I actively laughed out loud. Because yes, it absolutely is exactly that. You see him in the videos, at least most of them. Psychosocial is my favorite example of him just wailing on a keg.
The impression I always got with this song, and a majority of slipknot, is one of "Things are bad. They will often be bad. But you're not alone, and you'll never be alone." If I remember correctly, the lyrics are inspired by Cory struggling with migraines. And having them occasionally, yeah. That tracks.
I love rock and metal and i greatly appreciate your curious and open attitude to different kinds of music! People can be put off by the 'volume' and aggro of this kind of music but your ear acclimates, and then you can truly appreciate it. Just like a booming orchestra or a rap song can fly over your head until you let yourself be immersed and see the skill at play. Music is cool!
I love the fact that Amy is exploring more modern and truly heavy stuff now. I still can't get over the fact that she got to listen to some random Limp Bizkit song as an introduction to nu metal instead of some early KoRn.
@@Dr.Spatula Tbf, "truly heavy" is incredibly subjective to exposure. Like yeah, if you've listened to something like Party Cannon or any really extreme metal, this isn't 'heavy'. But to some people slipknot is truly heavy because this is as 'heavy' as they've heard music go.
For people that struggle with harsh vocals. Look at them as another instrument. You don’t have to “understand” a guitar. It adds to the emotion or feel. Usually rage or sorrow in metal
People need to understand harsh vocals make complete sense in heavy music. Usually it is full of power chords, adding a note that is not another perfect interval just makes it a true chord giving it either major or minor characteristic and thus changing the vibe. Then of course you got the rhythmic quality. Screams are a perfect layer on top of already fast and technical music. It serves as a tool to add more intensity without making it overly busy. I honestly don't get the stigma against harsh vocals. As if people were afraid of anger, frustration and sadness. Which is strange because all of these are perfectly normal human emotions too.
Slipknot was at the forefront of Nu Metal in the late 90s and early 00s which sort of reinvigorated metal as a genre in the mainstream. Nu metal being sort of the natural crossbreeding of influences from more down tuned and down tempo metal in Metallica's black album, Pantera, and with a stop in hip hop. The interesting thing about the genre is that it became one of the most mainstream takes on metal we've ever seen, with the lyrical content often dealing very directly and poignantly with child abuse, interpersonal turmoil, depression, being "othered" by peers, bullying etc. so it struck a chord with a lot of midwestern youth that felt trapped in these situations they didn't ask for. It isn't mindless aggression, it is the pain of repression and abuse given an outlet. Kids being abused or neglected at home and tortured by bullies at school, who were made to feel powerless and alone were finding power and solace in slipknots music. Slipknot was HUGE for a band that sometimes bordered on death metal, and its in large part because Corey Taylor tapped very deeply into a collective frustration and helplessness experienced by disaffected youth at that time. The catharsis, sympathy, and sense of belonging this band provided probably saved American society a lot of future trouble. For a very real, raw, aggressive, and unfiltered look at what I mean, it would be best to listen to these slipknot songs: Disasterpiece, People = Shit, Left Behind, Surfacing Or some of the early Korn stuff. It is overwhelmingly angry and disturbing at times, and that was the inner world these guys were living in, and that a large swath of youth was living in. It is not comfortable to listen to, nor was it ever intended to be. There is no compromise or restraint. There is no emotion that is left unexplored. There was no other music available that properly articulated these feelings for these kids. People in the comments are saying its noise, but there's a reason it became massively popular, and that's because some guy crooning over a couple of chords was not sufficient or commensurate with their experience.
Lots of haters in these comments. This is a great song by talented musicians. Slipknot are a treasure. A diverse sampling of nu metal would include Deftones - digital bath, limp bizkit - break stuff, and sevendust - denial.
@@no1bandfan I'm cursed with the double whammy with migraine headaches because both sides of my family have migraines really bad plus have I can get migraine seizures because I'm considered epileptic or epilepsy
The bands high energy is the world around moving at pace, relentless onslaught of external factors. The vocals are the individual struggling to keep up, its one thing after another causing the individual a headache. As the lyrics energy grows, he becomes more angry with the world rather than pushed down by it. At least thats my interpretation.
Corey Taylor did a track with Apocalyptica (classically trained string quartet from Finland who do metal) called I'm Not Jesus, that's interesting. Bit of Slipkot trivial - when Daphne and Celeste (a 90s pop duo) had a really rough set at Reading Festival (someone actually threw a wheelchair at them, as well as the more tradhitional, for Reading, bottles of 'liquid'), Corey went backstage to see if they were OK and told them they'd done really well, since not many acts would have stuck it out to the end. "I was like ‘hey, you did something that a lot of people wouldn’t have done. You stayed in there, so hold your head high’. I don’t know if they f**king cared what I said, but they did it.”
This checks some boxes for me. I love Slipknot, reaction videos, and especially reaction videos that aren't 20x longer than the original content because they pause and rewind 1000 times to get ad money. This is right up front, I'll edit in my thoughts after watching. Edit: yeah Corey Taylor doesn't really do high energy. Not in the way I think you mean anyway. Decent reaction/alysis though. Although you did seem to be actively fighting "feeling" this. You gotta let it take over. I'll check out your other videos and see if anything grabs me, might be a subscribe.
She had issues with Nightwish-- Ghost Love Score as not Opera enough like a year ago, and now gets Slipknot. Seen this so many times with newbie rxers to rock and metal, it's really fun to track when it happens
The low-energy parts of the vocals are to mimic the way one sounds when speaking whilst holding their head during migraines/headaches, you're onto something when you mention the two states/parts fighting each other, the song is about migraines and that's done to take you through the intense parts, and then the breaks between the episodes.
She's surprisingly likely to listen to something obscure that won't get a lot of views, so you never know. Unfortunately, most other reactors are focusing only on reacting as a profession, so what made it onto the radio is what's going to make them the most money to react to. But personally, I'd like to see her react to Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk era Emperor, or the Paganini influence in the solo in Necrophagist's Fermented Offal Discharge. But another issue is that more complex often comes coupled with more inaccessible and intense and scary, at least in the metal world (excluding stuff like Dream Theater).
