Slipknot-The Subliminal Verses

Released: May 25, 2004
Recorded: 2003
Genre: Heavy metal
Length: 60 min 15 sec
Record label: Roadrunner Records
Producer: Rick Rubin

Album Information

Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) is the fourth release by the Iowa-based Slipknot and third official album.

Slipknot's latest retains a lot of the brutal vocals, fast guitar and drum work, and unorthodox subject matter that the band has become famous for, but introduces more melodic, pensive attributes, akin to the dramatic difference in sound that "Bother" (by vocalist Corey Taylor's side project Stone Sour) bore to some of Taylor's earlier work.

The band have said that Radiohead and Slayer were the main influences on the album. The album features several guitar solos, which were prohibited by the band's previous producer, Ross Robinson.

Incidentally, the album was recorded at producer Rick Rubin's allegedly haunted mansion, which the band suggest as some of the source for inspiration.

A special edition of the album, featuring a bonus disc with additional tracks, was released in 2005

Chart positions
Album positions:

2004 Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) The Billboard 200     No. 2
2004 Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) Top Canadian Albums    No. 2
2004 Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) Top Internet Albums    No. 2

Single positions:

2004 Duality             Mainstream Rock Tracks   No. 10
2004 Duality             Modern Rock Tracks     No. 18
2005 Before I Forget         Mainstream Rock Tracks   No. 12

Personnel
Corey (8) - Vocals
Mick (7) - Guitar
Sid (0) - Turntables
Shawn (6) - Custom Percussion
Paul (2) - Bass
Joey (1) - Drums
Chris (3) - Custom Percussion
James (4) - Guitar
Craig (5) - Samples/Media
Rick Rubin - Producer
Micaela Boland - Design
Phillip Broussaard - Assistant Engineer
Lindsay Chase - Production Coordination
Monte Conner - A&R
M. Shawn Crahan - Art Direction, Photography
Greg Fidelman - Engineer, Mixing
Ted Jensen - Mastering
Dan Monti - Assistant Engineer
Miles Wilson - Assistant Engineer
Neil Zlozower - Photography

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