This album has some strong gems. For me the MVP of the album is Paul, really funky bass, I don't know why he never played things like that again on future albums.
The lineup for after the album was released in 1996 was Anders-Vocals/Percussion Shawn (Clown)-Backing vocals/percussion Joey-Drums Mick-Guitar Josh-Guitar Craig-Samples Paul-Bass
It’s funny to hear how Mr. Bungle influenced them. Lol, I was typing that first sentence and then you said the same thing. Love the channel even more now. Mike Patton was changing things in ways we still do not see the full scope of. He started the “how many genres can we fit in one song?” thing that was huge in the late 90s and early 00s. Tub Ring, Mindless Self Indulgence, etc.
@@mollyesanborn if Miles Davis and Mike Patton made an album in the mid 70s, it would most definitely have been called Genre Fusion Fusion, and when they broke up Genre Fusion Fusion Fission, thanks folks, I’m here all week.
This is my favorite album for many reasons, and I'm glad you're referring to it as their debut album. Slipknots history is... insanely interesting, and this LP shows it very well, I love it. Doing deep dives into their music and performances before the Roadrunner signing is very intriguing and recommend it to anyone. This Pre-99 era is by far the most interesting, tribal, and experimental. This album shows great bass, pretty cool songwriting, beautiful percussion and is insanely versatile, a song like Do Nothing/Bitchslap being on an album with a song like Tattered & Torn is the best! Also: you are correct, there are many vocalists on this record: Anders did lead vocals, with Shawn, Paul and Josh doing backup vocals. Josh did most of the higher pitched, funky vocals (DN/Bitchslap). Love the review as always! Glad you enjoyed this great debut record
Gently is definitely a standout for me, it sounds like Slipknot if they tried to make a And Justice for All era Metallica song. Also I really enjoyed your FNM King for a Day reaction, that album doesn't get enough recognition for how unique it is, the B-sides are just as good as the songs that made it on the album.
Gently (the Iowa version) is probably my favorite song from Slipknot's entire discography. I loved hearing this early version of it, still such a great track. I actually enjoyed Anders vocals on it too.
I'm soo happy you decided to check this album out, it's soo different for Slipknot (Do Nothing/Bitchslap threw me for a loop lol, love it). You should also check out the "Crowz" Demo album, it has several other original versions of songs that were reworked and ended up in first 3 albums. Great video as usual Molly! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
I know, I was not expecting that sort of sound from Slipknot! It was so cool hearing these early demo tracks from them. I'll have to check out the Crowz album at some point too.
@@mollyesanborn Before you get the wrong album, "Crowz" was the possible planned name for the "Gold disk," however many use the term for a fan made compilation made many years ago. The Gold Disk, in a way, is a more evolved version of this MFKR LP, but was scrapped. The "Anders version" is fully leaked on RUclips, however only 4 tracks of ~20 from Corey's recording session of the album have been leaked.
Killers are Quiet was a early version of Iowa, the title track. I think my favorite on this album is Gently. I love both versions so much, but the acoustic intro on the MFKR version is SO damn good. One of my favorite acoustic sections ever. They're simple, but SO damn effective. I kinda really wish they would have kept them in the song on the Iowa version or brought those acoustic riffs back for a different song at some point but.... nope.
I remember me being totally hooked on this album. I have no clue why but I fooking love it. Long time ago or I rather should’ve said ages ago, a friend of mine lent me a type cassette and told me “Check this out man. It’s crazy and super weird stuff. This is gonna change your perspective on your approach towards music” I was hesitant coz I was not sure if it would be a thing that I could enjoy listening to. To my astonishment it did the job! . Not only did it float my boat but also it did rock it so viciously that I was jettisoned so to speak hehehe… Back then I was young and I was looking for something new and Slipknot came into the picture. This was new territory for me and soon after it became my land😉
@@emeraldstategaming I was wondering that too, from what I've found his name is Andrew Rouw and Anders Colsefni is a stage name. He has done vocals for a band called Vice Grip Throttle. Can't find much else about him.
He has his own RUclips Channel, just look for his name. Though his last video is from 10 years ago, there are a few videos where he tells some intertesting stories about the early Slipknot.
Silver Disc next? (Corey’s demos of the demos) Mostly same songs here with some songs on Gold Disc (re-recording of MFKR and some new songs) with the songs “Windows”, “Coleslaw”, and “Me Inside” having altered/added lyrics from the Gold Disc versions
Glad you checked this out and glad you call it their first album! They've ret-conned it as a demo but when it came out it was intended to be their debut
May 17 and Windows are both VERY good demo songs, both Corey & Anders have done the vocals for Windows though, each have different lyrics. Also not to mention but May 17's vocals are done by Shawn.
Killers are quiet is a early version of Iowa (the song) I definitely think this is more of a demo than an actual album, all of the songs are interesting but the final version are definitely better
Corey joined a year after this was released (around mid 97). Ultimately, Anders was relegated to percussion/backing vocals only. He left the band later that year because he obviously wasn’t happy about that.
Not really their debut album, it's a demo, songs like Sic, Gently, Only One, Tarred and Torn and Iowa started with this demo. Super glad that you dive into the way way early Slipknot stuff, very interesting things you will find. I suggest you to check the Silver Disc demo, the closest of the songs you listen in this video but with Corey now in the band. As always, great time watching your reactions
@@coleslaw3808 if the band says something they made whatever they wanna call it then it’s whatever they wanna call it, it’s not their first album it’s a demo and not official
this week is shaping up to be one of the BEST, new MetallicA song yesterday, Super Mario brothers trailer today, NOW THIS, THE REVIEW have anticipated and I know it won't disappoint :) Slipknot (opening song) turned into (SIC), Gently was changed, but kept 99% of the lyrics. Tattered and torn, as you know, is on self titled, Killers are quiet, became Iowa. There is Crowz (was to be the follow up, but they got signed and scrapped it), only one (again, that ended up on self titled) but yes, only one issue of Crowz is said to of been recorded, booklet printed and is in a safe in Clown's house. RUMOR, bootlegs exist as does the songs which were to be on it. Carve (became Before I forget), the me inside (me inside on self titled re-release), heartache and a pair of scissors, May 17, Coleslaw and windows.