I term of listen to metal you’ve come along way and your ability to be able to analyze the music. Or at least tolerate it enough to be able to analyze it. 😊 I’m very happy to see that. Great analysis. Thank you.
That's an amazing song and I've been hoping she'd do this ever since she was at 5k subs, I was thinking of doing the Kofi donation to get it on the list but the price went up by a lot and I can't justify it. It's very long, so I'm a bit worried she may not ever do it.
Can't believe that she barely was able to listen to And Justice For All until the end and now she seems vibe with a more noisy song like this. Quite a progress!
She had issues with Nightwish-- Ghost Love Score as not Opera enough like a year ago, and now gets Slipknot. Seen this so many times with newbie rxers to rock and metal, it's really fun to track when it happens.
This song is way more listenable than and justice for all. This song is basically pop for the metal genre. I bet she won't like many other slipknot songs as much as this one
I always have a great time listening to your comments on songs I love. I also respect a lot that you go out of you comfort zone so often with such ease and still have a smart POV and understanding. To me you're the best at doing what you're doing !
Would be interesting to hear your take on metal bands that do more progressive or orchestral arrangements in their music. Like Avenged Sevenfold's Roman Sky, (D)eath, Cosmic, Nobody, The Wicked End, or A Little Piece of Heaven.
Thank you for listening to this song. This band has helped me so much growing up. Got to see them live 2 years ago. It's something I'll never forget. 7 enemies by hate breed has been a favorite for me lately. First time ever watching one of your videos. Thank you again.
I highly recommend Dir En Grey if you're looking to experience some really interesting metal music. Yokusou Ni Dreambox, Cause of Fickleness, or Ranunculus are all great choices. Love your channel!!
Something worth noting about slipknot, they have 9 members, 4 of which are percussion, the main drummer on this track was Joey Jordison (RIP Joey), besides Joey, two other members will be on two different percussion setups, live these two kits are setup differently one is on a mechanism similar to a mechanical bull, and rocks around as the band member is jamming along, the second is on a platform that rises up about 10 feet from the ground, and rotates as it does so. The 4th percussion is typically one of the members, usually Shawn "Clown" Crahan, walking around with a baseball bat and a beer keg. Which is the high pitch ping you hear in duality. Just Joey by himself on the main drum kit is widely considered one of the most Iconic drummers of all time, let alone when you add the other drums, and kegs in. You really need to see (Sic) Live at download 2009 to understand the "High energy" Label they receive.
Was waiting for you to get to this one! It’s a perfect example of a song that can be better understood in the context of a live performance, in my opinion. I think I speak for most fans of aggressive music when I say that while listening to albums is great, what we are really looking forward to is that evening every few years when the band comes through town and we get to experience the music live, in a crowd, with the band in front of us experiencing the same moment we are. I mean, for one thing, there’s not really a way to replicate the experience of being in front of a live drum kit. The lowest of the frequencies are rolled off during recording, for mechanical reasons. I was shocked by how much I felt the rhythm in my body the first time I stood on the floor at a rock show. But more than that, there’s something really special about all being together in person. I guess you’ve felt that in other kinds of musical performances! When we listen to music at home in anticipation of the next show, part of what we are doing is practicing singing along, so that we get the words and timings right. Even if we are terrible singers, it doesn’t matter in that moment in the crowd. It’s all about reflecting back the band’s energy and having an enjoyable moment together. Listening to music with no intention of ever seeing it live probably feels pretty different. I suppose you’ve heard of the concept of energy curves in music. Here I feel like every time the energy drops a bit, the tension builds, in preparation for the next release and higher high. You can see it especially in the circle pit that usually forms a few rows back from the stage. (Not for the faint of heart, and not always engaged in honorably, but beloved by participants. Actually, there’s a quote from a former Slipknot percussionist about the current state of moshing on the Wikipedia page for Moshing.) It’s partly a practical matter: the human body can only go on high for brief moments before needing some recovery. The band orchestrates the listeners’ energy expertly in this song: see the point 3/4 of the way through, where the tempo information briefly drops out in anticipation of a unison “EYYYES”. The tension is palpable. I’ve heard this technique described as “implied tension”: sometimes the most powerful musical elements are not the ones you layer on, but the ones you remove. Hope you keep going with the heavier music until you viscerally understand why so many people adore it! The sounds may be different, but the elation and feeling of connectedness people get from it are not too different from what people get from lighter forms of music.
I give kudos for checking out music like this and really considering it. From my perspective, I've been listening to that song for almost 30 years. So please forgive me for saying it is highly entertaining watching someone discover Duality and struggle to describe the core concept used lyrically, musically, and passionately through the music. The feeling is duality in nature... Restrained aggression, calm agitation, hard rock and yet very lyrical at times. I've had the benefit of literal decades to consider this song, so this is by no means a critique of the first time listener... Just from the outside, it seems like you touched on Duality for a moment and then didn't really stink your teeth into it. If you were to listen to this song 10 more times over the next year or two, I wonder what you would see in it, if anything different.
wonderful band that i found later in life, actually soothing in a cathartic way. it's hyper emotional, transposing to a catatonic state in the aftermath 😅. I'd adore your reaction to some wild other topics. your excellent descriptive ability, being rare, is such a breath of fresh air. your aspi subscriber 🎉
First time I've seen one of your videos, as someone without any professional music background, I think you explained everything quite well. Definitely would like to see you dive deeper into metal, maybe some day you can check out Disembodied Tyrant/Synestia - Winter. It's very referential of Vivaldi's Winter, but about as HEAVY as things can get. One day you have to!
I've listened to this song for so many years, but it wasn't until this EXACT listen that the meaning of the song truly clicked for me at 32 years old. This is a song that can only have been written by someone who has dealt with chronic inescapable pain. I truly wonder what the lyricist/singer was dealing with, but I hope he's feeling better these days. Crazy how much insight simply experiencing more life can give me into the meaning of a song.
