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Track Listings
| 1. 515 |
| 2. People=shit |
| 3. Disaster piece |
| 4. My plague |
| 5. Everything ends |
| 6. Heretic anthem |
| 7. Gently |
| 8. Left behind |
| 9. Shape |
| 10. Skin ticket |
| 11. I am hated |
| 12. New abortion |
| 13. Metabolic |
| 14. Iowa |
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As if answering the challenge of those who dismiss them as a cartoonish joke, Slipknot claim that Iowa is a statement of intent, a real heavy-metal album. As percussionist Shawn Crahan puts it: "We're able to cut into the wound, crawl inside, stitch it up ourselves and fester in the f***ing hurt". And right from the introductory shriek and grind "of (515)", you know they're deadly serious. Iowa is immediately intimidating in its unforgiving heaviness. Produced to cruel perfection by wonderboy Ross Robinson, it takes the best of Slayer as its starting-point and moves on. "People=Shit", "The Heretic Anthem" and "New Abortion" are relentless and wholly brutal. But this is no mere thrash. "Disasterpiece" features a weird, hypnotic riff, while "Left Behind" is like a duet between Alice in Chains' Layne Staley and Slayer's Tom Araya. "Gently" (an old track here re-recorded) builds slowly from industrial atmospherics to a punishing explosion of noise, and the title track (also old and formerly known as "Killers Are Quiet") is a heavy metal "Midnight Rambler", deeply unsettling. Frontman Corey Taylor claims to have performed it naked and bleeding from self-inflicted wounds, and that's not hard to believe. The whole album, though masterfully constructed, is painfully raw and utterly compelling. --Dominic Wills
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Wow, wow and wow! Remember all the promises Slipknot made on how "Iowa" would sound? They sure lived up to it! As soon as you hear the twisted screams and cries in "(515)", you know you're in for a real treat. An unsettling and strange beginning, it soon tears into "People=S**t". Now this is where the promises become a reality. 3:36 of brutal guitars, excellant drumming, heavy bass and manic vocals. As a matter of fact, this is the case in all of the songs. Take "The Heretic Anthem" for example in which frontman Corey Taylor (8) screams "If you're 555, then I'm 666!". Each member posesses a terryfying talent on thier respective instrument. For example, Joey Jordison (1) and his brilliant drumming in songs like the previously mentioned "Heretic Anthem" and "Metabolic" and guitar tag team Mick Thompson (7) and James Root(4) and their intense metal riffing. For those of you thought their first album "Slipknot" was good, Slipknot have just turned it up a notch and upped the ante once again. To sum up, "Iowa" is a must buy and trust me, it's well worth it. From the classy artwork to the actual album content, this is fantastic throughout. As Corey Taylor said: " We are not a Satan-worshipping band, but it's not for the queasy or weak-minded." Trust me people, he ain't lying!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is dark...this album is very, very dark...
After the monumental success of SlipKnoT's first titled record, they were put under the enormous pressure of topping it and creating an album which could live up to its predecessors glory. The album begins with "[515]", bassy, twitching synths, accompanied by numerous members shouting and screeching the word 'death' in such a way that the reaper himself could be in their presence. The first full song is in the form of "People=xxxx"...it's pounding drum/guitar intro is very reminiscent of the previous albums' opener "(sic)"...it malevolently combines an awesome riff with almost war-cry vocals and ultra-violent drumming, it leaves the mind and the senses truly stunned. Next comes the dominant "Disasterpiece"...a lot of work has gone into this one, numerous time and key changes combine with harsh and melodic vocal work and some very neat interplay between guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thompson, this is one of the albums great tracks and along with a couple of others...possibly "Iowa's" best. There are three slower tracks on the album in the form of the re-worked "Gently" (re-worked from the bands' first album Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat), "Skin Ticket", and the albums' title track, "Iowa". These three songs are unquestionably the darkest and most moving of the 14 songs...doom-laden drumming and percussion give a stalking feel, and Corey Taylor's lyrics and vocal do more than enough to terrify and amass thoughts of suffering, escapism and intense emotional anguish. These songs are very cathartic and I find myself lost in them frequently. Mosh-pit anthems are also included in "Iowa", in the form of "The Heretic Anthem", "Left Behind" (the first single-release) and "My Plague" (the second single-release). The opening and progressing riff from "Left Behind" still raises goose-bumps to this day, and is arguably one of SlipKnoT's greatest. As for the rest of the records offerings, there is the soul-demolishing genius of "Everything Ends", the incredible "New Abortion" and the harmonic and melodic cry of "The Shape", these three songs are in no way inferior to the rest of the album, they are actually some of the best material SlipKnoT have ever produced!! Band-wagon fake's will buy this because it's cool...true Maggots will hold "Iowa" together with the rest of the albums as a great step in the ever conquering cycle of SlipKnoT's reign over our hearts and our minds..."you can't take my soul away from me...", we give it to SlipKnoT...
