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We Are Not Your Kind

October 30, 2023

We Are Not Your Kind is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Recorded at EastWest Studios in Hollywood, California with co-producer Greg Fidelman (who previously produced the band's 2014 album .5: The Gray Chapter), it was released on August 9, 2019, by Roadrunner Records. The title is taken from a lyric in the song "All Out Life", which was released as a standalone single in 2018 and features as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album. We Are Not Your Kind is the only Slipknot album to be recorded as an eight-member band, as their former percussionist Chris Fehn was fired from the band in March 2019 after suing the group for alleged unpaid royalties.

We Are Not Your Kind
Studio album by
Slipknot
ReleasedAugust 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)
RecordedNovember 2018 – April 2019
StudioEastWest, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length63:29
LabelRoadrunner
Producer
Slipknot chronology
Day of the Gusano: Live in Mexico
(2017) 		We Are Not Your Kind
(2019) 		The End, So Far
(2022)
Slipknot studio album chronology
.5: The Gray Chapter
(2014) 		We Are Not Your Kind
(2019) 		The End, So Far
(2022)
Singles from We Are Not Your Kind
  1. "Unsainted"
    Released: May 16, 2019
  2. "Solway Firth"
    Released: July 22, 2019
  3. "Birth of the Cruel"
    Released: August 5, 2019
  4. "Nero Forte"
    Released: December 16, 2019

After the conclusion of the touring cycle for .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot guitarist Jim Root and percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan began writing and demoing material for the band's follow-up album in early 2017. According to Crahan, the group wrote and recorded a total of 22 songs and 26 interludes, with the plan initially being to produce the band's first double album. Recording began in November 2018, shortly after the release of the standalone single "All Out Life". The album was completed by April 2019 and "Unsainted" was released as the lead single the next month. This was followed by "Solway Firth" in July, "Birth of the Cruel" in August and "Nero Forte" in December.

We Are Not Your Kind received critical acclaim; numerous commentators hailed the album as one of the best releases of Slipknot's career, praising the level of experimentation displayed on several key songs. Others highlighted it as a modern landmark release in the heavy metal genre. "Unsainted" reached number 10 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, while "Solway Firth" also reached the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart top ten. We Are Not Your Kind debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200, becoming the band's third consecutive album to do so on both charts, as well as several other charts around the world.

Background and writing edit

Work on Slipknot's sixth studio album began in February 2017, when the band's guitarist Jim Root and percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan started writing new material together. Speaking to Rolling Stone in November 2016, Crahan simply stated that "we want to write", but that a recording timeline would remain unconfirmed for the time being.[1] He later elaborated on this plan by claiming that the group's members wanted to take their time working on new songs, rather than producing it within a set timeframe as they had done before.[2] Plans for the direction of the album had been touted by the percussionist as early as the summer of 2015, when he claimed that he wanted to write an "art record" in the vein of The Wall by Pink Floyd or Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles, likely in the form of a double album with an overall concept and numerous interludes.[3] Several song ideas also came from rough demos tracked during the previous tour, with Crahan estimating that the band had "hundreds of ideas".[4]

By August 2017, Crahan estimated that the writing process had spawned "about 27 pieces of work" so far. In an interview with the NME, he added that "A lot of us are meeting up in September to start working on those 27 pieces of music and we're going to add to that," reasserting his desire to make a double album.[5] Following up with Metal Hammer in October, Crahan revealed that he had been working with Root and drummer Jay Weinberg on organizing the material written during the previous touring cycle, which combined with new material resulted in "seven or eight" full song ideas.[6] Much of the initial writing process took place without the band's frontman Corey Taylor, who spent 2017 recording and touring in promotion of Hydrograd, the sixth album by his other band Stone Sour.[7] The vocalist began writing lyrics for three new songs in early 2018, which he claimed would be based on events in his life over the last few years.[8] By April, Taylor claimed that he had completed lyrics for "almost all" of the band's new music.[9]

Recording and production edit

 
 
Writing for We Are Not Your Kind was initially spearheaded by Shawn "Clown" Crahan (top) and Jim Root (bottom).