Here's some interesting music you guys might like Korn - Freak on a Leash Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead (I'm sure you'd love this) Fist full of steel - Rage against the Machine Combustion - Meshuggah Closer - Nine Inch Nails Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack Seasons - Chris Cornell PJ Harvey - Down by the Water PJ Harvey - The whole album "Let England Shake" - a bit like a Pink Floyd album its a whole thing in one Sweating Bullets - Megadeth Midlife Crisis - Faith No More Hurt - The Johnny Cash cover of the Nine Inch Nails song Perfect Day - Lou Reed Whisper - Morphine Drive - R.E.M. Xtal - Aphex Twin Alberto Balsam - Aphex Twin Glory Box - Portishead Beep Street - Squarepusher My Kingdom - The Future Sound of London
I really enjoy this song even though I only discovered it earlier this year. The energy is so contagious I find myself singing parts throughout the day. I believe the lead singer (Corey Taylor) is talking about living with intense migraines and the only relief he get from them was to push his fingers into his eyes as a distraction (at least, that is what I heard). Have you tried Baby Metal and Electric Callboy on their collaboration titled "RATATATA" yet? It is a catchy song. Love your channel.
Hi @VirginRock I saw you reviewed One Wing Angel a couple weeks ago I just wanted to stop by with another video game recommendation, You definitely got to check out the Killzone 2 OST. It was the first video game soundtrack to win an Ivor Novello award. Here are some honorable track mentions. 1. Visari's Lament 2. Radec's personal Guards 3. Birth of War (retribution) 4. The Second Helghan March(Helghan forever)
Youre a champion for sticking through it. Next you should check out Thunderhorse by Dethklok. It's mostly instrumental, which is odd because the front man is known for his vocals.
I'd like to see your take on Opeth from their 2002-2008 era (I think you've only done "Windowpane" from them before). They are quite well known for drastic changes in energy and mood in their songs, sort of similar to what stood out to you about "Duality". My personal Opeth song recommendation is "Ghost of Perdition", "The Lotus Eater", or "Porcelain Heart" to explore that dynamism. I wouldn't say that juxtaposition is a feature of Slipknot's style; I think the lower energy droning fry vocals during the verses were mainly intended to just make the chorus explode.
First time watcher! I was a little offended when you called Slipknot a hot mess lol…I love Slipknot…but enjoyed your video and analysis! You should do Nine Inch Nails ❤
In the 80's I was fascinated by Drum and Bugle Corps music. As a beginning rock drummer, the syncopation of the drum lines was amazing, the level of skill truly awesome. I knew some day a guy with that skill would bring that level of technical precision to hard rock and metal. When I heard Slipknot for the first time, I knew Joey had done it and done it well. Almost half the band use percussion at some point, usually with at least two percussionists joining the drummer. Then there's Clown. For the big accent hits to cut through all that percussion, you need a special instrument with an aural spread like a snare drum (audio white noise). That crack is a beer keg being struck with a baseball bat. Despite some incredible song writing by the various band members over the years, Slipknots primary contribution is a complete re writing of the rules of rock drumming. I'm very excited to see where they go next, with their new drummer who is arguably the best hard rock/metal drummer in the world, Eloy Casagrande.
Your analysis is not incorrect. Not all Slipknot is like this, especially in the older material, but I think it signals an evolution of the band's sound and it makes it interesting for us fans. Thanks for approaching things outside of your comfort zone and giving us your trhoughts
I would argue that Slipknot (and this song) is probably one of the Nu metal bands with relatively large mainstream success, primarily BECAUSE of Corey Taylor's ability to sing lower energy vocals. Metal, if you're not used to it, can be a bit overwhelming. It's very fast and very loud. Taylor singing at a lower energy, but crescendoing it at various points throughout the music, to match the energy of the instrumentation, kinda acts as a musical guide, allowing the listener to get comfortable with the higher energy at a manageable speed.
Can you imagine if this was the first band Amy had listened too.... Her previous ideas of Rock and Metal would have been fully realised as nothing but a loud noise and not very musical. But Amy you have learned so much and its amazing to see how even a piece like this you can analise in such detail and take it in your stride now. Its been fun watching you learn about the genre and you always have such great insight. Keep up the great work and thanks.
I remember at first I hated Slipknot, but it's grown on me! There is something about their music that just grabs you and won't let go. It's like a forbidden fruit. I am not their fan, but there are lots of their songs that I love. And I love Corey's voice, it's so powerful and versatile. He can scream and sing slow ballads so beautifully.
The music video for this song is so incredibly nostalgic to me. I didn't actually see the music video for the first time until I was already an adult, yet it perfectly captures the point in time that was my teenage years in a way that I can't describe in any other way but cathartic nostalgia.
I always thought the thing that was so amazing about this song was that the singing was so melo but the music was so aggressive, which must reflect how Corey felt. He's surrounded by all the loud music and energy but he just wants everything to be quiet as he's dealing with said migraines. The chorus to me felt like him just snapping and wanting it all to shut up. Love this song, love the duality of 'Duality', love Slipknot.
They've actually done studies that show that people who are into heavy metal have a lot in common with classical musicians in terms of their taste in music. The correlation is high.
This was off of their second album, some call it their heaviest album ever. However if you are looking for a hot mess try Spit it Out or Surfacing from their first album. They were still trying to find their sound with those first songs and Corey doesn't exactly use proper vocal technique until their third album.
Maybe the phrase you were looking for is "controlled chaos". Nine, yes nine, men in masks and jumpsuits shredding guitars, screaming, beating beerkegs, setting themselves on fire but it comes together somehow, even musically. And this was their big mainstream hit, kind of like the closest thing they have to a Top 40 pop song. The album released before this goes even harder.
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Des Moines is one of a number of smaller Midwest and central plains cities that maintained a fairly decent metal underground scene. Slipknot being one of the few that really took off.
