Slipknot discography

Slipknot discography

Slipknot at the Mayhem Festival in 2008.
Releases
↙Studio albums 5
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 1
↙Singles 15
↙Video albums 4
↙Music videos 13
↙Promotional singles 4

The discography of Slipknot, an American heavy metal band, consists of five studio albums, one live album, four video albums, one demo album, fifteen singles, four promotional singles and thirteen music videos.

Slipknot was formed in Iowa in September 1995 by vocalist Anders Colsefni, 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 guitarist, Donnie Steele, allegedly left the band due to his Christian beliefs. He was replaced by Craig Jones, who moved to samples after current guitarist Mick Thomson joined. Slipknot's debut album, 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 Colsefni 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 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 major-label 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 third 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 four-times 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 fourth 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.[5] 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 October 31, 2008, Slipknot had sold over 20 million albums worldwide.[6]

Slipknot released their fifth studio album on October 21, 2014 titled .5: The Gray Chapter.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[3]		 AUS
[7]		 AUT
[8]		 BEL
(FL)
[9]		 FRA
[10]		 GER
[11]		 NLD
[12]		 NZ
[13]		 SWE
[14]		 UK
[4]
Slipknot 51 32 44 — 175 57 42 49 53 37
Iowa
  • Released: August 28, 2001
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 3 2 8 4 7 4 15 5 10 1
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
  • Released: May 25, 2004
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 2 2 5 6 6 2 14 3 2 5
All Hope Is Gone
  • Released: August 26, 2008
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 1 1 2 5 3 2 6 1 1 2
.5: The Gray Chapter
  • Released: October 21, 2014
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 1 1 2 12 8 2 13 2 3 2
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[3]		 AUS
[7]		 AUT
[8]		 BEL
(FL)
[9]		 FRA
[10]		 GER
[11]		 NLD
[12]		 SWE
[14]		 SWI
[25]		 UK
[4]
9.0: Live
  • Released: October 30, 2005
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 17 26 18 53 41 24 71 40 43 53

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[3]		 AUS
[7]		 AUT
[8]		 BEL
(FL)
[9]		 FRA
[10]		 GER
[11]		 NLD
[12]		 SWE
[14]		 SWI
[25]		 UK
[4]
Antennas to Hell
  • Released: July 23, 2012
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 18 16 10 32 86 10 79 13 23 22

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
Video
[26]		 FIN
DVD
[27]		 GER
[11]		 NZ
DVD
[28]
Welcome to Our Neighborhood
  • Released: November 9, 1999
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
 1 — — —
  • RIAA: Platinum[1]
Disasterpieces
  • Released: November 25, 2002
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: DVD
 3 1 — —
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[1]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
Voliminal: Inside the Nine
  • Released: December 5, 2006
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: DVD
 5 — 84 —
  • RIAA: Platinum[1]
(sic)nesses
  • Released: September 28, 2010
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 1 58 3
  • RIAA: Platinum[1]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums

List of other albums
Title Album details
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.[29]
  • Released: October 31, 1996
  • Label: -ismist
  • Formats: CD

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US US
Alt.
[30]		 US
Main. Rock
[31]		 AUS
[32]		 FRA
[10]		 GER
[33]		 IRL
[34]		 NLD
[12]		 SWE
[14]		 UK
[35]
"Wait and Bleed" 1999 — — 34 46 — — — 52 — 27 Slipknot
"Spit It Out" — — — 97 — — — — — 28
"Left Behind" 2001 — — 30 97 — — 42 — — 24 Iowa
"My Plague" — — — — — — 46 — — 43
"Duality" 2004 106[A] 6 5 — 74 28 43 63 35 15 Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
"Vermilion" — 17 14 — — 74 — — — 31
"Before I Forget" 2005 — 32 11 — — — — — — 35
"The Nameless" — — 25 — — — — — — —
"All Hope Is Gone" 2008 — — — — — — — — 42 98 All Hope Is Gone
"Psychosocial" 102[B] 20 7 84 100 31 — — 28 67
"Dead Memories" — 19 3 — — — — — — —
"Sulfur" 2009 — — 18 — — — — — — —
"Snuff" 110[C] 12 2 — — — — — — —
"The Negative One" 2014 — — 33 76 — — — — — 71 .5: The Gray Chapter
"The Devil In I" 123[D] — 2 88 — — — — — 135[36]
"Custer" 2015 — — 28 — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Surfacing"[37] 1999 Slipknot
"The Heretic Anthem"[38] 2001 Iowa
"Pulse of the Maggots"[39] 2004 Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
"Vermilion Pt. 2"[40]
"The Blister Exists"[41] 2006
2014 .5: The Gray Chapter
"XIX"
"Sarcastrophe"
"AOV"
"Killpop"
"Skeptic"

