2019 has been a great year for metal and music. Bring Me the Horizon’s controversial sounding new album, “Amo” released early this year. Tool came back from a 13-year hiatus with a new song and entered the top 10. Earlier this month, Slipknot came out with fresh band drama and new masks, became the first metal band since 2017 to reach number one on the charts in the US with their new album, “We Are Not Your Kind”.

The hype for the latest album has been prevalent since October of 2018, starting with Slipknot’s first single, “All Out Life”. After about 10 months of waiting for the release of “We Are Not Your Kind,” Slipknot hit the charts reaching number one in the US, Australia, and dethroning Ed Sheeron in the UK. “We Are Not Your Kind” is the band’s third studio album to hit number one on the charts, and is well deserving, based on most fans reactions to the album. 

“I’m counting all the killers…” frontman Corey Taylor warns in the album’s opening song, “Insert Coin”. “We Are Not Your Kind”, an album fueled by anger, takes the listener through the band’s feeling of contempt at the world. 

“We tell ourselves it can’t be hell if there’s no heaven”. “Critical Darling” seems to be about how the world’s demise is a result of gloom-ridden thinking. “An ending I would live to see,” sings Taylor. 

The 14 song album produces nostalgia in fans for old albums, like “Iowa,” but also experiments with more duality of Corey Taylor’s clean singing and aggressive vocals, with “My Pain” demonstrating a daunting, more gothic sound. 

Some fans aren’t the biggest fans of the band having more melodic songs, and their more gothic style displayed in “We Are Not Your Kind,” but despite the criticisms, Slipknot remains one of the biggest metal bands in the world, and fans of the band are excited for the future of Slipknot.