Wow, this is just freaking hilarious! I agree with the more harcore people on here that Slipnot is rather over rated and they do play alot of really close sounding riffs. But at the same time, Ive listened to alot of the dark-metal and black-metal and it sounds alot the same. I listen to a wide variety of music(anything from Rush to Godsmack to Zao to God Dethroned....basically anything except pop or rap) and as far as I can tell(also being a musician) all your harcore black-metal bands sound pretty similar to Slipnot. I dont especially like Slipnot a whole bunch, but are YOU out there makeing a whole bunch of money, makeing a living off of your music? Dont think so! I dont really care how "good" your music is you make. Obviously its not that great seeing is how your not in a band touring the world. Not a diss to any of the musicians on here, but seriously, if the stuff you do is so great, how come YOURE not Slipnots guitarist(you probably wouldnt want to be, but you see my point). I espicially think its funny all the dudes on here who dont even play music, dissing bands like they know what gos into makeing songs. SHUT UP! Jeez, alot of you dudes who claim to be so harcore are just as much a poser as Slipnot fans. Yeah, Slipnots whole get-up is a little wierd, but hey, it sells. Im not saying theyre not posers. I think they are to some extent, but they have a certain fan base, thats theyre area. Thy sell to wannabe satanists mad at their parents. Pantera sells to drugged out zombies mad at the world(Im probably gonna get hell for that remark[I loved Dimabag too guys, but they were rather stoned]). Oh well.........