Slipknot

Album · Released 29 June 1999

Slipknot

There is more going on in Slipknot's self-titled album than its blunt aggression first suggests. Samples scrape across guitar riffs, turntables interrupt the beat, and extra percussion makes some passages feel as if several arguments are happening at once. The crowded sound is central to the record's appeal. It gives the anger a restless, unpredictable movement. Eyeless makes that movement particularly clear. Its opening rhythm creates a sharp…