After almost two years of writing, Shawn Crahan revealed that recording for Slipknot's sixth album would begin in November 2018.[10] The full band later joined the percussionist in January 2019.[11] Production was handled again by Greg Fidelman, who engineered and mixed 2004's Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), and produced 2014's .5: The Gray Chapter and the 2018 single "All Out Life". Speaking about working with the producer, vocalist Corey Taylor credited Fidelman with his contributions to their previous releases and noted that "He gets us, he challenges us ... we have a great relationship with him".[12] It was initially suggested in the media that Ross Robinson, who worked with the band on 1999's Slipknot and 2001's Iowa, would be producing the album, however this rumor was quickly dismissed by guitarist Jim Root.[13] The recording of We Are Not Your Kind was completed by April 2019, when turntablist Sid Wilson revealed that he was "laying the last" of his parts on the album.[14]

Speaking to British retailer HMV about the album's recording process, Root recalled that the band spent a lot of time working on initial arrangements for the new material, explaining that "We spent all the time on the demos. We built them and let them evolve."[15] This allowed the band to "step back" from recordings and revisit them later, leading to what the guitarist described as an "organic" outcome.[16] However, he added that the final tracking process was "a big challenge", lamenting that "I wish we'd had that time to actually record the album."[15] Root also distinguished the approach on We Are Not Your Kind from its predecessor .5: The Gray Chapter; he recalled that for the 2014 release "[The] songs came straight from my garage and they don't have the push and pull of a live band," contrasting the recording of its follow-up by explaining that "we were playing the songs as a band and tracked them with and without a click track. The ones without click are the ones that we used on the record."[17]

Due to the amount of time spent writing and recording demos for the album, there are many tracks from the We Are Not Your Kind sessions which remain unreleased. According to Crahan, the band recorded a total of 22 songs and 26 interludes for the album, with many shelved in favor of stronger tracks.[18] Before the album's release, the percussionist revealed to Kerrang! magazine that "There's another 15 songs that didn't make the cut", estimating that "there's at least seven or eight songs that are recorded, with vocals, that did not make this album."[19] Speaking on music streaming service Spotify's Metal Talks podcast, Crahan explained that when choosing what songs to include on an album, he tries to "picture [himself] as a fan in the world that we live in today".[20] He went on to say that this line of thinking is what ultimately led to the exclusion of "All Out Life" from the album, claiming that he believed fans would prefer to hear a new song in place of one that was already available to stream.[20]

Composition and lyrics edit

Musically, We Are Not Your Kind has been described as nu metal,[21][22][23] alternative metal,[24] groove metal,[22] extreme metal[25] and hard rock.[26] We Are Not Your Kind has been recognized by commentators and band members as one of the most experimental albums of Slipknot's career. The album features moody instrumentals and has elements of electronic, progressive rock, electronic rock, rap metal, and electro-industrial.[21][23][27] During a pre-release interview with Daniel P. Carter on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, Corey Taylor claimed that "it is probably the furthest we've pushed the boundaries of creativity and experimentation," adding that "We not only went places that we've hinted at musically over the years, but never really went full-board, but we're also doing heavier things than we've ever done."[28] Emily Carter of Kerrang! described it as "the 'Knot's most experimental album to date,"[29] NME writer Jordan Bassett called it "Slipknot at their artiest",[25] and Roisin O'Connor of The Independent claimed that "The sheer ambition of We Are Not Your Kind is just as staggering as their seminal record Iowa".[30] Several critics highlighted "Spiders" as one of the most avant-garde songs on the album, on which "creepy piano tinklings" and "scattershot drum beats" are favored over the more commonly used low-end guitar riffs.[31][32][33]

Another quality of We Are Not Your Kind touted in the build-up to its release was the heaviness of the music. As early as June 2018, Taylor claimed that their sixth album would be "Iowa levels of heavy".[34] He later reiterated the suggestion, claiming that the album contains one of the heaviest songs of their career.[35] Sam Taylor of the Financial Times admitted that the band "weren't bluffing" when making such claims, suggesting that the album "often verges on the attritional".[36] Similarly, Gigwise writer Anna Smith suggested that We Are Not Your Kind featured "some of the heaviest material since [the band's] eponymous debut".[37] Reviewing the album for the website Blabbermouth.net, Jay H. Gorania praised the band's attempts at being heavy on We Are Not Your Kind – describing their first two albums, Gorania opined that "Slipknot seemed as though they were trying to be the heaviest band on the market and trying too hard," before concluding that "When they are in overdrive nowadays, however, it feels more authentic and expressive."[38]

