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.5: The Gray Chapter

Slipknot

.5: The Gray Chapter

The title of the masked metalheads' fifth album - their first without drummer Joey Jordison - pays tribute to deceased bassist Paul Gray

ADM rating[?]

6.7

Label
Roadrunner
UK Release date
20/10/2014
US Release date
21/10/2014
  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    There are some huge choruses lurking within the repurposed death metal riffs and tribal clatter
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    One of the strongest albums of their career
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  3. 8.0 |   State

    They have once again achieved a sound that cannot be replicated and only continues to mature with each release
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  4. 8.0 |   The List

    The production work is astounding and this glossy sheen is how Slipknot have made some inroads into the mainstream. Some will see that as a bonus, others will cite it as Slipknot's biggest fault
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  5. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    A solid platform from which Slipknot can build upon in the future
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  6. 7.0 |   The Music

    There have been more impressive metal records released during 2014 that won’t garner a modicum of the attention, but .5… indicates this new era sans Gray and Joey Jordison could yield substantial dividends
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  7. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    A lovely eulogy to their fallen comrade
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  8. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The Slipknot of 2014 are a reinvigorated unit. Pain and angst are still worn as badges of honour, but there's considerable weight attached now
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  9. 6.0 |   Q

    There is life left in the nine-headed beast. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Corey Taylor has a voice that sounds like the apocalypse
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  11. 5.8 |   Consequence Of Sound

    At 14 tracks that play for more than an hour, it goes on too long, and the extra tracks sap momentum
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  12. 5.5 |   Beardfood

    The energy slowly wanes as the record progresses
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  13. 5.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Quite the heavy-duty emotional enema
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