The End, So Far
ROADRUNNER
Iowa’s nine-man metal juggernaut fuels up on fresh inspiration
‘ISN’T THIS WHAT YOU CAME HERE FOR?’ roars Corey Taylor on Warranty, a savage call to arms halfway through Slipknot’s seventh album. Five seconds later, a battery of drums and serrated guitars kicks in, leading to a whopping hook, and all hell breaks loose. It’s a rabid reminder that, after 27 years of misanthropic annihilation, the world’s most volatile, nine-man wrecking crew are as untameable as ever.
That said, it does raise a question:and the relentless lunges straight for the jugular with demented yet methodical precision and colossal choruses. But 2019’s dark and experimental – asolid return to form after a period of patchy records – proved that almost three decades into their career, it’s
