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Slipknot review – metal mammoths deliver exhilarating sonic brutality

Heads bang, moshpits burst into life and riffs eviscerate every corner of the room as the band tear through their debut album 1999 in a visceral sensory haze

Until you’ve tried it, don’t knock the singular joys of watching a grown man in a horned gimp mask whack a steel keg with a baseball bat. He replaced Jay Weinberg whose firing in 2023 – put down as a “creative decision” and “parting of ways” – prompted such a fan backlash that the subsequent social media announcement post was deleted. Casagrande introduces himself properly on Eyeless, nailing the song’s frighteningly fast drum parts in savage style, while fans in the stands smack their laps in unison.

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