Giving the new Slipknot a go today. Really liked the single, Unsainted. Even though it certainly was Slipknot by the numbers, I could see that some of the more "out there" elements to their music, such as the percussion elements, came back into focus. Hyped to hear the rest now.
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Third track, Birth Of The Cruel, already surprising me with Opeth influences, particular in the vocals. It actually works, feels like genuine musical growth on their part - more nuanced and refined. They could have ended it a biter nicer though, kinda just drops out.
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Also can I just say that I like that the drums are not sampled to death and sound like an actual human is playing them? The album generally has a refined and clean sound to bring out the details, but the drums / percussion are injecting back some grit and dirt to ground it.
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Critical Darling is a very fun song. Again with the Åkerfeldt vocals, really cool.
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Spiders is evoking Manson in a big way, from the vocal style and melody to the out-of-the-box guitars textures and eery keyboards. I can imagine that old school Slipknot fans might hate this one but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
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After the first full listen, I find this album most interesting whenever Slipknot let go of their usual modus oparandi. This is not a slight against tracks like Unsainted, which are gonna be a blast on concerts. But I heard THAT band before, now I want to hear some evolution.
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Also, I need to point out again how well mixed it is. It's an engaging and non-exhausting listen, modern and transparent but with an appealing rawness that comes from the performances and not from bad mixing decisions. Good use of effects and automation without it feeling cheesy.
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Just bought it, lookìn forward to rocking out. Will be sendin ua a mix later too 
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Replying to @miracleofsound
Awesome! And good timing, I've reserved time this evening for music anyways. Looking forward to hearing it :)
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