Slipknot – The Studio Album Collection (1999 – 2008) (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Slipknot singer Corey Taylor knew his band was destined for greatness. He also knew that it wouldn’t come easy.

“When we were starting out, we had all these strikes against us,” he says. “We were from Iowa, there were nine of us, we wore masks, we wore coveralls, we played metal. Hard metal.”

“It was tough getting people to come out to Des Moines,” adds bassist Paul Gray. “I don’t know why, it’s a pretty cool place. But A&R dudes – jaded folks from Los Angeles or New York – it’s hard to get them to come to Iowa.”

“And then there were all the haters,” says Taylor.

Ah, the haters. The people who liked nothing more than to give the band flack for its look, for substituting numbers for names, for putting on a show full of over-the-top chaos and unmitigated mayhem. Some of the comments came from the usual assortment of web sites and so-called music critics. But, surprisingly, “we also took a lot of shit from other bands,” says guitarist James Root. “When we hit the road with Ozzfest in 1999, I heard a lot of condescending remarks from other musicians. They were saying, ‘Slipknot won’t sell enough records, they won’t survive, they’ve got too many people, nobody’s gonna get it, they’re all about image.'”

“The joke’s on them,” says Taylor with wicked glee. “Our music stood up. We’re much more popular now and it wasn’t because of our image. It was the music.”

Slipknot – which features DJ Sid Wilson (0), drummer Joey Jordison (1), Gray (2),percussionist Chris Fehn (3) Root (4), sampler Craig Jones – 133 (5), percussionist M. Shawn Crahan – Clown (6), guitarist Mick Thomson (7) and Taylor (8) – is still heavy, still enamored of great, big walls of deeply textured layers of sound. But this time, they’ve approached their music with an eye towards stylistic expression that completely invalidates any and all comments about heavy metal clichés. Moreover, they’ve continued the exploration of melody that began on their first record.

Slipknot
Originally released June 29,1999
Certified 2x Platinum by RIAA
Peaked at #51 on US Albums Chart

Iowa
Originally released August 28, 2001
Certified Platinum by RIAA
Peaked at #3 on US Albums Chart

Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Originally released May 25, 2004
Certified Platinum by RIAA
Peaked at #2 on the US Albums Chart

All Hope Is Gone
Originally Released August 26, 2008
Certified Platinum by RIAA
Peaked at #1 on the US Albums Chart

Tracklist:
1-01. Slipknot – 742617000027 (00:35)
1-02. Slipknot – (sic) (03:19)
1-03. Slipknot – Eyeless (03:56)
1-04. Slipknot – Wait And Bleed (02:27)
1-05. Slipknot – Surfacing (03:38)
1-06. Slipknot – Spit It Out (02:39)
1-07. Slipknot – Tattered & Torn (02:53)
1-08. Slipknot – Me Inside (02:39)
1-09. Slipknot – Liberate (03:06)
1-10. Slipknot – Prosthetics (04:58)
1-11. Slipknot – No Life (02:47)
1-12. Slipknot – Diluted (03:22)
1-13. Slipknot – Only One (02:26)
1-14. Slipknot – Scissors (08:25)
1-15. Slipknot – Eeyore (02:48)
2-01. Slipknot – [515] (00:59)
2-02. Slipknot – People = Shit (03:35)
2-03. Slipknot – Disasterpiece (05:08)
2-04. Slipknot – My Plague (03:39)
2-05. Slipknot – Everything Ends (04:13)
2-06. Slipknot – The Heretic Anthem (04:13)
2-07. Slipknot – Gently (04:53)
2-08. Slipknot – Left Behind (04:00)
2-09. Slipknot – The Shape (03:37)
2-10. Slipknot – I Am Hated (02:37)
2-11. Slipknot – Skin Ticket (06:40)
2-12. Slipknot – New Abortion (03:36)
2-13. Slipknot – Metabolic (03:59)
2-14. Slipknot – Iowa (15:02)
3-01. Slipknot – Prelude 3.0 (03:57)
3-02. Slipknot – The Blister Exists (05:19)
3-03. Slipknot – Three Nil (04:48)
3-04. Slipknot – Duality (04:12)
3-05. Slipknot – Opium Of The People (03:12)
3-06. Slipknot – Circle (04:22)
3-07. Slipknot – Welcome (03:15)
3-08. Slipknot – Vermilion (05:16)
3-09. Slipknot – Pulse Of The Maggots (04:19)
3-10. Slipknot – Before I Forget (04:38)
3-11. Slipknot – Vermilion Pt. 2 (03:44)
3-12. Slipknot – The Nameless (04:28)
3-13. Slipknot – The Virus Of Life (05:25)
3-14. Slipknot – Danger – Keep Away (03:13)
4-01. Slipknot – Execute (01:48)
4-02. Slipknot – Gematria (The Killing Name) (06:01)
4-03. Slipknot – Sulfur (04:37)
4-04. Slipknot – Psychosocial (04:43)
4-05. Slipknot – Dead Memories (04:28)
4-06. Slipknot – Vendetta (05:15)
4-07. Slipknot – Butcher’s Hook (04:14)
4-08. Slipknot – Gehenna (06:53)
4-09. Slipknot – This Cold Black (04:40)
4-10. Slipknot – Wherein Lies Continue (05:36)
4-11. Slipknot – Snuff (04:36)
4-12. Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone (04:44)