Love your reactions so much. Wish one day I could see a reaction on Death's Crystal Mountain, The Dance of Eternity by Dream Theather, something from Slayer or hell, even maybe some black metal stuff like Emperor for example. Best wishes.
For me this music resonates for people's who've experienced injustice,pain,psychological turmoil ,betrayal etc To listen without experience of extremes... would one even be listening to the same piece of music?
Man, you should react to Shadow of intent (instrumentals my recomendation bc guturals are not for everybody) It is death metal but with a lot of symphony and it's composition it uses orchestral choir and instruments ant it resembles a lot classical music but also are very dynamic, still being very very heavy. Definitely one of the most interesting hears you could have.
There's a live environment that is lost in the clinical diagnosis. I was just at a very happy and caring live show, there's a place to be on the floor and if a youtube reaction can bring that, it would be wild.
Slipknot. Yup, aggressive music but quite well done. Probably quite shocking to the ears of the uninitiated, but again it's rather well done and that can be appreciated on it's own technical merit. Somehow I think the actual nightmare would be trying to interpret a score that's so dense it looks like a solid grey page from a distance.
I'd really, really recommend the band Mastodon, partly as they're one of the current "greats" of metal, partly as they're practically from my home town. I always get a sort of "band piece" (band as in brass/wind band) vibe from them, although that may be from my time in the high school band. For a more "radio friendly" piece I'd recommend Steambreather from the album Emperor of Sand, and for something showing their roots/earlier stuff, Blood and Thunder from the album Leviathan. Steambreather comes from a concept album about cancer, with the album following a desert wanderer who had been handed a death sentence. Blood and Thunder comes from a concept album about Moby Dick, as will become obvious from listening to the song. Neither of those are my personal favorite however, that would be either Jaguar God from the same album as Steambreather, or Bedazzled Fingernails from the album The Hunter.
adhd is quite fitting actually.. lol.. especially with live performances of the setting each other on fire, kicking each other, jumping off high things and breaking both of their heels in Sids case... well Sid is a whole case study in and of himself but yes, very energetic, very adhd lol...but also very good
I always got the feel from this song that the person was dissasociating from themself and the world around them because of the trauma they endured, but they kept having to edure more and more until it became so overwhelming it worked its way inside and had to be released somehow or they simply "would not make it". They felt like they were going insane from the constant strain and pressure building up represented by his vocals growing louder and more primal over the course of the song. But that is simply the way that the song has come across to me. I have no idea what their actual intended meaning behind it is.
I feel Cory's "low energy" part is more like building tension. Almost like a lion getting ready to pounce. It builds it into the high energy belting of the chorus.
The odd percussion you may have heard is a beer keg being hit with an aluminum baseball bat
Yep, The beer keg must not be an instrument she has a lot of experience with.
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Lmao😂
I actively laughed out loud. Because yes, it absolutely is exactly that. You see him in the videos, at least most of them. Psychosocial is my favorite example of him just wailing on a keg.
My favourite part! 🤘
this isnt just a step out of her comfort zone, its more of a 40 day track through the desert of discomfort
And this is the radio friendly slipknot lol. Heretic Anthem when?
she could react to Snuff
Yeah she would probably like snuff (maybe the live version) but slipknot isn't a deepdive she wants to jump into...
I preferred where this got cut off reading it on my phone which was through the desert of disco lol
Pff.. [Black-Metal sounds intensify]
American "metal" is so pop.
"The music is high energy, but the vocals, not so much." The song is a duality
Yep she said that?
Great point!
Yeh kind of the point 😂
The impression I always got with this song, and a majority of slipknot, is one of "Things are bad. They will often be bad. But you're not alone, and you'll never be alone."
If I remember correctly, the lyrics are inspired by Cory struggling with migraines. And having them occasionally, yeah. That tracks.
@john-531 Then turn it off and go elsewhere... Not everything is made just for you :)
Youll never be alone, until they fire you via email with no warning and forget about you
@@lautaroasis60 regardless of what the band goes through, the community will always be there.
That is correct, this is about Corey's migraines.
That's why "Duality" is one of my favourites, I also suffered with migraines from a very young age!!!
I love rock and metal and i greatly appreciate your curious and open attitude to different kinds of music! People can be put off by the 'volume' and aggro of this kind of music but your ear acclimates, and then you can truly appreciate it. Just like a booming orchestra or a rap song can fly over your head until you let yourself be immersed and see the skill at play.
Music is cool!
You can actually get a pretty good sleep on this
@@arthurbarbosadelira7505 metalheads when they meet magnetheads
Well said!
I love the fact that Amy is exploring more modern and truly heavy stuff now.
I still can't get over the fact that she got to listen to some random Limp Bizkit song as an introduction to nu metal instead of some early KoRn.
She would appreciate something like Re-arranged or Walking Away
or linkin park LOL
I wouldn't remotely call this "truly heavy"
Thank you @@Dr.Spatula
@@Dr.Spatula Tbf, "truly heavy" is incredibly subjective to exposure. Like yeah, if you've listened to something like Party Cannon or any really extreme metal, this isn't 'heavy'. But to some people slipknot is truly heavy because this is as 'heavy' as they've heard music go.
For people that struggle with harsh vocals. Look at them as another instrument. You don’t have to “understand” a guitar. It adds to the emotion or feel. Usually rage or sorrow in metal
Works with vocals in other languages too.
That's why I like clowncore
People need to understand harsh vocals make complete sense in heavy music. Usually it is full of power chords, adding a note that is not another perfect interval just makes it a true chord giving it either major or minor characteristic and thus changing the vibe.
Then of course you got the rhythmic quality. Screams are a perfect layer on top of already fast and technical music. It serves as a tool to add more intensity without making it overly busy.
I honestly don't get the stigma against harsh vocals. As if people were afraid of anger, frustration and sadness. Which is strange because all of these are perfectly normal human emotions too.