According to Taylor, We Are Not Your Kind features some of his most personal lyrics to date. During the writing process, the band's frontman explained that "It's been a heavy couple of years for me personally. [...] I've been able to kind of grab hold of some of the depression that I've been fighting and kind of formulate the way that I want to describe it."[39] Early on in the process, he claimed that "It's probably the most autobiographical I've been in years", describing the lyrical content as "dark ... really dark".[8] One of the main influences on Taylor's lyrics was his separation from then-wife Stephanie Luby in 2016; in an interview with Loudwire, he explained that "The narrative [of the album] really came from me working my way through the repercussions of a really toxic relationship. And the fallout that came with finally extricating myself from that relationship."[40] Another major influence on the album's lyrical content is that of global "divisiveness",[41] which Taylor claims is fueled by US President Donald Trump through "bigotry" and "racism".[42]

Promotion and release edit

 
Percussionist Chris Fehn was fired from Slipknot in March 2019, after suing the band claiming unpaid royalties.

The first new song released during the recording process for We Are Not Your Kind was the single "All Out Life" on October 31, 2018.[43] It was produced by Greg Fidelman, who later also worked on the album.[12] The song's music video, directed by Shawn "Clown" Crahan,[44] broke the band's record for most views in a single day on YouTube, with more than 3.4 million.[45] The track was initially slated to appear on We Are Not Your Kind (the title of which is lifted from one of the song's main lyrics), however when the track listing was revealed it was not included; vocalist Corey Taylor later explained that "it was kind of its own thing that really just let people know that we weren't gone".[46] In February 2019, the band launched a teaser website at the URL wearenotyourkind.com,[47] with the album's release date confirmed a few days later.[48] Two months later, the band revealed the track listing for the album and officially confirmed that it would be called We Are Not Your Kind.[49]

Less than two weeks after the announcement of the album's release date, it was revealed that percussionist Chris Fehn was suing the rest of the band (with Taylor and Crahan named as separate defendants), claiming that royalties from merchandising and touring had been withheld from him.[50] A few days later he was dismissed from the band, with the official news release stating that "Chris knows why he is no longer a part of Slipknot. We are disappointed that he chose to point fingers and manufacture claims, rather than doing what was necessary to continue to be a part of Slipknot."[51] Fehn's position was taken by an as-yet unknown replacement, dubbed by fans as "Tortilla Man" due to the design of his mask.[52] Jim Root later claimed that Fehn's departure had little impact on the production of the album.[15]

On May 16, 2019, the day of the album's official announcement, Slipknot released "Unsainted" as the first single from We Are Not Your Kind, alongside a music video which revealed each member's new mask.[53] The video broke the record set by "All Out Life" as the band's most popular in its first 24 hours on YouTube, receiving over 4.7 million views.[54] The single peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, the band's highest position since "The Devil in I" in 2014,[55] and at number 68 on the UK Singles Chart, the band's highest position since "Psychosocial" in 2008.[56] Both "Unsainted" and "All Out Life" received their live premieres the following day, when the band performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in their first live appearance since November 2016.[57] "Solway Firth" was released as the album's second single on July 22,[58] reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart.[59] On August 5, "Birth of the Cruel", was released as the third single and "Nero Forte" was the fourth single, released on December 16.[60]

Following their brief performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Slipknot performed at a number of European festivals during the summer of 2019.[61] The run included the band's fourth headline slot at the UK's Download Festival in June,[62] footage from which was later included in the "Solway Firth" music video.[63] This was followed by the first Knotfest Roadshow tour in North America from July to September.[64] Slipknot was due to open for Metallica later in the year for a run of shows in Australia and New Zealand on its WorldWired Tour, however the shows were later canceled due to Metallica frontman James Hetfield entering rehab.[65] A tour of the UK and Europe will follow in 2020.[66] We Are Not Your Kind was released worldwide on August 9, 2019, by Roadrunner Records.[67] "All Out Life" was featured as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the release.[68]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.8/10[69]
Metacritic89/100[70]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [23]
Consequence of SoundA[71]
Exclaim!8/10[72]
The Guardian     [33]
The Independent     [30]
Kerrang!     [73]
Metal Hammer     [74]
NME     [25]
Pitchfork6.7/10[75]
Rolling Stone     [76]

We Are Not Your Kind was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 89, based on 14 reviews.[70] Forbes writer Quentin Singer claimed that the album was "a metal magnum opus".[77]

