.

The performances of their first world tour are epic And the impact of the band was quick, as evidenced by the public of those years, always growing. Word of mouth spread as a virus and this new record project also includes recordings of shows that have marked a chaotic year: The 1999 show in Hartford, in Connecticut, captures the wild and unbridled power of a small stage, while the 2000 recordings in the United Kingdom document the band’s ability to exploit the energy of a secondary internship and to transmit it to the main internship audience. The audio was extracted from the digital audio ribbons of the console, carefully remixed and burned for the first time: all chosen by the band to better represent the intensity and spirit of those days of genesis.