Phrasing for me on guitars is associated alot like singing
Slipknot was at the forefront of Nu Metal in the late 90s and early 00s which sort of reinvigorated metal as a genre in the mainstream. Nu metal being sort of the natural crossbreeding of influences from more down tuned and down tempo metal in Metallica's black album, Pantera, and with a stop in hip hop.
The interesting thing about the genre is that it became one of the most mainstream takes on metal we've ever seen, with the lyrical content often dealing very directly and poignantly with child abuse, interpersonal turmoil, depression, being "othered" by peers, bullying etc. so it struck a chord with a lot of midwestern youth that felt trapped in these situations they didn't ask for. It isn't mindless aggression, it is the pain of repression and abuse given an outlet. Kids being abused or neglected at home and tortured by bullies at school, who were made to feel powerless and alone were finding power and solace in slipknots music.
Slipknot was HUGE for a band that sometimes bordered on death metal, and its in large part because Corey Taylor tapped very deeply into a collective frustration and helplessness experienced by disaffected youth at that time. The catharsis, sympathy, and sense of belonging this band provided probably saved American society a lot of future trouble.
For a very real, raw, aggressive, and unfiltered look at what I mean, it would be best to listen to these slipknot songs: Disasterpiece, People = Shit, Left Behind, Surfacing
Or some of the early Korn stuff.
It is overwhelmingly angry and disturbing at times, and that was the inner world these guys were living in, and that a large swath of youth was living in. It is not comfortable to listen to, nor was it ever intended to be. There is no compromise or restraint. There is no emotion that is left unexplored. There was no other music available that properly articulated these feelings for these kids. People in the comments are saying its noise, but there's a reason it became massively popular, and that's because some guy crooning over a couple of chords was not sufficient or commensurate with their experience.
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Menos mal se acabó el nu metal.
Beautiful comment, thank you brother 🙏 this music means so much to so many
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Lots of haters in these comments. This is a great song by talented musicians. Slipknot are a treasure.
A diverse sampling of nu metal would include Deftones - digital bath, limp bizkit - break stuff, and sevendust - denial.
Especially live. The guys from Slipknot are legit.
Digital Bath is my absolute favorite song.
The headache line is right on track. Corey used to get debilitating migraines and the only thing that helped was pushing his finger into his eyes.
I used to do same, and it helps
@@elidmi3945 same but i use my palms
@@no1bandfan I'm cursed with the double whammy with migraine headaches because both sides of my family have migraines really bad plus have I can get migraine seizures because I'm considered epileptic or epilepsy
The bands high energy is the world around moving at pace, relentless onslaught of external factors.
The vocals are the individual struggling to keep up, its one thing after another causing the individual a headache. As the lyrics energy grows, he becomes more angry with the world rather than pushed down by it.
At least thats my interpretation.
Corey Taylor did a track with Apocalyptica (classically trained string quartet from Finland who do metal) called I'm Not Jesus, that's interesting.
Bit of Slipkot trivial - when Daphne and Celeste (a 90s pop duo) had a really rough set at Reading Festival (someone actually threw a wheelchair at them, as well as the more tradhitional, for Reading, bottles of 'liquid'), Corey went backstage to see if they were OK and told them they'd done really well, since not many acts would have stuck it out to the end.
"I was like ‘hey, you did something that a lot of people wouldn’t have done. You stayed in there, so hold your head high’. I don’t know if they f**king cared what I said, but they did it.”
Slipknot has the one best backing vocals in the metal rock roll music industry
This checks some boxes for me. I love Slipknot, reaction videos, and especially reaction videos that aren't 20x longer than the original content because they pause and rewind 1000 times to get ad money. This is right up front, I'll edit in my thoughts after watching.
Edit: yeah Corey Taylor doesn't really do high energy. Not in the way I think you mean anyway. Decent reaction/alysis though. Although you did seem to be actively fighting "feeling" this. You gotta let it take over. I'll check out your other videos and see if anything grabs me, might be a subscribe.
Not a huge Slipknot fan, but this song is amazing. A lot of songs are aggressive and shouty... But the way this song expresses it... It blows my mind.
Try Vermillion Part 2
I’m a big fan and I don’t like this song. To mainstream.
She had issues with Nightwish-- Ghost Love Score as not Opera enough like a year ago, and now gets Slipknot. Seen this so many times with newbie rxers to rock and metal, it's really fun to track when it happens
I commend you for being open and listening to them. They're one of my favorite bands and not everyone enjoys them. You gave it a great review!
The low-energy parts of the vocals are to mimic the way one sounds when speaking whilst holding their head during migraines/headaches, you're onto something when you mention the two states/parts fighting each other, the song is about migraines and that's done to take you through the intense parts, and then the breaks between the episodes.
"It offends my sensibilities, but game is game" a lot of slipknot walks the line of chaos and risks just being noise.
I am surprised that, being a classical musician, no one has asked you to listen to more complex music like Dream Theater yet.
...or Mahavanishu Orchestra or King Crimson 👍👍
Or Dimmu Borgir..
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She's surprisingly likely to listen to something obscure that won't get a lot of views, so you never know. Unfortunately, most other reactors are focusing only on reacting as a profession, so what made it onto the radio is what's going to make them the most money to react to. But personally, I'd like to see her react to Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk era Emperor, or the Paganini influence in the solo in Necrophagist's Fermented Offal Discharge. But another issue is that more complex often comes coupled with more inaccessible and intense and scary, at least in the metal world (excluding stuff like Dream Theater).
Because complicated≠good
Such a unique band. Hope see them more in this channel.
I term of listen to metal you’ve come along way and your ability to be able to analyze the music. Or at least tolerate it enough to be able to analyze it. 😊
I’m very happy to see that.
Great analysis. Thank you.
I think Amy will truly enjoy and appreciate Octavarium by Dream Theater :)
whens dream theater 🥲🥲
That's an amazing song and I've been hoping she'd do this ever since she was at 5k subs, I was thinking of doing the Kofi donation to get it on the list but the price went up by a lot and I can't justify it.