Other charting songs

Year Title Chart peaks Album
Rock Digital Songs[42]
2015 "XIX" 36 .5: The Gray Chapter
"Killpop" 45
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director

Title Year Director(s)
"Spit It Out" 1999 Thomas Mignone
"Wait and Bleed" 1999 Atticus
"Wait and Bleed" (animated version) 1999 Atticus
"Surfacing" (live) 2000 Atticus
"Scissors" 2000
"Left Behind" 2001 Dave Meyers
"The Heretic Anthem" (live) 2001 Dave Meyers
"My Plague" (New Abuse Mix) 2002 Matthew Amos, Simon Hilton
"Duality" 2004 Tony Petrossian, Marc Klasfeld
"Vermilion" 2004 Tony Petrossian, Shawn Crahan
"Vermilion Pt. 2" 2004 Tony Petrossian
"Before I Forget" 2005 Tony Petrossian
"The Nameless" (live) 2005 Shawn Crahan
"The Blister Exists" (live) 2007 Shawn Crahan
"Psychosocial" 2008 P. R. Brown [43]
"Dead Memories" 2008 P. R. Brown, Shawn Crahan [44]
"Sulfur" 2009 P. R. Brown, Shawn Crahan [45]
"Snuff" 2009 P. R. Brown, Shawn Crahan [46]
"The Negative One" 2014 Shawn Crahan[47]
"The Devil In I" 2014 Shawn Crahan

Other appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Liberate" (live)[48] 2000 Tattoo the Earth: The First Crusade
"(sic)"[49] 2002 NASCAR on Fox: Crank It Up
"Snap"[50] 2003 Freddy vs. Jason soundtrack
"Vermilion Pt. 2" (Bloodstone Mix)[51] 2006 Underworld: Evolution soundtrack

Notes

  • A ^ "Duality" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[52]
  • B ^ "Psychosocial" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[52]
  • C ^ "Snuff" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[52]
  • D ^ "The Devil In I" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[52]

References

General
  • Arnopp, Jason (2001). Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks. Ebury. ISBN 0-09-187933-7.
  • McIver, Joel (2001). Slipknot: Unmasked. Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-8677-0.
  • Crampton, Mark (2001). Barcode Killers: The Slipknot Story in Words and Pictures. Chrome Dreams. ISBN 1-84240-126-2.
Specific
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 "American certifications - Slipknot". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ Lane, Daniel (2001-01-02). "Nu Year, Nu Slipknot". Metal Hammer. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Slipknot – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Slipknot – Official Charts Company" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: DJ S - The System Of Life". zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
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  23. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
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  26. ↑ Peak chart positions for video albums in the United States:
  27. ↑ Peak chart positions for video albums in Finland:
  28. ↑ "Top 10 music dvds (#1741)". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. October 4, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  29. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat - Slipknot". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Slipknot – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  31. ↑ "Slipknot – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  32. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:
  33. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Slipknot / Single" (in German). PhonoNet. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
  34. ↑ "Discography Slipknot". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  35. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
  36. ↑ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140906cluk.txt
  37. ↑ Surfacing (track listing). Slipknot. Roadrunner Records. 1999.
  38. ↑ The Heretic Anthem (track listing). Slipknot. Roadrunner Records. 2001.
  39. ↑ Pulse of the Maggots (track listing). Slipknot. Roadrunner Records. 2004. 8388 2.
  40. ↑ Vermilion Pt. 2 (track listing). Slipknot. Roadrunner Records. 2004. RR PR0M0 800.
  41. ↑ The Blister Exists & Before I Forget (track listing). Slipknot. Roadrunner Records. 2006.
  42. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/279598/slipknot/chart?f=1085
  43. ↑ http://www.bauda.com/music-videos/63
  44. ↑ http://www.bauda.com/music-videos/27<http://www.bauda.com/music-videos/2
  45. ↑ http://www.bauda.com/music-videos/69
  46. ↑ http://www.bauda.com/music-videos/83
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  48. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Tattoo the Earth: The First Crusade - Various Artists". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  49. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "NASCAR on Fox: Crank It Up - Various Artists". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  50. ↑ Loftus, Johnny. "Freddy vs. Jason - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  51. ↑ Albertson, Cammila. "Underworld: Evolution - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 "Slipknot – Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

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