Slipknot discography

Slipknot discography

Slipknot performing on the Mayhem Festival in 2008. From left to right: Paul Gray, James Root, Joey Jordison and Corey Taylor.
Releases
↙Studio albums 4
↙Live albums 1
↙Singles 15
↙Video albums 3
↙Music videos 13
↙Demo albums 1

The discography of Slipknot, an Iowan heavy metal band, currently consists of four studio albums, one live album, fifteen singles, three video albums and two demos. These figures do not account for material released by members' side projects.

Slipknot was formed in September 1995 by vocalist Anders Colsefini, guitarist Donnie Steele, bassist Paul Gray and drummer Shawn Crahan under the name of The Pale Ones. Crahan moved to become a percussionist upon drummer Joey Jordison's arrival, and Josh Brainard was added as a second guitarist around the same time. The band played their first live performance on December 4, 1995 under the name of Meld, before Jordison suggested "Slipknot", the title of a song they were working on at the time. The band began recording songs in early 1996, during which time Steele left due to his Christian beliefs. He was replaced by Craig Jones, who moved to samples after current guitarist Mick Thomson joined. Slipknot's debut demo, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat, was released on October 31, 1996 without contributions from Jones or Thomson.

Slipknot recruited a new lead vocalist in 1997; Stone Sour's Corey Taylor. This moved Colsefini to backing vocals and percussion duty, though he left the band shortly afterwards and was replaced on percussion by Greg "Cuddles" Welts. By the end of the year, the band had adopted two traditions which they still adhere to today; uniform coveralls and individual numbers for all the members. In 1998 a second demo was recorded with contributions from a new member, turntablist Sid Wilson. Producer Ross Robinson showed interest in Slipknot, which helped them become noticed by record labels. On July 6, Welts became the first and only member to be formally fired from the band, being quickly replaced by Chris Fehn. On July 8, Slipknot signed to Roadrunner Records.

With a major label the nine-man unit began work on their full-length debut, disregarding Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., which the band themselves label a demo. Recording began in late-September 1998 and was essentially completed by November, at which point the band returned to their hometown of Des Moines. During the Christmas period, Brainard left the band for reasons still unclear. He was replaced by James Root, who recorded guitar on the final two tracks recorded in February 1999, "Me Inside" and "Purity". Slipknot was released on June 29 and on May 2, 2000 it became the first Roadrunner release to be certified Platinum by the RIAA.[1] The album was re-released in December 1999 with "Purity" (as well as its prelude "Frail Limb Nursery") removed due to copyright infringement (the track would later appear on the album's 10th anniversary edition). Slipknot's second studio album was recorded in early 2001,[2] and released on August 28. Iowa was a huge commercial success, reaching #3 on the Billboard 200[3] and #1 on the UK Albums Chart.[4] Slipknot released their second video album (after Welcome to Our Neighborhood in 1999), Disasterpieces. The DVD was extremely successful, and has since been certified 4x Platinum in the US.[1]

After the releases of Iowa and Distasterpieces, Slipknot members redirected focus to side projects. Taylor and Root revived their old band Stone Sour, releasing their eponymous debut on August 27, 2002. Just one week prior to this, Murderdolls had released their debut album with Jordison on guitar. Crahan also created a side project in mid-2003, To My Surprise. Rumours that Slipknot had split up were snubbed and the band began recording their third album in late-2003. Produced by Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, System of a Down, Slayer), Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) was released on May 24, 2004. It reached #2 in the US,[3] but performed much worse than its predecessor in the UK, where it peaked at #5.[4] On November 1, 2005 9.0: Live was released. The band's first live album did not perform particularly well, reaching only #17 on the Billboard chart.[3] 2006 and 2007 contained more work with side projects, as Stone Sour released Come What(ever) May and Crahan founded Dirty Little Rabbits.

All Hope Is Gone was released on August 20, 2008. As of September 1, Slipknot has sold over 14 million albums worldwide.[5]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US

[3]

 AUS

[6]

 AUT

[7]

 BEL

[8]

 FIN

[9]

 FRA

[10]

 GER

[11]

 NED

[12]

 NZ

[13]

 SWE

[14]

 SWI

[15]

 UK

[4]

 IRL
[16]
1999 Slipknot 51 32 — — 30 175 57 42 49 53 — 37 —
2001 Iowa
  • Released: August 28, 2001
  • Label: Roadrunner (RR #8564-2)
  • Format: CD , LP
 3 2 8 4 3 7 4 15 5 10 13 1 3
2004 Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
  • Released: May 24, 2004
  • Label: Roadrunner (RR #8388-8)
  • Format: CD, LP
 2 2 5 6 2 6 2 14 3 2 8 5 5
2008 All Hope Is Gone
  • Released: August 26, 2008
  • Label: Roadrunner (RR #7938-5)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD, LP
 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 6 1 1 1 2 3
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US

[3]

 AUS

[6]

 AUT

[7]

 FRA

[10]

 GER

[11]

 NED

[12]

 SWE

[14]

 SWI

[15]

 UK

[4]
2005 9.0: Live
  • Released: October 30, 2005
  • Label: Roadrunner (RR #8115-2)
  • Format: 2CD
 17 26 18 41 24 71 40 43 53

Early releases

Year Album details
1996 Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
  • Released: October 31, 1996
  • Label: -ismist
  • Format: CD
1996 Slipknot demo
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: -ismist
  • Format: CD

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US

[3]

 US
Main.