If you enjoy stuff like that pay attention on albums : Carcass - Heartwork - 1993 ; Flotsam & Jetsam - High - 1997 ; Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real - 1998
Hi Molly, I'd just like to say that you absolutely sound like you should have your own radio talk show. Your voice is so soothing to listen to. Ok have a nice day!
this is so groovy funky love the bass breakdown like a disco fushion jazzish. :) I love that u cover this! first listen was an attic in berlin and i was blown away. shawn's vision, the machinist and the talent of the band geeks paul/joey:) so much fun. i have yet to purchase we r not ur kind or the end so far, cause this stuff is all a slow burn. vendetta is a favourite from all hope is gone, gematria/killing name i like how they re-did this on the rest of their repetoire. sped up sometimes, cori's energy. chris's screaming/masks and attics/percussion for damaged can't be beat. classical pianist here much repect to jim and mic for the tapping. thank you molly! great memories and inspiration
Ozzy Osborune was supposed to have heard early Slipknot and said "it's f*cking fusion jazz!" 😂 By the way, Acid Bath was one of Anders' favorite bands.
Hey Molly, I just wanted to suggest again for you to dive into some Trivium. Trivium is a very popular band who has evolved a lot over the years and their discography is amazing, Trivium would be a great fit for the channel! I'm happy to see the growth of your channel, keep up the great work Molly!
Thanks for the suggestion! I will definitely keep Trivium in mind for the future. I'm loving the process of making these videos and discovering great music along the way, it's nice sharing my joy of music with all of you :)
@@mollyesanborn It is a demo. The wiki page for the demo says it's their first album, but if you open the discography page, it's listed under demo albums.
Just wanna recommend code orange as a band to react to. The way their discography evolves even with just 3 albums is awesome. Their most recent album “underneath” is imo the best metal album of the 2020s so far. Just absolutely insane. Like a mix of nine inch nails and Slipknot.
It’s interesting to hear the early versions of some iconic tracks ! The tracks I do enjoy are “do nothing bitchslap” and “some feel” Other than that I don’t really consider it their first album , more of a demo !
You should check out Mushroomhead. They're also a metal group that wears masks, and even had a semi-feud with Slipknot years and years ago. Also they have a much more industrial rooted sound. They're one of my top 5 favorite bands, I'd love it if you reacted to their whole discography.
I've been needing to check out this album for a long time lol. If you want to hear some awesome nü-metal I'd recommend Self-titled or Broke by (Hed) P.E., they are one of my favorite nü-metal bands of all time
This album only has mick Thompson, Craig Jones, and clown ,the late Joey and Paul. Andrew and cant remember who the other guitarist is .would highly suggest that you look into the history of slipknot, Craig Jones is on this demo
Yeah there was definitely a much smaller team working on Mate Feed Kill Repeat. And I wasn't aware that Craig helped with this album, I was thinking he joined the band after they released it. Perhaps I am mistaken though.
@@mollyesanborn he was the first guitarist after Donnie steel left and he moved to samples and mick Thompson came in to fill the spot this all before mfkr
@@mollyesanborn Craig and Mick Thomson joined during the mixing of this album, which is why they're in the booklet and (I think) credits. Donnie Steele and Josh Brainard recorded all guitars
So the song called SlipKnoT turned into (sic) on the selftitled, Gently is on IOWA, Only one and Tattered and torn are here too, and Killers are quiet turns into the IOWA song in the end of IOWA. Overall an awesome effort. So much of Paul, it always brings me happiness to hear him on this album.
Ok so one of the guitarist at the time (Josh the Gnar Brainaid) would also do backing vocals. The also exists footage on RUclips of Cory Taylor and Anders doing a live show back during the mfkr era.
There is also songs you can hear with Anders and Corey both singing on them. Not just live. I think they were being made for an album called Crowz or early demos for the self titled.
@@Youcannotfalter This is actually a common misconception. Anders and Corey never recorded any songs together for Slipknot. The second vocalist you can hear is guitarist Josh Brainard, who at the time contributed much of the secondary vocals.
Great reaction, and it is a fun little Slipknot treat to listen to. Alas, I must confess, I probably check your channel every day hoping you are going to do Type O Negative- Bloody Kisses
@@mollyesanborn Great minds think alike! Haha, yeah February is far too long to wait. Tomorrow is Official Lost and Found day and December 12th is National Ding-a-Ling day. Either of those can work for a Bloody Kisses reaction. Also, if you end up actually looking for a Valentine’s Day reaction. There is a metalcore band named, Bullet For My Valentine. Their album, The Poison, helped shape my teenage years.
Finally. Took you long enough to listen to this album and react to it. I'm glad to see you enjoyed it. I would have to say this is easily my favorite slipknot album to listen to. So different and experimental. I'm still waiting for you to listen to Twelve Foot Ninja by the way
Slipknot -> (sic) Killers are Quiet -> Iowa I really enjoy the Anders versions of these songs, but the Corey versions are a lot better imo. The absence of Sid and Craig holds MFKR back, Jim Root is a better fit for the band, and Corey is a much better vocalist(no disrespect to Anders). I do wish they kept some of those awesome Mr. Bungle vibes though!
@@mollyesanborn Mr Bungle’s debut is one of my favorite albums and I have only you to thank for that ❤️ thank you for your videos and I’m looking forward to the next one
Speaking of Mr Bungle you should definitely keep listening their albums, Disco Volante and California are some of the best albums i heard as a whole, good shit
Why 'Killers Are Quiet/Dogfish Rising' sounds familiar is it's an early version, essentially, of 'Iowa' from the album of the same name. Mostly the instrumentation.
