Happy Friday (Free Slipknot Album?)

"i86hotdogs" (i86hotdogs) 08/09/2019 at 12:40 • Filed to: None

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Slipknot’s new album is out. It’s great;but not perfect. And I accidentally ordered three digital copies. Apparently, buying tickets to their show warrants you a free copy, being a member of their “Outside the Nine” fan club warrants you a free copy, and my numb nuts preordered it on iTunes as well. All of this was before I picked up a Spotify Premium account. My bad. BUT that means I have two extra download codes to give away. If anyone here is interested, they’re free. I’ll just send the code your way via e-mail.

Overall review: 8.5/10- A huge improvement from the Gray Chapter, but still no Iowa perfect. Not looking for an Iowa II, but Iowa is an 11/10 if possible. 

Unrelated news, I am missing out on Roadkill Nights in metro Detroit this weekend thanks to an engagement photo shoot I have to participate in. I don’t understand it. But this is my first experience of “h appy wife; happy life”, s o I’ll roll with it. It’s happening in Grand Rapids, Michigan (far from where we live in Cleveland ...remember... happy wife: happy life) , if anyone’s in the area and wants to meet.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > i86hotdogs 08/09/2019 at 12:47

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I actually liked the Gra y Chapter...I mean it doesn’t rip like Iowa does, but I thought it was decent in its own right.

i86hotdogs > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 08/09/2019 at 12:51

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It felt overproduced. Trust me, there are some jams on that album. But just like All Hope is Gone, more forgettable songs than I expected. Override, If Rain Is What You Want, and The Burden are easily skippable. Coincidentally , those three finish the album, making it kinda limp to the finish.

jimz > i86hotdogs 08/09/2019 at 12:58

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I liked about half of it. the intro track (XIX) was a bit hard to listen to, for obvious reasons.

I’ll have to grab this tonight. Iowa and All Hope is Gone are my favorites. I think Vol 3. is their weakest. the production just sounds lifeless. songs from that album sound better live (“The Blister Exists” on 9.0 Live just rips.)

i86hotdogs > jimz 08/09/2019 at 13:22

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Agreed about the live tracks. Same with Psychosocial. Studio track sounds alright; but live is ten notches higher. Vol. 3 has some jams that make up for the rest of the album: Blister, Duality, Before I Forget, Pulse, even Vermillion.

Definitive rankings so far:

1. Iowa

2. Slipknot

3. We Are Not Your Kind

4. Vol. 3

5. All Hope Is Gone

6. Gray Chapter  

jimz > i86hotdogs 08/09/2019 at 13:34

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when I had my 2012 Mustang, it came with the Shaker 500 sound system (two 8" subs in the doors) and I upgraded it to the Shaker 1000 (added the two 10" in the trunk.) When Jordison let loose with the double kick drums after the bridge portion of “The Blister Exists” it would give me chills as I blasted it at full volume.

the Shaker 1000 could legitimately get concert-level loud. 

i86hotdogs > jimz 08/09/2019 at 14:09

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I remember seeing that as an option on the new Mustangs and dreaming of owning one with that setup.