In a five-star review for the NME, Jordan Bassett described We Are Not Your Kind as "an astonishing record: a roaring, horrifying delve into the guts of the band's revulsion, a primal scream of endlessly inventive extreme metal and searing misanthropy".[25] Kerrang! writer Emily Carter also gave the album a perfect rating, writing that "20 years since their debut, Slipknot are as bold, fearless and exhilarating as ever."[73] Roisin O'Connor of The Independent gushed that "The sheer ambition of We Are Not Your Kind is just as staggering as their seminal record Iowa [and] the dynamic might be even better".[30] Similarly, Consequence of Sound writer Michael Pementel hailed the album as a strong evolution of the band's style, dubbing it "one of the strongest albums in their career".[71] Joe Smith-Engelhardt of Exclaim! described it as "a return to form" following their last two albums, which he called "a tad formulaic".[72] Blabbermouth.net's Jay H. Gorania called it "a shining gem in Slipknot's crown".[38]

Multiple critics hailed lead single "Unsainted" as one of the album's highlights. Bassett called the song "one of the greatest things Slipknot have ever done",[25] while Kory Grow of Rolling Stone described it as "one of the catchiest – and grittiest – songs of the band's career".[76] Anna Smith of Gigwise called the song "a welcome amalgamation of old and new".[37] Other commentators focused on the level of experimentation present on the album. Adam Rees of Metal Hammer highlighted "A Liar's Funeral" and "Not Long for This World" as having "the biggest impact" on the album,[74] while Loudwire contributor Jon Wiederhorn wrote that "With We Are Not Your Kind ... Slipknot have done more than play to their strengths, they've broadly expanded their parameters, taking the band in musical directions that they've previously only hinted at."[78] The band's frontman Corey Taylor also received widespread praise for his lyrics and vocals, described by Carter as "outstanding"[73] and by Pementel as "remarkable".[71]

Very few reviews of We Are Not Your Kind featured major criticisms for the album. Pementel admitted that "To be frank, given all the stylization, the production, and creativity taking place, it's tough to find something wrong with the album," claiming that "fans who pine for the band's early sound may not latch onto We Are Not Your Kind immediately – but even those listeners will likely come around to this exceptional LP."[71] Pitchfork contributor Andy O'Connor admitted that while the album "has more to offer than expected", it is "still sometimes frustratingly short-sighted", claiming that "Slipknot know what works for them and they exploit it to a fault".[75] While hailing the release as "easily the best album Slipknot has produced in 15 years", Sputnikmusic complained of the album's length and its "homogenised stomping rhythm".[79]

Accolades edit

Year-end rankings edit

Year-end accolades for We Are Not Your Kind
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Consequence Top 30 Metal + Hard Rock Albums of 2019 3 [80]
Exclaim! 10 Best Metal and Hardcore Albums of 2019 7 [81]
The Independent The 50 Best Albums of 2019 14 [82]
Kerrang! The 50 Best Albums of 2019 1 [83]
Loudwire The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019 – [84]
Heavy Metal Awards Best Albums of 2019 1 [85]
NME The 50 Best Albums of 2019 13 [86]
Revolver 25 Best Albums of 2019 2 [87]
Rolling Stone 10 Best Metal Albums of 2019 1 [88]
Sputnikmusic Top 50 Albums of 2019 41 [89]
Ultimate Guitar 20 Best Albums of 2019 6 [90]

Decade-end rankings edit

Decade-end accolades for We Are Not Your Kind
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Consequence Top 25 Metal Albums of the 2010s 15 [91]
Kerrang! The 75 Best Albums of the 2010s 8 [92]
Louder Sound The 50 Best Metal Albums of the 2010s 3 [93]
Loudwire The 66 Best Metal Albums of the Decade 25 [94]
NME Best Albums of the Decade: The 2010s 48 [95]
Revolver 25 Best Albums of the 2010s 16 [96]

