Slipknot - Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses

Advent · **Joined:** Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:44 pm **Posts:** 36

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

Advent wrote:

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

I actually like the self-titled album.

Many people do.

I'm one of them.

I can see that.

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:29 am

Eyesore wrote:

Seinfeld26 wrote:

Well, curiosity got the best of me and I decided to listen to this album today on AOL My Music. Overall, :x . The songs are repetitive and bland. The guitar tunings are too low (honestly, downtuned guitars work great for a band like System of A Down, but not Slipknot). Corey Taylor sounds too much like Jonathan Davis, which isn't a good thing. And the album as a whole is just so damn boring and uninteresting. I must totally disagree with Aleksie's review for it.

The first album kicked ass, the second I hated but then reluctantly thought it was OK after listening to it again about a year after its release. This album I thought sucked. I sounded like a poor man's Stone Sour while still trying to be Slipknot. The gimmick is up. They should retire.

Stone Sour is the better band. Corey Taylor has an awesome voice that he wastes on Slipknot.

Wow... I agree with everything said on this post.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:38 am

T.I.E. wrote:

dloaded it out of curiosity, listened once to most of it before getting rid of the files with a joyful grin on my face.

oh yeah.. I just deleted like 25 Limp Bizkit and Korn files off my drive.. made the download worth it.

Radical Cut · **Joined:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:19 am **Posts:** 960

rio wrote:

Well, I'm going to face the wrath and say that some of the tracks from their S/T are truly wonderful. They could groove like total bastards, and the extra percussionists really did lend them a fairly unique edge.

But this seemed to be lost by the time Vol 3 came along. None of the single from this record interested me, excpet for Vermilion, which I found fairly pleasant- but certainly not as energetic as the earlier stuff.

Yeah. The blast beats in that one song are kind of cool though.

drakanripper · **Joined:** Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:24 am **Posts:** 136

I like the direction Slipknot has gone with this album. I find it pretty solid all the way through.

I can see where some of the negative comments come from though. Glad I'm past that phase

Eyesore · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:50 am

drakanripper wrote:

I like the direction Slipknot has gone with this album. I find it pretty solid all the way through.

I can see where some of the negative comments come from though. Glad I'm past that phase

I like the direction they've gone on the last two albums, but they abandonded the quality songwriting that was on the first album trying to "extreme." Pffft! I'll take a Stone Sour, please.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:24 pm

call me a nu-metal loving poser, but I like Slipknot, and this album in particular :twisted:

Dead Machine · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:24 pm **Posts:** 2527

Mintrude wrote:

call me a nu-metal loving poser, but I like Slipknot, and this album in particular :twisted:

You're a nu-metallicized poser. Die infidel.

Any other requests?

Stefan · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:29 pm

Dead Machine wrote:

Mintrude wrote:

call me a nu-metal loving poser, but I like Slipknot, and this album in particular :twisted:

You're a nu-metallicized poser. Die infidel.

Any other requests?

well, I think he'd like your avatar straight up his... :oops:

... but it's another matter completely... :wink:

Dead Machine · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:24 pm **Posts:** 2527

T.I.E. wrote:

well, I think he'd like your avatar straight up his... :oops:

... but it's another matter completely... :wink:

So it would seem, so it would seem.

By the way, Mini, that would be roughly $25 an hour. That is, if you can tap-dance and sing Broadway during the session.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:31 pm

Ooh harsh. At least there turning kids to the louder side of things, and they should at least commended for that. You didn't start your metal life listening to warp-speed extreme metal did you?. No, you started your metal life listening to bands who were relatively acsessible and safe. I rest my case

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:32 pm

Dead Machine wrote:

T.I.E. wrote:

well, I think he'd like your avatar straight up his... :oops:

... but it's another matter completely... :wink:

So it would seem, so it would seem.

By the way, Mini, that would be roughly $25 an hour. That is, if you can tap-dance and sing Broadway during the session.

Reminds me of Red Faction. Crap game.

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:33 pm

Mintrude wrote:

Ooh harsh. At least there turning kids to the louder side of things, and they should at least commended for that. You didn't start your metal life listening to warp-speed extreme metal did you?. No, you started your metal life listening to bands who were relatively acsessible and safe. I rest my case

I started my metal life with RATM. The first BM band I got into was Darkthrone. Don't tar everyone with your own brush.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:36 pm

I'm not. I'm just saying that just cos' a band is mind bogglingly sucssesful and attracts the adoration of teenage mopers, doesn't mean their bad.
P.S RATM aren't the most extreme band are they?

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:38 pm

Mintrude wrote:

I'm not. I'm just saying that just cos' a band is mind bogglingly sucssesful and attracts the adoration of teenage mopers, doesn't mean their bad.
P.S RATM aren't the most extreme band are they?

Compared to the mainstream crap I was immersing myself in up until then, they are. Certainly heavier than SOAD.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:40 pm

It's a moot point that they're heavier than SOAD, but let's agree to disagree shall we?

Dead Machine · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:24 pm **Posts:** 2527

Mintrude wrote:

Ooh harsh. At least there turning kids to the louder side of things, and they should at least commended for that. You didn't start your metal life listening to warp-speed extreme metal did you?. No, you started your metal life listening to bands who were relatively acsessible and safe. I rest my case

Admittedly, this album started my metal career. However, it still is a case of 'I fuck cows in retrospect' IE: This album is crap and nostalgia won't stop me from realizing it.

Zad wrote:

Reminds me of Red Faction. Crap game.

I recall you saying it was cool.

And Red Faction II was fun as hell, if not worth a purchase.

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:43 pm

Dead Machine wrote:

Mintrude wrote:

Ooh harsh. At least there turning kids to the louder side of things, and they should at least commended for that. You didn't start your metal life listening to warp-speed extreme metal did you?. No, you started your metal life listening to bands who were relatively acsessible and safe. I rest my case

Admittedly, this album started my metal career. However, it still is a case of 'I fuck cows in retrospect' IE: This album is crap and nostalgia won't stop me from realizing it.

Zad wrote:

Reminds me of Red Faction. Crap game.

I recall you saying it was cool.

And Red Faction II was fun as hell, if not worth a purchase.

A case of "I fuck cows in retrospect". Haven't played the second one....yet. Is the blowing-up-walls thing any better?

Dead Machine · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:24 pm **Posts:** 2527

Zad wrote:

A case of "I fuck cows in retrospect". Haven't played the second one....yet. Is the blowing-up-walls thing any better?

That's not the main attraction. This time it's got non-stop action and huge firepower and explosions and shit.

Blowing up walls is still there, and it's not a big thing, but it's fun. Better to blow up people.

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:47 pm

Dead Machine wrote:

Zad wrote:

A case of "I fuck cows in retrospect". Haven't played the second one....yet. Is the blowing-up-walls thing any better?

That's not the main attraction. This time it's got non-stop action and huge firepower and explosions and shit.

Blowing up walls is still there, and it's not a big thing, but it's fun. Better to blow up people.

Sounds fun. If I see it cheep, etc. Got Unreal 2 and Jedi Knight 2 (LIGHTSABERS!!!!!!!111111) for a coupla quid each recently, my gaming needs'll be more than taken up by them for the time being. Well, when I go home (TOMMORROW MORNING!! YES!!) they will be.

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