You need to listen to the !998 demo with different versions of some of the song from their self titled. Snap is a great song and is on the demo. You also need to listen to some from the Volume 3 sessions that didnt end up on the album. They are called Dont Get Close and Scream. They were added to the special edition of the album.
I haven't commented on a video in a long time, but I just wanna say I love your reaction videos. I have a new album reaction suggestion. You should react to "Racecar is Racecar Backwards" by the band Reuben. This band was an underground band that influenced a lot of big bands, for example, panic at the disco. This album is a great album, I think you might enjoy it.
In some ways I think this record is more interesting than a lot of what Slipknot went on to do, although I will give the band credit for never hesitating to throw in a dash of art rock, industrial, electronic, etc. on its records. Definitely a Mr. Bungle influence in some of the songs. Really cool.
Oh fun thing about Dogfish Rising, I believe everyone in the band was playing a different instrument, Joey Jordison played guitar, Shawn Crahan played drums, Josh Brainard played bass and Frank Plumley as a guest on the song,it is likely why it sounds really off, the vocals are done by Sean McMachon and Paul.
Writing this before the review, I love this album, the ambient it creates and just how you are able to hear some demos that would later become standout tracks on their self titled and Iowa. Anders Colsefni was Anders artist name, I believe he was also known as Anders Rouw. His vocals truely made slipknot more of a death metal(?) band kind of? It's definately more of a classical metal growl and scream. Funfact, most tracks on this album, if not all are based on the card game magic the gathering (if I'm not mistaken) also Slipknot (the track) would later become (sic), gently is kind of even better than the version on Iowa imo. I love the funk elements early slipknot had in Do nothing and only one (the crowz version especially). it just shows their roots in mr. bungle and how they were massive fans of the first Mr. bungle album. (I love the part at 6:40) There was also a track called "part of me" that was supposed to be on this album but didnt fit in or smth. It also is really funky. also another track they made for the album was fur, which both of these tracks were leaked a few years ago, and fur is just such a fun heavy track with them repeating "fur covered in blood" over and over again. Craig was indeed featured on this album afaik, he's just less noticable here, but the weird sound in only one and the end of tattered and torn are definately him. He's just named as 133 MHZ on the album. Confessions is my favourite track from the album and I'm honestly sad that it was never reused on one of their later albums, cause it truely has an amazing bassline and nice lyrics. some feel was also released on a 3 track demo back then afaik. The second vocals are probably done by Josh Brainard. Josh also did the backing vocals in the wait and bleed demo. Killers are quiet would later turn into Iowa of course, and I kind of like the lyrics of it, but the iowa version is just superior I think. The weird whooshing noise is a bottle theyd roll across a table btw. Anders talked about it on one of his videos on his youtube channel. Also Patrick Neuwirth who left the band during that time too, was there to record some saw sounds, where I think they sawed some metal and recorded the sounds to use for the intro. Dogfish Rising is a joke track btw and features the members on instruments they wouldnt play. Joey plays the guitar, Shawn did the drums, Brainard (the guitarist whos also seen on the self titled cover btw) played the bass, wheras some staff of SR records would do the weird vocals. Overall I absolutely love this album, it is really playful and just has that creative feel to it. It's definately different to what ever slipknot would do later, and it definately would be Corey Taylor who would make the band much faster, change the lyrics to some songs and just rap some parts alot faster than Anders would. It's really interesting to look into the crowz era (which is generally the silver and golden disc they recorded back then, which also leaked a few years back. golden disc was afaik Corey performing with them and they added live audio to see how it would sound like. Also the silver disc was Anders and Corey recording demo tracks for their new album). Also, the first concert Slipknot did with Corey Taylor was uploaded by mfkr.com but got taken down for some reason by slipknots label, which is quite a shame, but I believe there are plenty of reuploads. the album itself was only pressed in a limited quantity of 1000 copies and is therefore highly valuable starting from 300/500€ for a genuine copy, since there are also alot of fakes floating around.
@@mollyesanborn molly listen to mr.bungle second album. You will hear the influence slipknot got from bungle. Lol disco Volante is a mixture of jazz and metal and other abstract genres.
You should try listening to the cleansing by Suicide silence I think your ready for it. Very fun percussion and very raw Recorded live in a studio together.
What’s interesting about Dogfish Rising is the band basically just got drunk, all swapped instruments, an then just started making shit up. I think Joey played guitar for this song, the guitarist at the time Josh Brainard, played bass, Clown (the percussionist) played drums, and the vocals were done by Paul Gray, Clown, and their producer, Sean
If you're looking for more bands to get into, I'd suggest: -Mastodon -Soulfly -Fear Factory -Strapping Young Lad -White Zombie/Rob Zombie -Biohazard -Failure -Fantomas -The Locust -Melt Banana Some may be on your list, but you're getting a good variety of alternative, heavy, grind/noise all with cool proggy elements, or with Soulfly, world music elements
Also, you should try out Norma Jean. I find their first album particularly to be pretty cool. Dillinger is like a young professional with a PhD, while Norma Jean is the raw college dropout working at a gas station lol. Both bring the energy in unique ways
I mean if your listening too this era of slipknot you now need to check out their other unofficial(?) demo Crowz. Anders comes back for a few more tracks but theres more early versions of slipknot songs with Corey which are very interesting to hear.
Gold Disk was their planned 2nd (kinda 3rd) album, and it might've been called Crowz, Corey said in an interview many years back that it was a name they used to refer to it back then. He recorded his version on the weekend he joined. This was July of 1997, however his recording isn't fully leaked. Anders' rough version is leaked though.
im not entirely sure, but i think Corey actually sang some parts on killers are quiet. Corey was already appearing on stage before they became famous and made life performances of MFKR, i think he was already a second choice as kind of a Co-singer or something, BUT not 100% sure.