Commercial performance edit

We Are Not Your Kind opened at the top ten on more than 20 album charts, debuting atop about 10 (including Australian, Belgian, Canadian, Finnish, Irish, Portuguese, Spanish, British and American charts). The album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with 118,000 album-equivalent units including 102,000 pure album sales, becoming Slipknot's third consecutive album to reach the country's summit after All Hope Is Gone and .5: The Gray Chapter.[97] Ten previously uncharted album tracks also registered on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart – "Nero Forte" at number 11, "Birth of the Cruel" at number 14, "Critical Darling" at number 19, "Orphan" at number 28, "Red Flag" at number 30, "Spiders" at number 34, "A Liar's Funeral" at number 38, "Insert Coin" at number 39, "Death Because of Death" at number 40 and "Not Long for This World" at number 43.[59] The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, preventing Ed Sheeran's No.6 Collaborations Project from getting a fifth consecutive week at the top spot by selling 31,800 units in its first week, including 25,500 physical copies. This would give the band its first UK number one since 2001's Iowa.[98]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Corey Taylor, Jim Root, and Shawn Crahan, except where noted[99][100]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Insert Coin" 1:38
2."Unsainted"
4:20
3."Birth of the Cruel" 4:35
4."Death Because of Death" 1:20
5."Nero Forte"
5:15
6."Critical Darling"
  • Taylor
  • Root
  • Thomson
  • Crahan
6:25
7."A Liar's Funeral" 5:27
8."Red Flag" 4:11
9."What's Next" 0:53
10."Spiders"
  • Taylor
  • Root
  • Thomson
  • Crahan
4:03
11."Orphan" 6:01
12."My Pain" 6:48
13."Not Long for This World" 6:35
14."Solway Firth" 5:56
Total length:63:29
Japanese edition bonus track[101]
No.TitleLength
15."All Out Life"5:40
Total length:69:09

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.[102]