[3]

 US
Alt.

[3]

 US
Rock

[3]

 AUS

[6]

 AUT

[7]

 FRA

[10]

 GER

[11]

 NED

[12]

 SWE

[14]

 UK

[4]

 IRL
[24]
1999 "Wait and Bleed" — 34 — — 46 — — — 52 — 27 — Slipknot
2000 "Spit It Out" — — — — — — — — — — 28 —
2001 "The Heretic Anthem" — — — — — — — — — — — — Iowa
"Left Behind" — 30 — — — — — — — — 24 42
2002 "My Plague" — — — — — — — — — — 43 46
2004 "Duality" 106 5 6 — — — 74 28 63 35 15 43 Vol. 3: (The
Subliminal Verses)
"Vermilion" — 14 17 — — — — 74 — — 31 —
2005 "Before I Forget" — 11 32 — — — — — — — 35 —
"The Nameless" — 25 — — — — — — — — — —
2006 "The Blister Exists" — — — — — — — — — — — —
2008 "All Hope Is Gone" — — — — — — — — — 42 98 — All Hope Is Gone
"Psychosocial" 102 7 20 — — 65 100 31 — 28 67 —
"Dead Memories" — 3 19 25 — — — — — — — —
2009 "Sulfur" — 18 — — — — — — — — — —
"Snuff" 114 2 12 6 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Video

Video albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US

[3]

 FIN

[9]
1999 Welcome to Our Neighborhood
  • Released: November 9, 1999
  • Label: Roadrunner (RRV #0981-3)
  • Format: VHS, DVD
 1 —
2002 Disasterpieces
  • Released: November 25, 2002
  • Label: Roadrunner (DVD #0967-9)
  • Format: DVD
 3 1
2006 Voliminal: Inside the Nine
  • Released: December 5, 2006
  • Label: Roadrunner (DVD #0951-9)
  • Format: DVD
 5 —
  • US: Platinum[1]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[18]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
1999 "Spit It Out" Thomas Mignone[25][26]
"Wait and Bleed (live)"
"Wait and Bleed (Claymation)" Atticus[27]
2001 "Left Behind" Dave Meyers[28]
2002 "My Plague (New Abuse Mix)" Matthew Amos & Simon Hilton[29]
2004 "Duality" Tony Petrossian and Marc Klasfeld[30]
"Vermilion" Tony Petrossian and Shawn Crahan[31]
"Vermilion Pt. 2" Tony Petrossian[32]
2005 "Before I Forget"
"The Nameless (live)" Shawn Crahan[33]
2006 "The Blister Exists (live)"
2008 "Psychosocial" P.R. Brown[34]
"Dead Memories" P.R. Brown & Shawn Crahan[35][36][37]
2009 "Sulfur"
"Snuff"

Other appearances

Year Song Title
2000 "Wait and Bleed" Scream 3
2002 "I Am Hated" Rollerball[38]
"My Plague (New Abuse Mix)" Resident Evil[39]
2003 "Snap" Freddy vs. Jason[40]
2004 "Vermilion" Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2006 "Vermilion Pt. 2 (Bloodstone Mix)" Underworld: Evolution[41]
2007 "Before I Forget" Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock
2008 "Psychosocial" Punisher: War Zone[42]
2009 "Duality" Rock Band[43]
"Psychosocial"
"Sulfur"
"Duality" Madden NFL 10[44]