I think your next album review should be Marilyn Manson to see evolution is to go through the manson albums especially the first five or so just completely different also the 2nd 3rd and forth album are all tied together as a trilogy
This album is certainly something... Their sound before was odd to say the least lol. Anders is not a bad vocalist by any means, but them getting Corey in the band was the best thing they ever did. Anders was pretty much just a death metal vocalist.
You know I never have listened to this album before and I'm glad I was introduced to Slipknot with their self-title album and not this crap or I would never had liked Slipknot. Now I can see why they switched to Corey and added new members.
Yeah they pretty much sold out on day one. They got rid of Anders because his vocals were said to be too harsh for mainstream success. So they got pretty boy Corey in so they could get on radio. LOL!
i wish they remaster this whole album, redo everything and fix it up and have corey, clown and pffaf do vocals on it? maybe even bring back Anders for some songs
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This album has some strong gems.
For me the MVP of the album is Paul, really funky bass, I don't know why he never played things like that again on future albums.
Yep. He shined alot in this one. Really showed his talent. So cool.
The reason why is because the labels didn't like the bass which is exactly why anders wasn't in the band longer too
This album also didn't have Jim Root, it was Josh Brainard
Or mick it had Donnie steale
Craig also did some guitar work for this album. He originally joined as their guitarist before he settled on samples and keyboards.
@@weeptheblood Craig joined on guitar after recording was already finished
IMO he’s the best member of the band
@@JBthree24 I don't think he's the best, but he's certainly cool asf. His self-titled helmet is so sinister.
Killers are quiet is the early version of Iowa’s 15 minute outro track called “Iowa” ❤🤘
The lineup for after the album was released in 1996 was
Anders-Vocals/Percussion
Shawn (Clown)-Backing vocals/percussion
Joey-Drums
Mick-Guitar
Josh-Guitar
Craig-Samples
Paul-Bass
Mick and Craig joined the band after recording was already done. Donnie Steele played guitar at the time
It’s funny to hear how Mr. Bungle influenced them. Lol, I was typing that first sentence and then you said the same thing. Love the channel even more now. Mike Patton was changing things in ways we still do not see the full scope of. He started the “how many genres can we fit in one song?” thing that was huge in the late 90s and early 00s. Tub Ring, Mindless Self Indulgence, etc.
Yep, Mike Patton is the king of genre fusion that's for sure!
@@mollyesanborn if Miles Davis and Mike Patton made an album in the mid 70s, it would most definitely have been called Genre Fusion Fusion, and when they broke up Genre Fusion Fusion Fission, thanks folks, I’m here all week.
This is my favorite album for many reasons, and I'm glad you're referring to it as their debut album.
Slipknots history is... insanely interesting, and this LP shows it very well, I love it. Doing deep dives into their music and performances before the Roadrunner signing is very intriguing and recommend it to anyone. This Pre-99 era is by far the most interesting, tribal, and experimental.
This album shows great bass, pretty cool songwriting, beautiful percussion and is insanely versatile, a song like Do Nothing/Bitchslap being on an album with a song like Tattered & Torn is the best!
Also: you are correct, there are many vocalists on this record: Anders did lead vocals, with Shawn, Paul and Josh doing backup vocals. Josh did most of the higher pitched, funky vocals (DN/Bitchslap).
Love the review as always! Glad you enjoyed this great debut record
Gently is definitely a standout for me, it sounds like Slipknot if they tried to make a And Justice for All era Metallica song. Also I really enjoyed your FNM King for a Day reaction, that album doesn't get enough recognition for how unique it is, the B-sides are just as good as the songs that made it on the album.
Gently (the Iowa version) is probably my favorite song from Slipknot's entire discography. I loved hearing this early version of it, still such a great track. I actually enjoyed Anders vocals on it too.
@@mollyesanborn Oh im glad to hear someone else is a big fan of that song. Its easily my favorite slipknot song. The buildup is crazy good
I'm soo happy you decided to check this album out, it's soo different for Slipknot (Do Nothing/Bitchslap threw me for a loop lol, love it). You should also check out the "Crowz" Demo album, it has several other original versions of songs that were reworked and ended up in first 3 albums. Great video as usual Molly! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
I know, I was not expecting that sort of sound from Slipknot! It was so cool hearing these early demo tracks from them. I'll have to check out the Crowz album at some point too.
@@mollyesanborn
Before you get the wrong album, "Crowz" was the possible planned name for the "Gold disk," however many use the term for a fan made compilation made many years ago. The Gold Disk, in a way, is a more evolved version of this MFKR LP, but was scrapped. The "Anders version" is fully leaked on RUclips, however only 4 tracks of ~20 from Corey's recording session of the album have been leaked.
Mate Feed Kill Repeat is a very underrated work of art. I'm glad you enjoyed the songs off there. Can't wait for your Slipknot album ranking.
I really love the funk being thrown around throughout this album. Kinda wish they would've done another album before Corey joined 😄
Check out the Gold Disc, it's basically what would have been the next album with Anders on vocals.
Killers are Quiet was a early version of Iowa, the title track. I think my favorite on this album is Gently. I love both versions so much, but the acoustic intro on the MFKR version is SO damn good. One of my favorite acoustic sections ever. They're simple, but SO damn effective. I kinda really wish they would have kept them in the song on the Iowa version or brought those acoustic riffs back for a different song at some point but.... nope.
I remember me being totally hooked on this album. I have no clue why but I fooking love it. Long time ago or I rather should’ve said ages ago, a friend of mine lent me a type cassette and told me “Check this out man. It’s crazy and super weird stuff. This is gonna change your perspective on your approach towards music” I was hesitant coz I was not sure if it would be a thing that I could enjoy listening to. To my astonishment it did the job! . Not only did it float my boat but also it did rock it so viciously that I was jettisoned so to speak hehehe… Back then I was young and I was looking for something new and Slipknot came into the picture. This was new territory for me and soon after it became my land😉
Slipknot is actually the demo version of (Sic), the iconic first song on their self-titled album.