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications for We Are Not Your Kind
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[145] Gold 7,500‡
Canada (Music Canada)[146] Gold 40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[147] Silver 60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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your, kind, sixth, studio, album, american, heavy, metal, band, slipknot, recorded, eastwest, studios, hollywood, california, with, producer, greg, fidelman, previously, produced, band, 2014, album, gray, chapter, released, august, 2019, roadrunner, records, t. We Are Not Your Kind is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot Recorded at EastWest Studios in Hollywood California with co producer Greg Fidelman who previously produced the band s 2014 album 5 The Gray Chapter it was released on August 9 2019 by Roadrunner Records The title is taken from a lyric in the song All Out Life which was released as a standalone single in 2018 and features as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album We Are Not Your Kind is the only Slipknot album to be recorded as an eight member band as their former percussionist Chris Fehn was fired from the band in March 2019 after suing the group for alleged unpaid royalties We Are Not Your KindStudio album by SlipknotReleasedAugust 9 2019 2019 08 09 RecordedNovember 2018 April 2019StudioEastWest Hollywood CaliforniaGenreNu metal alternative metal groove metal hard rockLength63 29LabelRoadrunnerProducerGreg Fidelman SlipknotSlipknot chronologyDay of the Gusano Live in Mexico 2017 We Are Not Your Kind 2019 The End So Far 2022 Slipknot studio album chronology 5 The Gray Chapter 2014 We Are Not Your Kind 2019 The End So Far 2022 Singles from We Are Not Your Kind Unsainted Released May 16 2019 Solway Firth Released July 22 2019 Birth of the Cruel Released August 5 2019 Nero Forte Released December 16 2019After the conclusion of the touring cycle for 5 The Gray Chapter Slipknot guitarist Jim Root and percussionist Shawn Clown Crahan began writing and demoing material for the band s follow up album in early 2017 According to Crahan the group wrote and recorded a total of 22 songs and 26 interludes with the plan initially being to produce the band s first double album Recording began in November 2018 shortly after the release of the standalone single All Out Life The album was completed by April 2019 and Unsainted was released as the lead single the next month This was followed by Solway Firth in July Birth of the Cruel in August and Nero Forte in December We Are Not Your Kind received critical acclaim numerous commentators hailed the album as one of the best releases of Slipknot s career praising the level of experimentation displayed on several key songs Others highlighted it as a modern landmark release in the heavy metal genre Unsainted reached number 10 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart while Solway Firth also reached the UK Rock amp Metal Singles Chart top ten We Are Not Your Kind debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 becoming the band s third consecutive album to do so on both charts as well as several other charts around the world Contents 1 Background and writing 2 Recording and production 3 Composition and lyrics 4 Promotion and release 5 Critical reception 5 1 Accolades 5 1 1 Year end rankings 5 1 2 Decade end rankings 6 Commercial performance 7 Track listing 8 Personnel 9 Charts 9 1 Weekly charts 9 2 Year end charts 10 Certifications 11 References 12 External linksBackground and writing editWork on Slipknot s sixth studio album began in February 2017 when the band s guitarist Jim Root and percussionist Shawn Clown Crahan started writing new material together Speaking to Rolling Stone in November 2016 Crahan simply stated that we want to write but that a recording timeline would remain unconfirmed for the time being 1 He later elaborated on this plan by claiming that the group s members wanted to take their time working on new songs rather than producing it within a set timeframe as they had done before 2 Plans for the direction of the album had been touted by the percussionist as early as the summer of 2015 when he claimed that he wanted to write an art record in the vein of The Wall by Pink Floyd or Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles likely in the form of a double album with an overall concept and numerous interludes 3 Several song ideas also came from rough demos tracked during the previous tour with Crahan estimating that the band had hundreds of ideas 4 By August 2017 Crahan estimated that the writing process had spawned about 27 pieces of work so far In an interview with the NME he added that A lot of us are meeting up in September to start working on those 27 pieces of music and we re going to add to that reasserting his desire to make a double album 5 Following up with Metal Hammer in October Crahan revealed that he had been working with Root and drummer Jay Weinberg on organizing the material written during the previous touring cycle which combined with new material resulted in seven or eight full song ideas 6 Much of the initial writing process took place without the band s frontman Corey Taylor who spent 2017 recording and touring in promotion of Hydrograd the sixth album by his other band Stone Sour 7 The vocalist began writing lyrics for three new songs in early 2018 which he claimed would be based on events in his life over the last few years 8 By April Taylor claimed that he had completed lyrics for almost all of the band s new music 9 Recording and production edit nbsp nbsp Writing for We Are Not Your Kind was initially spearheaded by Shawn Clown Crahan top and Jim Root bottom After almost two years of writing Shawn Crahan revealed that recording for Slipknot s sixth album would begin in November 2018 10 The full band later joined the percussionist in January 2019 11 Production was handled again by Greg Fidelman who engineered and mixed 2004 s Vol 3 The Subliminal Verses and produced 2014 s 5 The Gray Chapter and the 2018 single All Out Life Speaking about working with the producer vocalist Corey Taylor credited Fidelman with his contributions to their previous releases and noted that He gets us he challenges us we have a great relationship with him 12 It was initially suggested in the media that Ross Robinson who worked with the band on 1999 s Slipknot and 2001 s Iowa would be producing the album however this rumor was quickly dismissed by guitarist Jim Root 13 The recording of We Are Not Your Kind was completed by April 2019 when turntablist Sid Wilson revealed that he was laying the last of his parts on the album 14 Speaking to British retailer HMV about the album s recording process Root recalled that the