After the monumental success of SlipKnoT's first titled record, they were put under the enormous pressure of topping it and creating an album which could live up to its predecessors glory. The album begins with "[515]", bassy, twitching synths, accompanied by numerous members shouting and screeching the word 'death' in such a way that the reaper himself could be in their presence. The first full song is in the form of "People=xxxx"...it's pounding drum/guitar intro is very reminiscent of the previous albums' opener "(sic)"...it malevolently combines an awesome riff with almost war-cry vocals and ultra-violent drumming, it leaves the mind and the senses truly stunned. Next comes the dominant "Disasterpiece"...a lot of work has gone into this one, numerous time and key changes combine with harsh and melodic vocal work and some very neat interplay between guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thompson, this is one of the albums great tracks and along with a couple of others...possibly "Iowa's" best. There are three slower tracks on the album in the form of the re-worked "Gently" (re-worked from the bands' first album Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat), "Skin Ticket", and the albums' title track, "Iowa". These three songs are unquestionably the darkest and most moving of the 14 songs...doom-laden drumming and percussion give a stalking feel, and Corey Taylor's lyrics and vocal do more than enough to terrify and amass thoughts of suffering, escapism and intense emotional anguish. These songs are very cathartic and I find myself lost in them frequently. Mosh-pit anthems are also included in "Iowa", in the form of "The Heretic Anthem", "Left Behind" (the first single-release) and "My Plague" (the second single-release). The opening and progressing riff from "Left Behind" still raises goose-bumps to this day, and is arguably one of SlipKnoT's greatest. As for the rest of the records offerings, there is the soul-demolishing genius of "Everything Ends", the incredible "New Abortion" and the harmonic and melodic cry of "The Shape", these three songs are in no way inferior to the rest of the album, they are actually some of the best material SlipKnoT have ever produced!! Band-wagon fake's will buy this because it's cool...true Maggots will hold "Iowa" together with the rest of the albums as a great step in the ever conquering cycle of SlipKnoT's reign over our hearts and our minds..."you can't take my soul away from me...", we give it to SlipKnoT...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This re-issue of the now 10 year old Iowa is fantastic! The album has always been an absolute amazement to me, and to get it now with the DVD etc is a pleasure! Definitely a fitting tribute and re-issue of this album! A must have!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
slipknot - Iowa
This album is awesome, having got the original, driving my kids mad with it. Thank you for sending a replacement as other copy didn't arrive.
Published 6 months ago by Liz
Slipknot - Iowa, 10th Anniversary Edition.
I first got Iowa when I was a teenager and it became an album that I fell in love with, purely for it's aggression because back then I guess I related to Iowa in many ways. Read more
Published 6 months ago by N. Green
Good album, an improvement over the first
With this album, slipknot retained the brutality and hard lyrics, but have grown a bit on the instrumental side. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ruben
Excellent, but not for your parents ears!!!
This album is fantastic! Its exactly what one should expect from a decent heavy metal band nowadays; excellent vocals, (both musical and screamed), awesome guitar riffs, epic drum... Read more
Published 10 months ago by SpiderHair
Their weakest, but still impressive.
Slipknot's first album had an immediate impact on the nu-metal community at the turn of the century, but no band can live forever on its debut and the time came for a follow-up. Read more
Published 23 months ago by dynamitekid156
A brilliant album much better then their debut
After buying their new album a couple of years ago, i decided to check out their first 2 albums. Their debut album quite frankly is boring it has 2 good songs on it the rest... Read more
Published on 22 July 2008 by MrMetalheadO'Hagan
American Import
Warning: The Album cover is not the same. Instead you will get a US import which looks like a fake.
Published on 20 Jun 2008 by J. M. Wright
IF YOUR 555 IM A 666
THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT SLIPKNOTS HEAVIEST ALBUM. THIS IS MY FAVEOURITE KNOT ALBUM PROBABLY BECAUSE ITS THE ALBUM I FIRST GOT IN2 THEM ON. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2006 by J. H. Hardwidge
slipknot - iowa
this is the 'darkest', heaviest album that they have released. very aggressive. my plague is not the best on there. check out heretic anthem, disaster piece, i am hated. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2006 by "smout01"
Not bad
For me this album is just the link between Slipknot and Volume 3.
Love most of the songs, but I think that the last two songs are too soft. Read more
Love most of the songs, but I think that the last two songs are too soft. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2005 by Mr. J. Adam
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