r/Slipknot

We all know that Slipknot has been involved in rapid fire bad decision making lately.

First of all they fire Sid and do so in a very shady way. We hear about it through TMZ...then Jim tries to be the band's spokesperson and says "don't believe what you hear, just wait for info" and then next thing we know we get the "Effective immediately," post.

Next they release Arsenal which is possibly their worst song to date, and with the quality of their output having diminished severely over the years as they've lost more and more classic members, this one coming out when it did seemed to only make that more apparent.

Then Corey joins Serj on Falling In Reverse's new song, and while yes, this is more of a Corey thing than a Slipknot thing, it is worth mentioning that as the frontman of the band and seemingly one of the main decision-makers that whatever he does will reflect onto Slipknot even if it isn't technically related, and we all know that Ronnie Radke is genuinely a horribly insufferable person who has truly shitty viewpoints on most things we hear him talk about.

And now they are going on a big stadium tour with ridiculously expensive admission prices and are featuring Marilyn Manson on this tour, someone who in recent years has had quite a few domestic abuse and sexual assault allegations come out against him. How true these allegations are truly isn't fully known by the public yet one way or the other, yet the possibility that they are means the band would be willing to tour with a monster and not care what things he may or may not have done to other people. Not to mention Jim starts trying to be the mascot of the band again and comes out addressing the backlash by not addressing it at all and basically trying to remove himself and the band from all responsibility for the decision to platform Manson.

There are people who will defend this band with their last dying breath, unwilling to admit that their favourite band can fuck up. There are also people who are harsh critics and will say the band always sucked or say something akin to "you guys are just now noticing this? They've been falling off the deep end since [insert release of Vol 3 or firing of Joey here]" as if them messing up in the past should make their present any less disappointing or worth talking about.

To those people I say, we love this band and we love this band for many reasons, but the band we loved isn't the band performing under the name Slipknot today and there wasn't really an overnight switch from one to the other even if many people want to believe there was. More so, it was a slow burn that has finally gotten to the point where the Slipknot of today is unrecognizable from the Slipknot we all fell in love with. We criticize the band because we love them and want better from them. We don't want to see whatever this is, because this isn't what we loved about Slipknot. But we also don't want to just dismiss the band entirely and leave them behind for the same reason.

I have to wonder what they're going to do next that'll catch people's attention and if their next big move is going to upset people just as much as their recent ones or if they'll actually do some proper damage control and try to win back some people who've been pushed away recently.

If you have any thoughts I'd love to hear them.

I know there is currently a lot of negativity surrounding the band, and a lot rightfully so. But, I am actually stoked about this stadium tour. While i do wish it was a lineup closer to the OG lineup, this is still something I feel we should be excited about.

The ticket prices are absolutely terrible, I agree. Unfortunately these prices are the nature of a stadium tour. All tickets are too expensive today, and i wish something would be done about that.

But, why I'm really excited is that this tour, if successful, is going to be major win for heavy music. As far as I know, there has never been a tour this heavy that was able to tour stadiums. Having bands like Lorna Shore, Motionless in White, Kublai Khan, Bring me the Horizon, etc. along with Slipknot in stadiums for a summer is absolutely massive for the scene.

I cant wait to hear songs like People = Shit and BMTH's Dehumanized screamed in some of the world's biggest stadiums. I admittedly spent way too much money, but I am hyped about it