It's very long, so I'm a bit worried she may not ever do it.
The Spirit Carries On... In fact, the whole concept album of Scenes From A Memory would be high on the wishlist!
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Can't believe that she barely was able to listen to And Justice For All until the end and now she seems vibe with a more noisy song like this. Quite a progress!
She had issues with Nightwish-- Ghost Love Score as not Opera enough like a year ago, and now gets Slipknot. Seen this so many times with newbie rxers to rock and metal, it's really fun to track when it happens.
This song is way more listenable than and justice for all. This song is basically pop for the metal genre. I bet she won't like many other slipknot songs as much as this one
Another good song to react from Slipknot is "Before i forget", i hope you try it with that one. By the way, thanks for your videos.
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I always have a great time listening to your comments on songs I love.
I also respect a lot that you go out of you comfort zone so often with such ease and still have a smart POV and understanding.
To me you're the best at doing what you're doing !
I always appreciate your perspective on music. You come at these songs from a fresh and new viewpoint for me and I love it, thank you.
I love how the first thing she had to comment about the song is about Corey Taylor's vocals. Game recognizes game
The fact that she reffers as the "piece" to this metal song kind of matches the grandma look this beautiful lady has.
Would be interesting to hear your take on metal bands that do more progressive or orchestral arrangements in their music. Like Avenged Sevenfold's Roman Sky, (D)eath, Cosmic, Nobody, The Wicked End, or A Little Piece of Heaven.
I took a break from watching reaction videos, but you got me back with this. Thank you for remaining delightful ❤
Thank you for listening to this song. This band has helped me so much growing up. Got to see them live 2 years ago. It's something I'll never forget. 7 enemies by hate breed has been a favorite for me lately. First time ever watching one of your videos. Thank you again.
I highly recommend Dir En Grey if you're looking to experience some really interesting metal music.
Yokusou Ni Dreambox, Cause of Fickleness, or Ranunculus are all great choices.
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Slipknot is its own orchestra of chaos
Slipknot are amazing
Constant power, a band with ADHD, piecemeal themes. She gets it.
Something worth noting about slipknot, they have 9 members, 4 of which are percussion, the main drummer on this track was Joey Jordison (RIP Joey), besides Joey, two other members will be on two different percussion setups, live these two kits are setup differently one is on a mechanism similar to a mechanical bull, and rocks around as the band member is jamming along, the second is on a platform that rises up about 10 feet from the ground, and rotates as it does so. The 4th percussion is typically one of the members, usually Shawn "Clown" Crahan, walking around with a baseball bat and a beer keg. Which is the high pitch ping you hear in duality. Just Joey by himself on the main drum kit is widely considered one of the most Iconic drummers of all time, let alone when you add the other drums, and kegs in.
You really need to see (Sic) Live at download 2009 to understand the "High energy" Label they receive.
Was waiting for you to get to this one! It’s a perfect example of a song that can be better understood in the context of a live performance, in my opinion. I think I speak for most fans of aggressive music when I say that while listening to albums is great, what we are really looking forward to is that evening every few years when the band comes through town and we get to experience the music live, in a crowd, with the band in front of us experiencing the same moment we are. I mean, for one thing, there’s not really a way to replicate the experience of being in front of a live drum kit. The lowest of the frequencies are rolled off during recording, for mechanical reasons. I was shocked by how much I felt the rhythm in my body the first time I stood on the floor at a rock show. But more than that, there’s something really special about all being together in person. I guess you’ve felt that in other kinds of musical performances! When we listen to music at home in anticipation of the next show, part of what we are doing is practicing singing along, so that we get the words and timings right. Even if we are terrible singers, it doesn’t matter in that moment in the crowd. It’s all about reflecting back the band’s energy and having an enjoyable moment together. Listening to music with no intention of ever seeing it live probably feels pretty different.
I suppose you’ve heard of the concept of energy curves in music. Here I feel like every time the energy drops a bit, the tension builds, in preparation for the next release and higher high. You can see it especially in the circle pit that usually forms a few rows back from the stage. (Not for the faint of heart, and not always engaged in honorably, but beloved by participants. Actually, there’s a quote from a former Slipknot percussionist about the current state of moshing on the Wikipedia page for Moshing.) It’s partly a practical matter: the human body can only go on high for brief moments before needing some recovery.
The band orchestrates the listeners’ energy expertly in this song: see the point 3/4 of the way through, where the tempo information briefly drops out in anticipation of a unison “EYYYES”. The tension is palpable. I’ve heard this technique described as “implied tension”: sometimes the most powerful musical elements are not the ones you layer on, but the ones you remove.
Hope you keep going with the heavier music until you viscerally understand why so many people adore it! The sounds may be different, but the elation and feeling of connectedness people get from it are not too different from what people get from lighter forms of music.
I give kudos for checking out music like this and really considering it.
From my perspective, I've been listening to that song for almost 30 years. So please forgive me for saying it is highly entertaining watching someone discover Duality and struggle to describe the core concept used lyrically, musically, and passionately through the music.
The feeling is duality in nature... Restrained aggression, calm agitation, hard rock and yet very lyrical at times. I've had the benefit of literal decades to consider this song, so this is by no means a critique of the first time listener... Just from the outside, it seems like you touched on Duality for a moment and then didn't really stink your teeth into it.
If you were to listen to this song 10 more times over the next year or two, I wonder what you would see in it, if anything different.
The sheer contrast of your look and one of my favorite songs here makes me think I’ll love this
Craaaazy that she’s getting to slipknot 😂 that’s wild. Hope she likes it :) haven’t watched all the way through yet
This song helped me through the death of my daughter hours after her birth.
“Welcome home” by Coheed and Cambria. Will blow your mind!! “Rock orchestral vibes”
wonderful band that i found later in life, actually soothing in a cathartic way. it's hyper emotional, transposing to a catatonic state in the aftermath 😅.
I'd adore your reaction to some wild other topics.
your excellent descriptive ability, being rare, is such a breath of fresh air.
