""I don't know about you, but I've felt the hate rise up in me. Not a hate to be processed or sublimated into something useful: It just rose, like a wave of nausea or a tumor, something that needs to be purged immediately. This is the best way to understand the endurance of "Wait and Bleed" and really everything else about Slipknot 's 1999 self-titled debut.""
""This isn't the first reissue of Slipknot, but it's the first trying to class up the joint-arriving with a slick new cover of "the nine," dozens of demos and alternate tracks justifying a 6xLP box set that costs $250. Needless to say, that one is sold out, but for $4 you can get a used copy of the original in "acceptable" condition that will provide the truest experience of Slipknot in its day:""
Slipknot's 1999 self-titled album arrived as a masked nu-metal band from Iowa wearing jumpsuits and banging on oil drums. The record channels pure, unprocessed misanthropy and visceral hate, exemplified by songs like "Wait and Bleed" and "People = Shit." The 25th-anniversary reissue packages dozens of demos, alternate tracks, a new cover of "the nine," and expensive collector editions including a 6xLP box set and blood-splatter vinyl. Cheap used originals remain available and preserve the authentic listening ritual, including hidden tracks after silence. The reissue positions the album as a legacy item that mobilizes devoted fans and commercial demand.
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