Killers Are Quiet is the demo of the song Iowa.
The song slipknot morphed into the song sic on their first album
I can't even pronounce the last name of the lead singer of Slipknot before Corey Taylor. This is absolutely awesome & amazing!👍💯🎸🥁🎤🤘
Haha i had trouble pronouncing it too!
@@mollyesanborn; I wonder what happened to him? There's nothing on Wikipedia. Excellent stuff!!!
@@emeraldstategaming I was wondering that too, from what I've found his name is Andrew Rouw and Anders Colsefni is a stage name. He has done vocals for a band called Vice Grip Throttle. Can't find much else about him.
ive always said it as KOL-FEEN
He has his own RUclips Channel, just look for his name. Though his last video is from 10 years ago, there are a few videos where he tells some intertesting stories about the early Slipknot.
This demo was an experiment a nearly 50k$ experiment if I remember correctly. Which means this may be the most expensive demo in history. lol
Although at the time the band considered it an actual album.
Yeaahh! Mate Feed Kill Repeat is pleasure for my ears :) For me, this is the same legendary album as Iowa. Thank for reaction boss:D
Silver Disc next? (Corey’s demos of the demos) Mostly same songs here with some songs on Gold Disc (re-recording of MFKR and some new songs) with the songs “Windows”, “Coleslaw”, and “Me Inside” having altered/added lyrics from the Gold Disc versions
I'll have to keep that in mind for another video.
Glad you checked this out and glad you call it their first album! They've ret-conned it as a demo but when it came out it was intended to be their debut
May 17 and Windows are both VERY good demo songs, both Corey & Anders have done the vocals for Windows though, each have different lyrics. Also not to mention but May 17's vocals are done by Shawn.
This makes me miss the old local metal scene, and the more jazzy sounds made me miss the early Incubus sound.
Killers are quiet is a early version of Iowa (the song) I definitely think this is more of a demo than an actual album, all of the songs are interesting but the final version are definitely better
That whoosh sound you mentioned during Killers are Quiet is apparently the sound of a glass sliding across a table
Corey joined a year after this was released (around mid 97). Ultimately, Anders was relegated to percussion/backing vocals only.
He left the band later that year because he obviously wasn’t happy about that.
Not really their debut album, it's a demo, songs like Sic, Gently, Only One, Tarred and Torn and Iowa started with this demo. Super glad that you dive into the way way early Slipknot stuff, very interesting things you will find. I suggest you to check the Silver Disc demo, the closest of the songs you listen in this video but with Corey now in the band.
As always, great time watching your reactions
Well it's technically not a demo it's just an independent release
@@coleslaw3808 the band says it's a demo, I think we should consider it like that
@@Rogreedo just cause the band says something doesn't mean it's true lol
it's their debut album. It was confirmed by the band, it's an album
@@coleslaw3808 if the band says something they made whatever they wanna call it then it’s whatever they wanna call it, it’s not their first album it’s a demo and not official
this week is shaping up to be one of the BEST, new MetallicA song yesterday, Super Mario brothers trailer today, NOW THIS, THE REVIEW have anticipated and I know it won't disappoint :) Slipknot (opening song) turned into (SIC), Gently was changed, but kept 99% of the lyrics. Tattered and torn, as you know, is on self titled, Killers are quiet, became Iowa. There is Crowz (was to be the follow up, but they got signed and scrapped it), only one (again, that ended up on self titled) but yes, only one issue of Crowz is said to of been recorded, booklet printed and is in a safe in Clown's house. RUMOR, bootlegs exist as does the songs which were to be on it. Carve (became Before I forget), the me inside (me inside on self titled re-release), heartache and a pair of scissors, May 17, Coleslaw and windows.
Okay, that might just convince me to do a Metallica reaction sooner rather than later...
Lust Disease, which became Left Behind.
It's so funny, strange, different from the final versions, and I love it
I'm so happy you found dogfish rising lol
Haha, me too! it's certainly a... unique track.
Sounds like sublime
If you enjoy stuff like that pay attention on albums : Carcass - Heartwork - 1993 ; Flotsam & Jetsam - High - 1997 ; Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real - 1998
Hi Molly, I'd just like to say that you absolutely sound like you should have your own radio talk show. Your voice is so soothing to listen to. Ok have a nice day!
Aw thanks! Glad you enjoy listening to the videos :)
this is so groovy funky love the bass breakdown like a disco fushion jazzish. :) I love that u cover this! first listen was an attic in berlin and i was blown away. shawn's vision, the machinist and the talent of the band geeks paul/joey:) so much fun. i have yet to purchase we r not ur kind or the end so far, cause this stuff is all a slow burn. vendetta is a favourite from all hope is gone, gematria/killing name i like how they re-did this on the rest of their repetoire. sped up sometimes, cori's energy. chris's screaming/masks and attics/percussion for damaged can't be beat. classical pianist here much repect to jim and mic for the tapping. thank you molly! great memories and inspiration
I think someone described early Slipknot as sounding like a mix of Morbid Angel, Acid Bath and a little bit of Korn.
Ozzy Osborune was supposed to have heard early Slipknot and said "it's f*cking fusion jazz!" 😂 By the way, Acid Bath was one of Anders' favorite bands.
Hey Molly, I just wanted to suggest again for you to dive into some Trivium. Trivium is a very popular band who has evolved a lot over the years and their discography is amazing, Trivium would be a great fit for the channel! I'm happy to see the growth of your channel, keep up the great work Molly!
Thanks for the suggestion! I will definitely keep Trivium in mind for the future. I'm loving the process of making these videos and discovering great music along the way, it's nice sharing my joy of music with all of you :)
The Self-titled album is their debut, this is just a demo. Killers Are Quiet is a demo of the song IOWA.
