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10.0
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10.0 |
The Skinny
Meaty riffs, expertly orchestrated songwriting skills, arena-championing choruses, and delicate experimentation with metal nuances but there’s far more craftsmanship hidden beneath the distortion
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10.0
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10.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The youthful rage of Slipknot's past still lingers, but this LP shows how much they've grown
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10.0
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10.0 |
NME
A roaring, horrifying delve into the guts of the band’s revulsion, a primal scream of endlessly inventive extreme metal and searing misanthropy
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10.0
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10.0 |
The Independent
Critics may question how relevant Slipknot are in 2019. The pummelling force of We Are Not Your Kind should be enough to silence them – this may be one of the band’s most personal records, but the rage they capture is universally felt
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8.4
112826
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Sputnik Music (staff)
This is the record the band should have come back with post Paul Gray’s death; it has all the hallmarks of what made Slipknot great in the first place, but it contains a lot of the good elements that came from .5: The Gray Chapter as well
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8.0
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The FT
The band remains one of a kind with a sixth album that mixes sophistication with savagery
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8.0
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Q
We Are Not Your Kind marks a supremely confident reassertion of their capacity to pulverise. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Arts Desk
We are Not Your Kind is anti-social, loud and aggressive, which is just as the best rock’n’roll should be
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Mixing their trademark raging riffola and tribal drumming with everything from krautrock to acoustic elements, Slipknot push their own limits
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8.0
112862
8.0 |
Exclaim
We Are Not Your Kind is a rebirth of the maniacal and constantly changing sound that earned them their fame, and opens a new chapter for the band
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Although the band returns to its nu-metal roots on their sixth full-length, they also explore more experimental textures and even try a little tenderness
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7.0
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7.0 |
Clash
Slipknot make an unexpected impact with their newly-discovered tenderness, but it’s those instantly-recognisable throat-shredding roars that really shine
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Music
Executed with the characteristic self-assurance you'd expect of one of metal's biggest names
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6.7
112874
6.7 |
Pitchfork
The sixth album from the Iowa metal mainstays has more to offer than expected and is still sometimes frustratingly short-sighted
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6.0
113189
6.0 |
Punk News
The palate here is pain, and us-against-them rallying in the face of that pain. Honestly, that’s a great lane for a band that spends a lot of its time trying to sound like they’re stuffing you into a box made of saw blades
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4.0
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4.0 |
Crack
Ultimately, We Are Not Your Kind isn’t radical enough to scare off old fans or reel in any new converts. New costumes, same Slipknot
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