References

General
  • Arnopp, Jason (2001). Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks. Ebury. ISBN 0091879337. 
  • McIver, Joel (2001). Slipknot: Unmasked. Omnibus. ISBN 0711986770. 
  • Crampton, Mark (2001). Barcode Killers: The Slipknot Story in Words and Pictures. Chrome Dreams. ISBN 1842401262. 
Specific
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. 2008-08-29. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  2. ↑ Lane, Daniel (2001-01-02). "Nu Year, Nu Slipknot". Metal Hammer. http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/article/?id=38735. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "American chart". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=33923&model.vnuAlbumId=1155524. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Zobbel (2007-06-16). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM. Retrieved 2008-09-03. 
  5. ↑ "Slipknot Tops Bill On Mayhem Festival". Roadrunner Records. 2008-01-31. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Slipknot/story.aspx?newsitemID=19004. Retrieved 2008-02-18. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Australian chart". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=slipknot&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Austrian chart". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=slipknot&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  8. ↑ "Belgian chart". ultrapop.de. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Slipknot. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Finnish chart". finnishcharts.com. http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?search=slipknot&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "French chart". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=slipknot&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "German chart". musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Slipknot/?type=longplay. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Dutch chart". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=slipknot&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  13. ↑ "New Zealand chart". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=slipknot&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Swedish chart". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=slipknot&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Swiss chart". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=slipknot&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  16. ↑ http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Slipknot
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Accreditations - 2001 albums". ARIA. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2001.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 "Certification Results". CRIA. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Certified Awards". BPI. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "NVPI certifications". The Dutch Association of Producers and Importers of image- and sound-bearers. http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461. Retrieved 2008-07-24. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Accreditations - 2008 albums". ARIA. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2008Albums.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 "IFPI certifications". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=1&strSuche=Slipknot. Retrieved 2008-07-27. 
  23. ↑ "Latest Gold & Platinum Albums >New Zealand". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=61. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 
  24. ↑ http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Slipknot
  25. ↑ (1999) Album notes for "Spit It Out" by Slipknot [Insert]. Roadrunner Records.
  26. ↑ (1999) Album notes for "Wait and Bleed" by Slipknot [Liner]. Roadrunner Records.
  27. ↑ "Wait and Bleed (animated)" (Video). http://www.opiumofthepeople.net/ootp/ootpmedia.php?go=waitandbleedclayvideo. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 
  28. ↑ (2001) Album notes for "Left Behind" by Slipknot [Liner]. Roadrunner Records.
  29. ↑ (2002) Album notes for "My Plague" by Slipknot [Insert]. Roadrunner Records.
  30. ↑ (2004) Album notes for "Duality" by Slipknot [Insert]. Roadrunner Records.
  31. ↑ (2004) Album notes for "Vermilion" by Slipknot [Insert]. Roadrunner Records.
  32. ↑ "Slipknot: Director Tony Petrossian Talks About Making Of 'Before I Forget' Video". Blabbermouth.net. 2005-11-08. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=43947. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 
  33. ↑ "Slipknot cap a year of destruction". 93X Rocks. 2005-10-04. http://93x.com/blog.asp?id=123555&SBID=4444. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 
  34. ↑ "Slipknot shoot new video for Psychosocial". Kerrang! (Emap): pp. 08. 2008-07-12. 
  35. ↑ VideoStatic.com: SHOT: Slipknot - "Dead Memories" - P.R. Brown, director
  36. ↑ Blabbermouth.net: SLIPKNOT Films 'Sulfur' Video - Mar. 23, 2009
  37. ↑ VideoStatic.com: SHOT: Slipknot - "Snuff" - P.R. Brown, director
  38. ↑ "Slipknot To Perform In 'Rollerball' Remake". MTV. 2001-04-10. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1442669/20010410/slipknot.jhtml. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
  39. ↑ "Resident Evil (2002) - Soundtracks". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/soundtrack. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  40. ↑ "Freddy vs. Jason: Various Artists". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-vs-Jason-Various-Artists/dp/B0000ALFXD. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  41. ↑ "Underworld: Evolution Soundtrack - BEVERLY HILLS, California - Metal / Screamo / Punk". MySpace. http://www.myspace.com/underworldevolution. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  42. ↑ "New Rob Zombie song featured on 'Punisher: War Zone' soundtrack". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-10-20. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107239. Retrieved 2008-10-22. 
  43. ↑ "SLIPKNOT TO MAKE THEIR 'ROCK BAND' DEBUT". Roadrunner Records. 2009-12-04. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Slipknot-To-Make-Their-Rock-Band-Debut--20757.aspx. 
  44. ↑ "EA Sports Announces Game Soundracks". Roadrunner Records. 2009-07-29. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/EA-Sports-Announces-Game-Soundracks-20419.aspx. Retrieved 30 July 2009. 

External links

Slipknot
#0 Sid Wilson · #1 Joey Jordison · #3 Chris Fehn · #4 James Root · #5 Craig "133" Jones · #6 Shawn "Clown" Crahan · #7 Mick Thomson · #8 Corey Taylor
#2 Paul Gray · Donnie Steele · Anders Colsefni · Greg "Cuddles" Welts · #4 Josh Brainard
Studio albums
Live albums
9.0: Live
Demos
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
Singles
"Wait and Bleed" · "Spit It Out" · "The Heretic Anthem" · "Left Behind" · "My Plague" · "Duality" · "Vermilion" · "Before I Forget" · "The Nameless" · "All Hope Is Gone" · "Psychosocial" · "Dead Memories"  · "Sulfur" · "Snuff"
Video albums
Welcome to Our Neighborhood · Disasterpieces · Voliminal: Inside the Nine · (sic)nesses
Tours
Ozzfest 1999 · Livin La Vida Loco · Tattoo the Earth · World Domination Tour · Iowa World Tour · The Subliminal Verses World Tour · All Hope Is Gone World Tour · Memorial World Tour
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