Yeah I'm still unsure if it's a demo or a studio album... seems like the band considers it a demo but Wikipedia says it's their debut album.
@@mollyesanborn It is a demo. The wiki page for the demo says it's their first album, but if you open the discography page, it's listed under demo albums.
@@Zdenda1990 It's an album, Shawn Crahan recently confirmed.
@@paleonneight5353 Indeed.
The "this is a demo" line is revisionist. This was meant as their first album, but calling it a demo is the band trying to retcon their history.
Just wanna recommend code orange as a band to react to. The way their discography evolves even with just 3 albums is awesome. Their most recent album “underneath” is imo the best metal album of the 2020s so far. Just absolutely insane. Like a mix of nine inch nails and Slipknot.
It’s interesting to hear the early versions of some iconic tracks !
The tracks I do enjoy are “do nothing bitchslap” and “some feel”
Other than that I don’t really consider it their first album , more of a demo !
Hidden gem. Cory took over with such a wave. But this Slipknot was fun.
this is one of their hilarious album
You should check out Mushroomhead. They're also a metal group that wears masks, and even had a semi-feud with Slipknot years and years ago. Also they have a much more industrial rooted sound. They're one of my top 5 favorite bands, I'd love it if you reacted to their whole discography.
I've got them on my list, I'll have to check their music out.
Upvoted for mushroomhead 🎉
I've been needing to check out this album for a long time lol. If you want to hear some awesome nü-metal I'd recommend Self-titled or Broke by (Hed) P.E., they are one of my favorite nü-metal bands of all time
Thanks for the suggestion! I've got Hed PE on my list for sure :)
This album only has mick Thompson, Craig Jones, and clown ,the late Joey and Paul. Andrew and cant remember who the other guitarist is .would highly suggest that you look into the history of slipknot, Craig Jones is on this demo
Yeah there was definitely a much smaller team working on Mate Feed Kill Repeat. And I wasn't aware that Craig helped with this album, I was thinking he joined the band after they released it. Perhaps I am mistaken though.
@@mollyesanborn he was the first guitarist after Donnie steel left and he moved to samples and mick Thompson came in to fill the spot this all before mfkr
@@mollyesanborn
Craig and Mick Thomson joined during the mixing of this album, which is why they're in the booklet and (I think) credits.
Donnie Steele and Josh Brainard recorded all guitars
Anders, Donnie, Josh, Paul, Shawn, and Joey were the only official members on M.F.K.R.
So the song called SlipKnoT turned into (sic) on the selftitled, Gently is on IOWA, Only one and Tattered and torn are here too, and Killers are quiet turns into the IOWA song in the end of IOWA. Overall an awesome effort. So much of Paul, it always brings me happiness to hear him on this album.
Ye the song called Slipknot
MFKR is a lot like early Fear Factory, you might enjoy looking into them as well.
I've had Fear Factory on my list for quite some time now, I'll definitely have to check em out soon.
@@mollyesanborn listen to Obsolete first
Demanufacture first!!!
Fear Factory is amazing. Got to see them with Slipknot in 2004. Amazing live performance
Ok so one of the guitarist at the time (Josh the Gnar Brainaid) would also do backing vocals. The also exists footage on RUclips of Cory Taylor and Anders doing a live show back during the mfkr era.
There is also songs you can hear with Anders and Corey both singing on them. Not just live. I think they were being made for an album called Crowz or early demos for the self titled.
@@Youcannotfalter there's also a song Corey did together with Anders on his other band Stone Sour called "Dead Weight" very dope stuff
@@Yannis280 Interesting, i was never a fan of stone sour but ill check that out.
@@Youcannotfalter This is actually a common misconception. Anders and Corey never recorded any songs together for Slipknot. The second vocalist you can hear is guitarist Josh Brainard, who at the time contributed much of the secondary vocals.
Thanks for reviewing this album
Yeah this was a fun listen! I really enjoyed hearing Slipknot from their early days.
@@mollyesanborn early day slipknot was very different
Great reaction, and it is a fun little Slipknot treat to listen to.
Alas, I must confess, I probably check your channel every day hoping you are going to do Type O Negative- Bloody Kisses
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the MFKR reaction! And I will definitely get to Bloody Kisses, not sure when but I will. So excited to hear that one :)
@@mollyesanborn if you have a lot of projects ahead of time, I suggest it would be a perfect Valentines Day reaction.
YOU READ MY MIND!!! No kidding I was actually thinking of doing that. It pains me to wait until February to hear it though :(
@@mollyesanborn Great minds think alike! Haha, yeah February is far too long to wait. Tomorrow is Official Lost and Found day and December 12th is National Ding-a-Ling day. Either of those can work for a Bloody Kisses reaction.
Also, if you end up actually looking for a Valentine’s Day reaction. There is a metalcore band named, Bullet For My Valentine. Their album, The Poison, helped shape my teenage years.
Finally. Took you long enough to listen to this album and react to it. I'm glad to see you enjoyed it. I would have to say this is easily my favorite slipknot album to listen to. So different and experimental.
I'm still waiting for you to listen to Twelve Foot Ninja by the way
Slipknot -> (sic)
Killers are Quiet -> Iowa
I really enjoy the Anders versions of these songs, but the Corey versions are a lot better imo. The absence of Sid and Craig holds MFKR back, Jim Root is a better fit for the band, and Corey is a much better vocalist(no disrespect to Anders). I do wish they kept some of those awesome Mr. Bungle vibes though!
I've never listened to this before... some of these songs sound like early Incubus (specifically S.C.I.E.N.C.E.), which I wasn't expecting.
Do Nothing/Bitchslap sounds like a Mr Bungle song and I love it
Edit: I commented that before she said that 😭
Haha, you picked up on the similarities with Mr Bungle as well! They were definitely inspired by Mr Bungle, that's for sure.
