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My Slipknot Gig Review at the Hammersmith Apollo in London
5 Dec 2008, 02:06
My Slipknot Gig Review At The Hammersmith Apollo In London On The 3rd December 2008
Are they monsters? Are they explosive metal machines? Or are they just masquerade mutants in limbo? They are everything that has been mentioned and more… we are of course talking about the 9 piece metal band from Iowa, Slipknot that have been busy entertaining huge crowds at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.
Every time that the Grammy Award winning band Slipknot, produce an album each member makes a distinctive change to their mask and as this tour was based on the new album All Hope Is Gone the fans were very excited and looking forward to seeing what masks they would be revealing this time.
When the band finally appeared on stage the waiting was over, there was a huge explosion of sound coming from the drums and lead man Corey Taylor started to shout at the crowd. It became obvious that chaos was on its way...
Shawn Crahan looked hilarious as he kept zipping and unzipping his mask whilst their sound and lighting effects went beyond expectations, with pyrotechnics and a phenomenal strobe effect with a pinch yet an electrifying darkness!
During the violent performance of “Duality” Shawn Crahan attemped to break an empty barrel with a baseball bat and at that point the crowed became even more insane that empty bottles were thrown on the stage.
It seemed the crowd couldn’t get enough of Corey's aggressiveness, although having said that, the mosh pit was a huge success and unstoppable even after when a few fans had to be dragged out to recover.
It wasn’t until Corey screamed these words “Fuck it all, fuck this world, FUCK EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR!” that loud gunshot noises came out from Mick Thomson, Jim Root and Paul Gray's guitars and the crowd became even more uncontrollable.
The fans enjoyed their performance of “Wait and Bleed” but what everyone was really looking forward to was the controversial performance of “Spit It Out” which is also referred as the “Zero Bullshit”. Near the end of the song there was a pause with a coda where the music builds up to a highly energetic section and Corey Taylor screamed very loud to the crowed:
“Get the f**k down on the ground”
So all the fans obeyed as if they were in a concentration camp.
Then he said: “when I say jump the f**k up, what are you gonna do?!”
There was a silence.
Then Corey shouted again: “I asked you a f**king question, when I say jump the f**k up, what are you gonna do?!”
Crowd answered: “JUMP DA F**K UP!!!
The screams and the jumps were so powerful that it appeared the ceiling was going to collapse especially because the ground was vibrating intensely.
To make things even more exciting Shawn Crahan’s elevating drum kit ended up in the air as it slowly spun and Sid Wilson decided to dangle off it and start swinging. When he wasn’t attached to Shawn’s drums, Sid Wilson continuously ran around the stage and even jumped onto Chris Fehn’s drum as it tilted backwards and forwards.
Craig Jones’s spike mask looked lethal whilst he was head banging along to the to Joey Jordinson’s sensational drumming. Both members were definitely having a good time and putting all their energy into pleasing the crowd.
All in all the show was extraordinary, unpredictable, fierce and had everything you could possibly expect from a “metal band”. Spectacular!! *My rating* 10/10
Review by Alexandra McLoughlin
Are they monsters? Are they explosive metal machines? Or are they just masquerade mutants in limbo? They are everything that has been mentioned and more… we are of course talking about the 9 piece metal band from Iowa, Slipknot that have been busy entertaining huge crowds at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.
Every time that the Grammy Award winning band Slipknot, produce an album each member makes a distinctive change to their mask and as this tour was based on the new album All Hope Is Gone the fans were very excited and looking forward to seeing what masks they would be revealing this time.
When the band finally appeared on stage the waiting was over, there was a huge explosion of sound coming from the drums and lead man Corey Taylor started to shout at the crowd. It became obvious that chaos was on its way...
Shawn Crahan looked hilarious as he kept zipping and unzipping his mask whilst their sound and lighting effects went beyond expectations, with pyrotechnics and a phenomenal strobe effect with a pinch yet an electrifying darkness!
During the violent performance of “Duality” Shawn Crahan attemped to break an empty barrel with a baseball bat and at that point the crowed became even more insane that empty bottles were thrown on the stage.
It seemed the crowd couldn’t get enough of Corey's aggressiveness, although having said that, the mosh pit was a huge success and unstoppable even after when a few fans had to be dragged out to recover.
It wasn’t until Corey screamed these words “Fuck it all, fuck this world, FUCK EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR!” that loud gunshot noises came out from Mick Thomson, Jim Root and Paul Gray's guitars and the crowd became even more uncontrollable.
The fans enjoyed their performance of “Wait and Bleed” but what everyone was really looking forward to was the controversial performance of “Spit It Out” which is also referred as the “Zero Bullshit”. Near the end of the song there was a pause with a coda where the music builds up to a highly energetic section and Corey Taylor screamed very loud to the crowed:
“Get the f**k down on the ground”
So all the fans obeyed as if they were in a concentration camp.
Then he said: “when I say jump the f**k up, what are you gonna do?!”
There was a silence.
Then Corey shouted again: “I asked you a f**king question, when I say jump the f**k up, what are you gonna do?!”
Crowd answered: “JUMP DA F**K UP!!!
The screams and the jumps were so powerful that it appeared the ceiling was going to collapse especially because the ground was vibrating intensely.
To make things even more exciting Shawn Crahan’s elevating drum kit ended up in the air as it slowly spun and Sid Wilson decided to dangle off it and start swinging. When he wasn’t attached to Shawn’s drums, Sid Wilson continuously ran around the stage and even jumped onto Chris Fehn’s drum as it tilted backwards and forwards.
Craig Jones’s spike mask looked lethal whilst he was head banging along to the to Joey Jordinson’s sensational drumming. Both members were definitely having a good time and putting all their energy into pleasing the crowd.
All in all the show was extraordinary, unpredictable, fierce and had everything you could possibly expect from a “metal band”. Spectacular!! *My rating* 10/10
Review by Alexandra McLoughlin
