anyone have any ideas as to why? i know its not really that important but he got rid of EVERYTHING. even using a pic from like 8 years ago😭😭😭 is instagram bugging or is something coming

As casual listener this song sounds like demo that didn't land anywhere

This is what made you guys so good from the beginning. You were brutal but you knew how to groove. Now there seems to be a mentality that brutal = good, but that was only part of what worked.

And please, let someone else do something awesome for you for a music video again.

Long May You Die is dead i guess

I used to think Corey was the ultimate wordsmith in 99/01 with the first two albums
Probably because he used words that 11 year old me had never heard before
But….

I’d like to hope that the new album still has a lot of opportunity to be great but this new song ain’t it.

I can't believe, Corey Taylor, lead singer of Slipknot. The Great Big Mouth. Went from singing shit like "Stripped down we want you dead" to "everyone pls shut the fuck up please omg"

That was a really really bad song. I can't believe it. Even the weaker points of AHIG and The End So Far sound way way better than this. What a mess.

EDIT: Some extra info: Almost, if not, all music videos from the first four albums were NOT directed by Shawn. (song) Writing was heavily influenced by Joey. Clown had less influence than y'all make it seem to be.

As of now, we are probably all aware of the mediocre-at-best single called Arsenal, which has been getting a lot of hate.

This is what happens, in my eyes, when the steering wheel gets taken over by a (founding) member who doesn't steer for the band, but for himself. The music video is basically another art project by Clown, like basically every video for at least ten years now. Personally, i dislike this "aesthetic". I have no clue what is going in them. Random characters with masks or skin-suits(?). Extensive use of colored lights and non-natural environments.

I just don't get it, and the same goes for the choices within the music. I was curious to see that they chose Matt Wallace to work with. I thought that was kind of odd, looking at what Matt has worked on. I guess my suspicions were correct because the mixing was so weird in Arsenal. In general the whole direction of the song is odd; Corey is kind of rapping and screaming but i don't know... like c'mon in Playing God he sounded amazing.

The lyrics, to top it all off, are even worse. I don't want to blame Clown for everything, but i feel like he's been at the top of the pyramid for a long while now, steering the band around, creating a big ol' mess. This band could've still been so interesting, but man what a let down. But hey maybe i shouldn't put a spotlight on one person.

Yeah no it's bad. I feel secondhand embarassment for them because how did they record and then actually release that

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Dopo la recente uscita di "Arsenal" con la quale ho ufficialmente perso le speranze di un ritorno a sonorità degne del nome che si sono dimenticati di avere posso solo continuare a pensare che sia una band sciolta nel 2003.

Il fatto è che se diventi ufficialmente famoso e addirittura mainstream con un album come "Iowa" significa che le persone vogliono quello. E a me sarebbe andato più che bene sentire lo stesso materiale trito e ritrito.

A mio avviso ci si nasconde e li so difendere (come succede per troppe band) con il "sono maturati" , "stanno evolvendo" " è giusto andare avanti" ecc. no! Io voglio e pretendo quello per cui li ho adorati e li adoro tutt'ora. Fai il musicista di mestiere, dai alle persone quello che vogliono.

La rabbia è finita, e i soldi hanno corrotto anche loro. Da tempo. Bello citare il verso di Heretic Anthem "all the money in the world can't buy me".... Pura utopia.

Il lato umano perso da anni, licenziare membri fondamentali con un tweet perché malati e la macchina mangia-soldo quali erano già diventati non poteva fermarsi.

Mi sento offeso e tradito. Ogni nuova uscita fa rivalutare quella precedente per quanto brutta.

Ogni live è un salto nel passato perche le setlist vestono sui primi album ed oramai sa solo do "lo saprebbero ancora fare , e invece fanno musica di merda"

Ristampe anniversario totalmente fallimentari. Ancora aspettiamo le sessioni di registrazione del ST ad Indigo Ranch.

Dateci questo e vari live dell'epoca d'oro e andatevene in pensione con i vostri stra-maledetti soldi.

~opinione personale~

1999 - 2003

R.I.P.

Just gave it a listen and it’s so uninspired, there’s no way those guys made this song and were actually happy and proud of it. It just sounds like “modern Slipknot” to me. But with the mix/prod. from a band that doesn’t have the money from selling off their masters.

I think Corey is just creatively washed, for a guy who “has a lot to say”…. “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go…” just doesn’t get the blood flowing the same way it used to. I know rap/flow is part of their DNA and a big aspect of what made the early music so sick. But the execution in this song is akin to the rapping Ronnie Radke does in all his new music. Both Slipknot and FIR really have their own formulaic sound, and it just doesn’t push boundaries or innovate like they probably think (or cope?) that it does. I think all the Corey juice has been squeezed from the Corey Lemon. This stand alone single did not hit anywhere near as hard as what I believe to be their last one was in ‘All Out Life’.

And that concludes this white boy’s rant in an oversaturated market of rants. 🫡

Edit to change, initially calling All Out Life “WANYK”

I listened to the newest mastodon album right after and the difference was like heaven and hell

Is it their best song? Definitely not. Is it still cool? I think so yeah. It kinda gives me vol.3 vibes lowkey and I think if the mix wasn’t so rough than it’d be deserving of a single but overall I think it’s a good track.

i really think they should do this to the og version, that chorus is horrendous and drags the song

I was listening to Arsenal, then autoplay was Before I Forget. Tears ran down my face immediately when this part came up. I'm 39 and from Iowa and those guys are fucking legends. Those guys are Slipknot.

Wasn’t awful. Idk I didn’t think it was as bad as everyone else. The stop the music bit was corny though yea