@@mollyesanborn Mr Bungle’s debut is one of my favorite albums and I have only you to thank for that ❤️ thank you for your videos and I’m looking forward to the next one
@@wyattcole5452 Aw that's so awesome to hear, glad you're enjoying the videos :D
you can definitely hear the sounds of bands they were listening to at the time, like Sepultura and the Melvins
Speaking of Mr Bungle you should definitely keep listening their albums, Disco Volante and California are some of the best albums i heard as a whole, good shit
I'm planning on doing that! Mr Bungle always surprises me, haha.
@@mollyesanborn Glad to hear that! Yes that is Mr Bungle for ya! If their self-titled surprised you Disco Volante is gonna blow your mind
Why 'Killers Are Quiet/Dogfish Rising' sounds familiar is it's an early version, essentially, of 'Iowa' from the album of the same name. Mostly the instrumentation.
I didn't know there was an album before the debut Slipknot titled album back in the late '90s? I guess you learn something new everyday
I thought their self-titled was their debut album as well. I think the band considers Mate Feed Kill Repeat more of a demo of sorts.
You need to listen to the !998 demo with different versions of some of the song from their self titled. Snap is a great song and is on the demo. You also need to listen to some from the Volume 3 sessions that didnt end up on the album. They are called Dont Get Close and Scream. They were added to the special edition of the album.
I haven't commented on a video in a long time, but I just wanna say I love your reaction videos. I have a new album reaction suggestion. You should react to "Racecar is Racecar Backwards" by the band Reuben. This band was an underground band that influenced a lot of big bands, for example, panic at the disco. This album is a great album, I think you might enjoy it.
In some ways I think this record is more interesting than a lot of what Slipknot went on to do, although I will give the band credit for never hesitating to throw in a dash of art rock, industrial, electronic, etc. on its records. Definitely a Mr. Bungle influence in some of the songs. Really cool.
Yeah, I really love how versatile this album is with its sound.
Oh fun thing about Dogfish Rising, I believe everyone in the band was playing a different instrument, Joey Jordison played guitar, Shawn Crahan played drums, Josh Brainard played bass and Frank Plumley as a guest on the song,it is likely why it sounds really off, the vocals are done by Sean McMachon and Paul.
Dogfish is the best but sounds like sublime big time
Writing this before the review, I love this album, the ambient it creates and just how you are able to hear some demos that would later become standout tracks on their self titled and Iowa.
Anders Colsefni was Anders artist name, I believe he was also known as Anders Rouw. His vocals truely made slipknot more of a death metal(?) band kind of? It's definately more of a classical metal growl and scream.
Funfact, most tracks on this album, if not all are based on the card game magic the gathering (if I'm not mistaken)
also Slipknot (the track) would later become (sic), gently is kind of even better than the version on Iowa imo.
I love the funk elements early slipknot had in Do nothing and only one (the crowz version especially). it just shows their roots in mr. bungle and how they were massive fans of the first Mr. bungle album. (I love the part at 6:40)
There was also a track called "part of me" that was supposed to be on this album but didnt fit in or smth. It also is really funky. also another track they made for the album was fur, which both of these tracks were leaked a few years ago, and fur is just such a fun heavy track with them repeating "fur covered in blood" over and over again.
Craig was indeed featured on this album afaik, he's just less noticable here, but the weird sound in only one and the end of tattered and torn are definately him. He's just named as 133 MHZ on the album.
Confessions is my favourite track from the album and I'm honestly sad that it was never reused on one of their later albums, cause it truely has an amazing bassline and nice lyrics.
some feel was also released on a 3 track demo back then afaik. The second vocals are probably done by Josh Brainard. Josh also did the backing vocals in the wait and bleed demo.
Killers are quiet would later turn into Iowa of course, and I kind of like the lyrics of it, but the iowa version is just superior I think. The weird whooshing noise is a bottle theyd roll across a table btw. Anders talked about it on one of his videos on his youtube channel. Also Patrick Neuwirth who left the band during that time too, was there to record some saw sounds, where I think they sawed some metal and recorded the sounds to use for the intro.
Dogfish Rising is a joke track btw and features the members on instruments they wouldnt play. Joey plays the guitar, Shawn did the drums, Brainard (the guitarist whos also seen on the self titled cover btw) played the bass, wheras some staff of SR records would do the weird vocals.
Overall I absolutely love this album, it is really playful and just has that creative feel to it. It's definately different to what ever slipknot would do later, and it definately would be Corey Taylor who would make the band much faster, change the lyrics to some songs and just rap some parts alot faster than Anders would. It's really interesting to look into the crowz era (which is generally the silver and golden disc they recorded back then, which also leaked a few years back. golden disc was afaik Corey performing with them and they added live audio to see how it would sound like. Also the silver disc was Anders and Corey recording demo tracks for their new album).
Also, the first concert Slipknot did with Corey Taylor was uploaded by mfkr.com but got taken down for some reason by slipknots label, which is quite a shame, but I believe there are plenty of reuploads.
the album itself was only pressed in a limited quantity of 1000 copies and is therefore highly valuable starting from 300/500€ for a genuine copy, since there are also alot of fakes floating around.
New Crosses EP next Friday. Hope you react to it!
Oh really?! I was not aware of that. Hmm might try to do a reaction or something!
"Man, you're like school in the summer-no class." on Do Nothing. That's a Fat Albert line drop!
They were a mr.bungle ripp off. I actually like this album alot tho. As a bungle fan I love it ha. It's a shame slipknot changed tho
Definitely a strong Mr Bungle vibe to this one, that's for sure.
@@mollyesanborn molly listen to mr.bungle second album. You will hear the influence slipknot got from bungle. Lol disco Volante is a mixture of jazz and metal and other abstract genres.
The opening riff and the breakdown for "Slipknot" is the basis for "(sic)"
Best Slipknot album by far imo
same for me plus the unreleased crowz demos too.
mr bungle inspired this album
I could tell while listening to it!
Down to the masks and boiler suits too.
fun fact, the song Slipknot was actually made before they came up with a name and the band name was named after that song.