band spent a lot of time working on initial arrangements for the new material explaining that We spent all the time on the demos We built them and let them evolve 15 This allowed the band to step back from recordings and revisit them later leading to what the guitarist described as an organic outcome 16 However he added that the final tracking process was a big challenge lamenting that I wish we d had that time to actually record the album 15 Root also distinguished the approach on We Are Not Your Kind from its predecessor 5 The Gray Chapter he recalled that for the 2014 release The songs came straight from my garage and they don t have the push and pull of a live band contrasting the recording of its follow up by explaining that we were playing the songs as a band and tracked them with and without a click track The ones without click are the ones that we used on the record 17 Due to the amount of time spent writing and recording demos for the album there are many tracks from the We Are Not Your Kind sessions which remain unreleased According to Crahan the band recorded a total of 22 songs and 26 interludes for the album with many shelved in favor of stronger tracks 18 Before the album s release the percussionist revealed to Kerrang magazine that There s another 15 songs that didn t make the cut estimating that there s at least seven or eight songs that are recorded with vocals that did not make this album 19 Speaking on music streaming service Spotify s Metal Talks podcast Crahan explained that when choosing what songs to include on an album he tries to picture himself as a fan in the world that we live in today 20 He went on to say that this line of thinking is what ultimately led to the exclusion of All Out Life from the album claiming that he believed fans would prefer to hear a new song in place of one that was already available to stream 20 Composition and lyrics editMusically We Are Not Your Kind has been described as nu metal 21 22 23 alternative metal 24 groove metal 22 extreme metal 25 and hard rock 26 We Are Not Your Kind has been recognized by commentators and band members as one of the most experimental albums of Slipknot s career The album features moody instrumentals and has elements of electronic progressive rock electronic rock rap metal and electro industrial 21 23 27 During a pre release interview with Daniel P Carter on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show Corey Taylor claimed that it is probably the furthest we ve pushed the boundaries of creativity and experimentation adding that We not only went places that we ve hinted at musically over the years but never really went full board but we re also doing heavier things than we ve ever done 28 Emily Carter of Kerrang described it as the Knot s most experimental album to date 29 NME writer Jordan Bassett called it Slipknot at their artiest 25 and Roisin O Connor of The Independent claimed that The sheer ambition of We Are Not Your Kind is just as staggering as their seminal record Iowa 30 Several critics highlighted Spiders as one of the most avant garde songs on the album on which creepy piano tinklings and scattershot drum beats are favored over the more commonly used low end guitar riffs 31 32 33 Another quality of We Are Not Your Kind touted in the build up to its release was the heaviness of the music As early as June 2018 Taylor claimed that their sixth album would be Iowa levels of heavy 34 He later reiterated the suggestion claiming that the album contains one of the heaviest songs of their career 35 Sam Taylor of the Financial Times admitted that the band weren t bluffing when making such claims suggesting that the album often verges on the attritional 36 Similarly Gigwise writer Anna Smith suggested that We Are Not Your Kind featured some of the heaviest material since the band s eponymous debut 37 Reviewing the album for the website Blabbermouth net Jay H Gorania praised the band s attempts at being heavy on We Are Not Your Kind describing their first two albums Gorania opined that Slipknot seemed as though they were trying to be the heaviest band on the market and trying too hard before concluding that When they are in overdrive nowadays however it feels more authentic and expressive 38 According to Taylor We Are Not Your Kind features some of his most personal lyrics to date During the writing process the band s frontman explained that It s been a heavy couple of years for me personally I ve been able to kind of grab hold of some of the depression that I ve been fighting and kind of formulate the way that I want to describe it 39 Early on in the process he claimed that It s probably the most autobiographical I ve been in years describing the lyrical content as dark really dark 8 One of the main influences on Taylor s lyrics was his separation from then wife Stephanie Luby in 2016 in an interview with Loudwire he explained that The narrative of the album really came from me working my way through the repercussions of a really toxic relationship And the fallout that came with finally extricating myself from that relationship 40 Another major influence on the album s lyrical content is that of global divisiveness 41 which Taylor claims is fueled by US President Donald Trump through bigotry and racism 42 Promotion and release edit nbsp Percussionist Chris Fehn was fired from Slipknot in March 2019 after suing the band claiming unpaid royalties The first new song released during the recording process for We Are Not Your Kind was the single All Out Life on October 31 2018 43 It was produced by Greg Fidelman who later also worked on the album 12 The song s music video directed by Shawn Clown Crahan 44 broke the band s record for most views in a single day on YouTube with more than 3 4 million 45 The track was initially slated to appear on We Are Not Your Kind the title of which is lifted from one of the song s main lyrics however when the track listing was revealed it was not included vocalist Corey Taylor later explained that it was kind of its own thing that really just let people know that we weren t gone 46 In February 2019 the band launched a teaser website at the URL wearenotyourkind com 47 with the album s release date confirmed a few days later 48 Two months later the band revealed the track listing for the album and officially confirmed that it would be called We Are Not Your Kind 49 Less than two weeks after the announcement of the album s release date it was revealed that percussionist Chris Fehn was suing the rest of the band with Taylor and Crahan named as separate defendants claiming that royalties from merchandising and touring had been withheld from him 50 A few days later he was dismissed from the band with the official news release stating that Chris knows why he is no longer a part of Slipknot