Is Slipknot metal?

[robin]

Yes or No and why?

 

[Obyeybyeogone]

No they are a circus

 

[Itay]

i dunno
i've never heard them

 

[Devilish monster from the hill]

Sure they're metal, not a very good one but still - it's metal.
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat - their first album was totally death metal, too bad they changed their line up...

 

[SentencedToBurn]

yes they are metal. they just arent good metal. their first album kicked ass though (mate,feed,kill,repeat).

 

[Pieguy]

No. They're poprock influenced by punk, not death metal as most of their fans seem to think.

 

[Austin7]

Metal or not, I like them.

 

[Hiljainen]

I have not heard their first album(some people say it's death metal), but now they aren't metal, i'm sure about this. Metal is another thing.

 

[Mr. Black]

this is really weak

 

[KielbasaSausage]

yeah they dont really have that metal sound, they have more of a hardcore punk sound.

 

[Lee_B]

Definitely 100% metal. Like it or not.

 

[Claire's Horror]

AAAAAH, NOT THIS AGAIN!

 

[TheEmperor]

they're clowns with funny masks

 

[Pieguy]

Originally posted by Lee_B
Definitely 100% metal. Like it or not.

Bullshit. Everything with power chords isn't metal.

 

[CarcassKreator]

DJ Metal!

 

[ricochet]

Slipknot is da shit. Dey is off da hook and shiz. Dey be ripping shit up on da stage, yo.

 

[_Transparent_]

aren't they pop-metal, i mean that must be some sort of sub-genre thingy, i mean you can but any band it their very own genre...its all kind of stupid.

 

[Lee_B]

Originally posted by Pieguy


Bullshit. Everything with power chords isn't metal.

It IS metal and your comment about the poprock from before is nothing short of idiotic. I'd like to know what exactly isn't metal about Slipknot?

If Slipknot isn't metal then what is? What does that make Manowar, the self-proclaimed "Kings Of Metal" who aren't even nearly as heavy as Slipknot?

Being metal isn't anything to do with how popular a band is. It is, fudamenatally, about heavy guitars and heavy riff-driven music, which Slipknot have by the truckload.

They may well be really popular. They may well dress like clowns. They may well have a fan-base of 12 year old kids. But they're metal none the less. Fact. The more you argue the more foolish you'll make yourself look.

When I was 12 me and all my pals were all wearing Iron Maiden shirts. They were the Slipknot of the early 80's! Are they not metal either?

Lee B

 

[Hiljainen]

Originally posted by Lee_B



I'd like to know what exactly isn't metal about Slipknot?



Lee B

Nothing of slipknot is metal.

 

[Lee_B]

Originally posted by Hiljainen


Nothing of slipknot is metal.

Good argument..