Wtf. Is fun fact you’re sentence are not right
@@Tormentor.death122 neither is yours
Pentex... Bone Gnawers... the Umbra...
I *really* wanna know which Slipknot member is such a Werewolf: The Apocalypse nerd! 🤣
if i'm not wrong, i believe it was most of them but mainly anders and clown!
React to Jesu discography. Justin broadrick is a genius.
Noted, I'll be sure to keep Jesu in mind for the future :)
You should try listening to the cleansing by Suicide silence I think your ready for it.
Very fun percussion and very raw
Recorded live in a studio together.
This was just a demo. the 1999 debut was their first album.
What’s interesting about Dogfish Rising is the band basically just got drunk, all swapped instruments, an then just started making shit up. I think Joey played guitar for this song, the guitarist at the time Josh Brainard, played bass, Clown (the percussionist) played drums, and the vocals were done by Paul Gray, Clown, and their producer, Sean
Having listened to Dillinger and Bungle, i feel youd have great reaction to between the buried and me
I'll definitely have to keep BTBAM in mind!
If you're looking for more bands to get into, I'd suggest:
-Mastodon
-Soulfly
-Fear Factory
-Strapping Young Lad
-White Zombie/Rob Zombie
-Biohazard
-Failure
-Fantomas
-The Locust
-Melt Banana
Some may be on your list, but you're getting a good variety of alternative, heavy, grind/noise all with cool proggy elements, or with Soulfly, world music elements
Also, you should try out Norma Jean. I find their first album particularly to be pretty cool. Dillinger is like a young professional with a PhD, while Norma Jean is the raw college dropout working at a gas station lol. Both bring the energy in unique ways
*Melt-Banana*
Thank you for the suggestions! I do have most of these on my list already, can't wait to hear all of them.
I mean if your listening too this era of slipknot you now need to check out their other unofficial(?) demo Crowz. Anders comes back for a few more tracks but theres more early versions of slipknot songs with Corey which are very interesting to hear.
Gold Disk was their planned 2nd (kinda 3rd) album, and it might've been called Crowz, Corey said in an interview many years back that it was a name they used to refer to it back then. He recorded his version on the weekend he joined. This was July of 1997, however his recording isn't fully leaked.
Anders' rough version is leaked though.
Damn, this is pure gem😁
Hey Molly, you should check out the British band Oceansize. I think you'd like them and definitely not heard enough!
I'll have to check em out, thanks for the suggestion :)
Amazing band, so sad they split up. I saw them twice live.
@@Youcannotfalter yeah they were awesome! Sucks they split up because they were great live
Killers Are Quiet is way closer to Iowa track, than to Skin Ticket, isn't it?
Yes. Listen to the two of them, you'll notice the instrumentation is very much the same.
Mudvayne when? 🥺
I'll keep more Mudvayne albums in mind!
@@mollyesanborn please") ld50/lost and found, new game..
@@taanielherberger-brown5198 she already did LD50 man, that's why i'm asking for a follow up lol
Killers are quiet I think might a demo of the song Iowa because if you compare both songs they song very familiar.
Except for the "gargle sound" section, Only One was my favorite track...terrific review!
On the gold disc version of the song it's a sample of a woman screaming so if that's better check it out
im not entirely sure, but i think Corey actually sang some parts on killers are quiet.
Corey was already appearing on stage before they became famous and made life performances of MFKR, i think he was already a second choice as kind of a Co-singer or something, BUT not 100% sure.
Corey joined years after this recording & first performances of the band
Track 1 is a much slower version of "Sic" off their self titled album.
First time listen for me, as well. Super slowed down Sic is cool.
this slaps
I think your next album review should be Marilyn Manson to see evolution is to go through the manson albums especially the first five or so just completely different also the 2nd 3rd and forth album are all tied together as a trilogy
I'll have to dive into Marilyn Manson's music at some point!
This album is certainly something... Their sound before was odd to say the least lol. Anders is not a bad vocalist by any means, but them getting Corey in the band was the best thing they ever did. Anders was pretty much just a death metal vocalist.
Hey may i please suggest From Mars to Sirius by Gojira. That album is an absolute masterpiece and there isnt a single full album reaction on RUclips
1:20 Same riff as "sic" from iowa but slowed down
Oohhh I can hear it!
Is (sic) from Iowa?
Confessions is my favorite
You should react to Avenged Sevenfold
I'll definitely consider that!
I recommend Bass Drum of Death self-titled album
You should definitely check out the band Chevelle especially their first album Point #1 and Wonder What’s Next
Dudes were so badass when they first came out. I never really listened anymore after Iowa I started getting into other styles of music
the "excerpts" demo is the missing link
Never knew this even existed! 🤯
Glad you got to discover it!
U so late Ik mfkr I was 8 grade 2016
@@Tormentor.death122 you sound like you're not even in 8th grade yet
You should really listen to the band Ministry 1992 album Psalm 69. Great Industrial metal.
How do I pay you to listen to Colors by Between the Buried and Me. It's life changing Molly.
I've got that album on my list! :)
@mollyesanborn okay I'll be happy, quiet, and patient lol. Grateful for your existence.
Sounds more Fear Factory than Slipknot tbf
Nice I've still gotta get to Fear Factory sometime soon!
You know I never have listened to this album before and I'm glad I was introduced to Slipknot with their self-title album and not this crap or I would never had liked Slipknot. Now I can see why they switched to Corey and added new members.
Yeah they pretty much sold out on day one. They got rid of Anders because his vocals were said to be too harsh for mainstream success. So they got pretty boy Corey in so they could get on radio. LOL!
i wish they remaster this whole album, redo everything and fix it up and have corey, clown and pffaf do vocals on it? maybe even bring back Anders for some songs
I second this, that would be really cool to hear!
Sadly because of the past members who are no longer in the band, the legality is hard to work around