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First time I've seen one of your videos, as someone without any professional music background, I think you explained everything quite well.
Definitely would like to see you dive deeper into metal, maybe some day you can check out Disembodied Tyrant/Synestia - Winter. It's very referential of Vivaldi's Winter, but about as HEAVY as things can get. One day you have to!
I've listened to this song for so many years, but it wasn't until this EXACT listen that the meaning of the song truly clicked for me at 32 years old.
This is a song that can only have been written by someone who has dealt with chronic inescapable pain. I truly wonder what the lyricist/singer was dealing with, but I hope he's feeling better these days. Crazy how much insight simply experiencing more life can give me into the meaning of a song.
Corey was struggling with quite severe migraines at the time so he wrote a song about the pain.
Here's some interesting music you guys might like
Korn - Freak on a Leash
Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead (I'm sure you'd love this)
Fist full of steel - Rage against the Machine
Combustion - Meshuggah
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Seasons - Chris Cornell
PJ Harvey - Down by the Water
PJ Harvey - The whole album "Let England Shake" - a bit like a Pink Floyd album its a whole thing in one
Sweating Bullets - Megadeth
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
Hurt - The Johnny Cash cover of the Nine Inch Nails song
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Whisper - Morphine
Drive - R.E.M.
Xtal - Aphex Twin
Alberto Balsam - Aphex Twin
Glory Box - Portishead
Beep Street - Squarepusher
My Kingdom - The Future Sound of London
8:04 good catch! I wonder if she knows there's 9 band members in Slipknot lol
I really enjoy this song even though I only discovered it earlier this year. The energy is so contagious I find myself singing parts throughout the day. I believe the lead singer (Corey Taylor) is talking about living with intense migraines and the only relief he get from them was to push his fingers into his eyes as a distraction (at least, that is what I heard). Have you tried Baby Metal and Electric Callboy on their collaboration titled "RATATATA" yet? It is a catchy song. Love your channel.
Hi @VirginRock I saw you reviewed One Wing Angel a couple weeks ago I just wanted to stop by with another video game recommendation, You definitely got to check out the Killzone 2 OST. It was the first video game soundtrack to win an Ivor Novello award. Here are some honorable track mentions.
1. Visari's Lament
2. Radec's personal Guards
3. Birth of War (retribution)
4. The Second Helghan March(Helghan forever)
Youre a champion for sticking through it. Next you should check out Thunderhorse by Dethklok. It's mostly instrumental, which is odd because the front man is known for his vocals.
Her reactions are gold, I used to listen to that when I was going to sleep when I was like 13, it's nice to see some "enjoying" that still now
I'd like to see your take on Opeth from their 2002-2008 era (I think you've only done "Windowpane" from them before). They are quite well known for drastic changes in energy and mood in their songs, sort of similar to what stood out to you about "Duality". My personal Opeth song recommendation is "Ghost of Perdition", "The Lotus Eater", or "Porcelain Heart" to explore that dynamism.
I wouldn't say that juxtaposition is a feature of Slipknot's style; I think the lower energy droning fry vocals during the verses were mainly intended to just make the chorus explode.
First time watcher! I was a little offended when you called Slipknot a hot mess lol…I love Slipknot…but enjoyed your video and analysis! You should do Nine Inch Nails ❤
In the 80's I was fascinated by Drum and Bugle Corps music. As a beginning rock drummer, the syncopation of the drum lines was amazing, the level of skill truly awesome. I knew some day a guy with that skill would bring that level of technical precision to hard rock and metal. When I heard Slipknot for the first time, I knew Joey had done it and done it well. Almost half the band use percussion at some point, usually with at least two percussionists joining the drummer.
Then there's Clown. For the big accent hits to cut through all that percussion, you need a special instrument with an aural spread like a snare drum (audio white noise). That crack is a beer keg being struck with a baseball bat.
Despite some incredible song writing by the various band members over the years, Slipknots primary contribution is a complete re writing of the rules of rock drumming. I'm very excited to see where they go next, with their new drummer who is arguably the best hard rock/metal drummer in the world, Eloy Casagrande.
Your analysis is not incorrect. Not all Slipknot is like this, especially in the older material, but I think it signals an evolution of the band's sound and it makes it interesting for us fans. Thanks for approaching things outside of your comfort zone and giving us your trhoughts
I can not love enough the "heavy metal pieces" expression! :D
I’m loving the metal reactions, just waiting for the inevitable meshuggah-bleed video 😁
I would argue that Slipknot (and this song) is probably one of the Nu metal bands with relatively large mainstream success, primarily BECAUSE of Corey Taylor's ability to sing lower energy vocals. Metal, if you're not used to it, can be a bit overwhelming. It's very fast and very loud. Taylor singing at a lower energy, but crescendoing it at various points throughout the music, to match the energy of the instrumentation, kinda acts as a musical guide, allowing the listener to get comfortable with the higher energy at a manageable speed.
Can you imagine if this was the first band Amy had listened too.... Her previous ideas of Rock and Metal would have been fully realised as nothing but a loud noise and not very musical. But Amy you have learned so much and its amazing to see how even a piece like this you can analise in such detail and take it in your stride now. Its been fun watching you learn about the genre and you always have such great insight. Keep up the great work and thanks.
This song is about the terrible migraines Corey (the singer) used to have years ago. The pain in his voice in the beginning fits the song well.
I remember at first I hated Slipknot, but it's grown on me! There is something about their music that just grabs you and won't let go. It's like a forbidden fruit. I am not their fan, but there are lots of their songs that I love. And I love Corey's voice, it's so powerful and versatile. He can scream and sing slow ballads so beautifully.
On the surface the voice is low energy and full of ache but when you know who he is you also understand it might be bottled, suppressed rage.
The music video for this song is so incredibly nostalgic to me. I didn't actually see the music video for the first time until I was already an adult, yet it perfectly captures the point in time that was my teenage years in a way that I can't describe in any other way but cathartic nostalgia.
