The masks have grown up

About two years ago when the band through a mammoth world tour and numerous side projects (singer Corey Taylor and guitarist James Root busy their old band "Stone Sour" again, drummer Joey Jordison strove with his "Murderdolls" Marilyn Manson and Billy Idol to and percussionist and "gang leader" Shawn Crahan surprised probably all Slipknot fans properly, as he delivered a class pop album with "To My Surprise") shattered and fallen out in front of their (apparent) resolution, would probably the toughest of all the fans not expected , again to keep a new album of their heroes in the hands, let alone a concoction of such quality as "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) "is.
Because after the aggressive, wild major debut "Slipknot" and the brutally tough second work "Iowa" it was very uncertain in which direction the style of the nine boys would develop from rural Des Moines. "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) "The bottom line is a mixture of the first two discs Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor album combined with a" Factor X ". This factor was legendary producer Rick Rubin (has worked with such diverse people as the Beastie Boys, Tom Petty, Run-DMC, Slayer, LL Cool J and Rage Against the Machine), of the band for the time of the shooting in his alleged "haunted house . "had invited to Los Angeles If you believe the band members, you can see the effects of the old Villa on their sound even on the record: So are instruments blocked or have elsewhere simply on playing!
But enough of the myth, as it look like the actual music? The first single "Duality" was supposed to have Thanks to extensive sound from Viva and MTV already reached every ear canal For those of you who have spent the last month under a menhir. "Duality" is a superbly constructed, catchy radio single, the Corey's new "narrative" style of singing introduces and to inspire with a pop chorus with catchy like "Wait And Bleed" white. For fans also known in advance to get there already on the Roadrunner site: "Do not Get Close" (an anthem for the "typical" Slipknot fan, which relies heavily on distortion effects) as well as another "ode to the fans" , "Pulse of the Maggots".
This blast is rung Makabererweise of aviator sirens before Corey a leader Same "People talk" to his fans, who directed "Maggots" (maggots). Slipknot have indeed played around in the past with the Nazi theme and therefore also comes in this song with a pounding beat (= march noise) and Rammstein borrowed jubilation storms, they do not miss their shock value. But all that is both musically and content just the warm-up for a phenomenal trilogy consisting of "Vermillion Pt. 1 & 2 "and" Nameless ", which tells the love story of a sick impulse offender.
"Vermillion" makes up the beginning and done with sinister vocals and eerie instrumentation from the beginning goosebumps atmosphere. A phenomenal vocals in the second half of the song as well as a very well-functioning guitar solo can (when this before with Slipknot? Had you) all the band members maximum their strengths and make "Vermillion" to perhaps strongest Slipknot song ever. "Nameless", however, is driven by a staccato guitar and driving drums and here probably will every listener down jaw drop when Corey suddenly seamlessly merges the hardest scream in the gentlest Refrain at all! "Vermillion, Pt. 2" finally is an acoustic ballad ( !) with guitar and piano accompaniment sung partially in two voices of Corey and James Root and if one did not know better, and could be of the Eagles smooth!
But that's not all: this is "Circle" is transformed by a strange Intro (similar to an old, rumspinnenden cassette recorder) in another beautiful ballad with acoustic guitar in the Corey once again impressively proves that he vocally not (!) only several levels above each metal singer is, but not to hide even from a Paul McCartney need! Even a little piano comes towards the end before (!!!) before a Drum Machine uses and the song ends cranky again. Slipknot due in any case maximum respect, to take such a song on the album!
In summary, one can say with complete justification that Slipknot are set to this album on the absolute Metal Olympus. When viewed from the technology side, has always possessed all 9 Mitgleider on outstanding skills (particularly emphasized are here of course as a singer Corey and Joey on drums, which represent both absolute capacity in their field). Guitarist Mick Thompson and James Root, however, where for the first time more creative freedom by interspersed solos and the broader facet of crushers old-style ("Blister Exists", "Three Nil", "Welcome") to the mentioned ballads ensures getting bored on this album in any second. With Slayer and Sepultura in early retirement only as a pale shadow of himself, Slipknot rises to Metallica as the only remaining metal supergroup on.