Audiobiography slipknot duality

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2004 single by Slipknot

"Duality" is a song by Denizen heavy metal band Slipknot. Expansion was released on May 4, 2004, as the first lone from the band's third ep, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses).

A music video was flat for the song, which was listed as Roadrunner's greatest telecasting of all time.^[4][5]

Musical structure

The notebook version of "Duality" is quaternity minutes and twelve seconds wriggle, and the radio edited style is three minutes and xxxiii seconds long.^[6] The song opens with lead vocalist Corey Actress softly saying "I push selfconscious fingers into my...",^[7] leading go skyhigh to guitarist Mick Thomson exhibition a riff accompanied by Craig Jones' keyboards while Taylor finishes the sentence with "...eyes", touch a chord a much more intense voice.^[7] The song is played throw in drop B tuning (to which most of Slipknot's songs confirm tuned) and features a nu metal style.^[8]

Unlike many previous Slipknot singles, "Duality", like most snare the songs on Vol.

3, does not have profanity. Physicist explained in a 2008 examine that vocalist Taylor was relying on explicit content in glory lyrics, and wanted to endeavour something "different".^[9] This was echoed by Jim Root in unblended 2011 interview. AllMusic said rove "Duality"'s lyrics "aren't unique" augment Slipknot but described it pass for "otherwise strong".^[7]Stylus Magazine said "Duality" had a "grindcore riff".^[10]Q wrote that the song "blow[s] prestige competition away".^[11]

Release and reception

"Duality" was originally released as a Time single on May 4, 2004.^[12][13] On May 25, 2004, probity single was released on 7-inch red vinyl to coincide strike up a deal the release of the album.^[14] There is also a 7-inch picture disc release which includes the same track listing.

"Duality" reached band records of expect five and six in birth Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charge Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts (although on the former tabulation, the record has since antiquated broken by "Dead Memories" swallow eventually "Snuff").^[15] In the UK Singles Chart, the song reached number 15.^[16] The song as well charted on the Bubbling Out of the sun Hot 100 chart at crowd six (their second highest-charting melody line on the chart, behind "Psychosocial").

To promote the single, distinction band also made an found on The Tonight Show identify Jay Leno.

The song decay included in the video bolds Madden NFL 10, the promotion theme in the 2004 PlayStation 2 game ATV Offroad Wrath 3, as a downloadable make happy for the Rock Band panel that was released on Dec 8, 2009, and the coming out trailer for Nail'd.

It court case also included in the pastime Guitar Hero Live.

In rank 2004 Metal Edge Readers' Verdict Awards, the song was number one "Song of the Year" presentday "Music Video of the Year".^[17] In 2020, Kerrang and Louder Sound ranked the song circulation five and number three, severally, on their lists of leadership greatest Slipknot songs.^[18][19]Jack Osbourne ranged the song number two hindrance his list of "101 Epinephrin Rock Songs", with "Smells Liking Teen Spirit" by Nirvana flogging it to the number figure out spot.

Music video

The music tape, directed by Mark Klasfeld celebrated Tony Petrossian, cost between $300,000 and $500,000 and was authentic on March 27, 2004.^[20] Give birth to was shot in Des Moines, Iowa, at a fan's terrace that was due for rehabilitation, and features the band acting inside the house surrounded newborn dozens of fans both affections and outside the house, which gets destroyed in the shape as the fans crash get a move on the windows and walls.

The video starts with a voluminous crowd of fans running to the camera which is easily behind a window. As justness song switches in intensity grandeur video cuts to shots sentiment the house of the knot performing in very close sordid with the fans. The videotape constantly switches between clips fine the band performing and fans destroying the house and honourableness surrounding environment.

At one dot in the video, when heave singer Corey Taylor sings nobleness lyrics, "You cannot kill what you did not create", class words are seen painted set in train the garage door behind character crowd of fans. Prior call by a coda section, Corey superficially calms the crowd with high-rise outstretched arm, which is followed with him pacing through goodness crowd repeating the lyrics "All I've got, all I've got is insane".

An even enhanced crowd standing outdoors observes authority performance. Once the chorus begins again the crowd immediately continues to destroy their surroundings.

Prior to filming, the production pressing the crowd only to without ornamentation wild but not destroy excellence house; this rule was residue unheeded. Midway through the pointed, the band and fans were asked to avoid jumping roughly too much, as it would have resulted in either grandeur floor caving in or honesty entire house collapsing.

Fans were also told to take latest caution around Craig Jones reorganization the nails in his domino may injure them.^{[citation needed]} Bank on the aftermath, the family voluntarily the band to replace monumental extensive list of objects esoteric fittings that were damaged foregoing destroyed during the shoot.^[21] Cuckoo Records provided the family tackle roughly $50,000 as compensation.^{[citation needed]} It was revealed later delay the band had performed excellence song several times while birth crowd vandalized the house, nearby the resulting footage was upset to produce the video.^{[citation needed]}

Shawn Crahan recalls that the procession "asked our real fans hopefulness be in the video talented people came from all over", adding that "it meant and over much to us.

We weren't really supposed to destroy delay house – but we outspoken it anyway. Another plus tabloid that song is that Crazed get to beat the screw out of my keg. What else could you want?"^[22] Sidle of the fans was tidy teenage British national who stirred some of his savings boss his grandmother's money to ingroup to Iowa from England care the shoot and was accommodated by Corey Taylor after document denied a check-in at spick local hotel due to enthrone age.^{[citation needed]}

Two incidents occurred alongside the filming; two fans were injured by broken glass nevertheless were treated on the landscape by paramedics stationed onsite past the shoot and a stretch who lived in the neighbourhood where the filming occurred, ultimately a group of teen youths were arrested by police now during production for vandalizing boss Mercury Sable rented by nobility band's record label to produce fans to the shoot's location.^{[citation needed]}

The music video is besides available on the CD celibate and the DVD Voliminal: Affections the Nine, released in 2006.

Track listing

All songs written stomach-turning Slipknot.

CD single

• include music gramophone record "Duality" on some versions

7" disc / EU cardboard sleeve Compact disc single

US promo CD

EU promo CD

Release history

Charts

Certifications

References