Slipknot is most often considered a nu metal and alternative metal band, rather than “heavy metal”
Nice to see these videos. Long live rock.
Listening to Slipknot and not headbanging, now that's a talent to be reconized.
The way she was happy nodding along to it cracked me up lol
I always thought the thing that was so amazing about this song was that the singing was so melo but the music was so aggressive, which must reflect how Corey felt. He's surrounded by all the loud music and energy but he just wants everything to be quiet as he's dealing with said migraines. The chorus to me felt like him just snapping and wanting it all to shut up. Love this song, love the duality of 'Duality', love Slipknot.
When i hear Slipknot, first what comes to my mind is "Wait and Bleed".
They've actually done studies that show that people who are into heavy metal have a lot in common with classical musicians in terms of their taste in music. The correlation is high.
This was off of their second album, some call it their heaviest album ever. However if you are looking for a hot mess try Spit it Out or Surfacing from their first album. They were still trying to find their sound with those first songs and Corey doesn't exactly use proper vocal technique until their third album.
Maybe the phrase you were looking for is "controlled chaos". Nine, yes nine, men in masks and jumpsuits shredding guitars, screaming, beating beerkegs, setting themselves on fire but it comes together somehow, even musically. And this was their big mainstream hit, kind of like the closest thing they have to a Top 40 pop song. The album released before this goes even harder.
Münchener Freiheit (known sometimes simply as Freiheit) is a German pop and rock band that had released nineteen studio albums by 2016, four of which have gone gold. They are named after a square in the city of Munich, meaning "Munich freedom". They are considered part of the Neue Deutsche Welle musical movement.
They are best known in the English-speaking world for their single "Keeping the Dream Alive". This song became a #14 hit single in the UK Singles Chart when released in December 1988, making Münchener Freiheit a one-hit wonder there.
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Please Amy, check out Sleep Token "Ascensionism" or "Take me back to Eden" soon.
Des Moines is one of a number of smaller Midwest and central plains cities that maintained a fairly decent metal underground scene. Slipknot being one of the few that really took off.
Slipknot helps me to focus
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I literally said, "YES YES YES YES" when I saw the title and your name.
I never really got into Slipnot but I appreciate what they’ve accomplished- their live shows are awesome though- I saw them at Ozzfest awhile back
Love your reactions so much. Wish one day I could see a reaction on Death's Crystal Mountain, The Dance of Eternity by Dream Theather, something from Slayer or hell, even maybe some black metal stuff like Emperor for example. Best wishes.
Perfect for a quick run on the treadmill or around the block. Great song for elevating my BP!
Great explanation! nice grooves for beginners 😊
For me this music resonates for people's who've experienced injustice,pain,psychological turmoil ,betrayal etc
To listen without experience of extremes... would one even be listening to the same piece of music?
this album is the fourth album-- third with the vocalist, the first (mate, feet, kill, and repeat) has some demo tracks.
Snuff by slipknot is amazing. It shows you the softer side of the band while showing you the range of Cory Taylor.
Man, you should react to Shadow of intent (instrumentals my recomendation bc guturals are not for everybody) It is death metal but with a lot of symphony and it's composition it uses orchestral choir and instruments ant it resembles a lot classical music but also are very dynamic, still being very very heavy. Definitely one of the most interesting hears you could have.
Hope to see you check out more of these guys! Very much worth the deep dive 💯
You’re exactly right about the headache and being tired and not feeling well. This song is largely about the singer’s struggles with migraines.
I cannot wait until she finds out that the singer she reacted to is the same Corey Taylor of snuff that she reacted to three weeks earlier lolz
There's a live environment that is lost in the clinical diagnosis. I was just at a very happy and caring live show, there's a place to be on the floor and if a youtube reaction can bring that, it would be wild.
Slipknot. Yup, aggressive music but quite well done. Probably quite shocking to the ears of the uninitiated, but again it's rather well done and that can be appreciated on it's own technical merit.
Somehow I think the actual nightmare would be trying to interpret a score that's so dense it looks like a solid grey page from a distance.
I'd really, really recommend the band Mastodon, partly as they're one of the current "greats" of metal, partly as they're practically from my home town. I always get a sort of "band piece" (band as in brass/wind band) vibe from them, although that may be from my time in the high school band. For a more "radio friendly" piece I'd recommend Steambreather from the album Emperor of Sand, and for something showing their roots/earlier stuff, Blood and Thunder from the album Leviathan. Steambreather comes from a concept album about cancer, with the album following a desert wanderer who had been handed a death sentence. Blood and Thunder comes from a concept album about Moby Dick, as will become obvious from listening to the song. Neither of those are my personal favorite however, that would be either Jaguar God from the same album as Steambreather, or Bedazzled Fingernails from the album The Hunter.
adhd is quite fitting actually.. lol.. especially with live performances of the setting each other on fire, kicking each other, jumping off high things and breaking both of their heels in Sids case... well Sid is a whole case study in and of himself but yes, very energetic, very adhd lol...but also very good
I always got the feel from this song that the person was dissasociating from themself and the world around them because of the trauma they endured, but they kept having to edure more and more until it became so overwhelming it worked its way inside and had to be released somehow or they simply "would not make it". They felt like they were going insane from the constant strain and pressure building up represented by his vocals growing louder and more primal over the course of the song. But that is simply the way that the song has come across to me. I have no idea what their actual intended meaning behind it is.
I'm very curious to see if you'll tackle Coheed & Cambria, especially some of their newer stuff like Old Flames or A Window of the Waking Mind
Gteat reaction and i enjoy how you break it down. Great job 👏👍
You are right Corey Taylor lead singer suffers from terrible migraines hence why he says i push my fingers into my eyes hoping it will ease the pain
Forgot to mention the Grammys 😅
That activated some nostalgia feeling in me.
I feel Cory's "low energy" part is more like building tension. Almost like a lion getting ready to pounce. It builds it into the high energy belting of the chorus.