We are disappointed that he chose to point fingers and manufacture claims rather than doing what was necessary to continue to be a part of Slipknot 51 Fehn s position was taken by an as yet unknown replacement dubbed by fans as Tortilla Man due to the design of his mask 52 Jim Root later claimed that Fehn s departure had little impact on the production of the album 15 On May 16 2019 the day of the album s official announcement Slipknot released Unsainted as the first single from We Are Not Your Kind alongside a music video which revealed each member s new mask 53 The video broke the record set by All Out Life as the band s most popular in its first 24 hours on YouTube receiving over 4 7 million views 54 The single peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart the band s highest position since The Devil in I in 2014 55 and at number 68 on the UK Singles Chart the band s highest position since Psychosocial in 2008 56 Both Unsainted and All Out Life received their live premieres the following day when the band performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live in their first live appearance since November 2016 57 Solway Firth was released as the album s second single on July 22 58 reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart 59 On August 5 Birth of the Cruel was released as the third single and Nero Forte was the fourth single released on December 16 60 Following their brief performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live Slipknot performed at a number of European festivals during the summer of 2019 61 The run included the band s fourth headline slot at the UK s Download Festival in June 62 footage from which was later included in the Solway Firth music video 63 This was followed by the first Knotfest Roadshow tour in North America from July to September 64 Slipknot was due to open for Metallica later in the year for a run of shows in Australia and New Zealand on its WorldWired Tour however the shows were later canceled due to Metallica frontman James Hetfield entering rehab 65 A tour of the UK and Europe will follow in 2020 66 We Are Not Your Kind was released worldwide on August 9 2019 by Roadrunner Records 67 All Out Life was featured as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the release 68 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 7 8 10 69 Metacritic89 100 70 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 23 Consequence of SoundA 71 Exclaim 8 10 72 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 33 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 30 Kerrang nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 73 Metal Hammer nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 74 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 25 Pitchfork6 7 10 75 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 76 We Are Not Your Kind was met with critical acclaim At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 89 based on 14 reviews 70 Forbes writer Quentin Singer claimed that the album was a metal magnum opus 77 In a five star review for the NME Jordan Bassett described We Are Not Your Kind as an astonishing record a roaring horrifying delve into the guts of the band s revulsion a primal scream of endlessly inventive extreme metal and searing misanthropy 25 Kerrang writer Emily Carter also gave the album a perfect rating writing that 20 years since their debut Slipknot are as bold fearless and exhilarating as ever 73 Roisin O Connor of The Independent gushed that The sheer ambition of We Are Not Your Kind is just as staggering as their seminal record Iowa and the dynamic might be even better 30 Similarly Consequence of Sound writer Michael Pementel hailed the album as a strong evolution of the band s style dubbing it one of the strongest albums in their career 71 Joe Smith Engelhardt of Exclaim described it as a return to form following their last two albums which he called a tad formulaic 72 Blabbermouth net s Jay H Gorania called it a shining gem in Slipknot s crown 38 Multiple critics hailed lead single Unsainted as one of the album s highlights Bassett called the song one of the greatest things Slipknot have ever done 25 while Kory Grow of Rolling Stone described it as one of the catchiest and grittiest songs of the band s career 76 Anna Smith of Gigwise called the song a welcome amalgamation of old and new 37 Other commentators focused on the level of experimentation present on the album Adam Rees of Metal Hammer highlighted A Liar s Funeral and Not Long for This World as having the biggest impact on the album 74 while Loudwire contributor Jon Wiederhorn wrote that With We Are Not Your Kind Slipknot have done more than play to their strengths they ve broadly expanded their parameters taking the band in musical directions that they ve previously only hinted at 78 The band s frontman Corey Taylor also received widespread praise for his lyrics and vocals described by Carter as outstanding 73 and by Pementel as remarkable 71 Very few reviews of We Are Not Your Kind featured major criticisms for the album Pementel admitted that To be frank given all the stylization the production and creativity taking place it s tough to find something wrong with the album claiming that fans who pine for the band s early sound may not latch onto We Are Not Your Kind immediately but even those listeners will likely come around to this exceptional LP 71 Pitchfork contributor Andy O Connor admitted that while the album has more to offer than expected it is still sometimes frustratingly short sighted claiming that Slipknot know what works for them and they exploit it to a fault 75 While hailing the release as easily the best album Slipknot has produced in 15 years Sputnikmusic complained of the album s length and its homogenised stomping rhythm 79 Accolades edit Year end rankings edit Year end accolades for We Are Not Your Kind Publication Accolade Rank Ref Consequence Top 30 Metal Hard Rock Albums of 2019 3 80 Exclaim 10 Best Metal and Hardcore Albums of 2019 7 81 The Independent The 50 Best Albums of 2019 14 82 Kerrang The 50 Best Albums of 2019 1 83 Loudwire The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019 84 Heavy Metal Awards Best Albums of 2019 1 85 NME The 50 Best Albums of 2019 13 86 Revolver 25 Best Albums of 2019 2 87 Rolling Stone 10 Best Metal Albums of 2019 1 88 Sputnikmusic Top 50 Albums of 2019 41 89 Ultimate Guitar 20 Best Albums of 2019 6 90 Decade end rankings edit Decade end accolades for We Are Not Your Kind Publication Accolade Rank Ref Consequence Top 25 Metal Albums of the 2010s 15 91 Kerrang The 75 Best Albums of the 2010s 8 92 Louder Sound The 50 Best Metal Albums of the 2010s 3 93 Loudwire The 66 Best Metal Albums of the Decade 25 94 NME Best Albums of the Decade The 2010s 48 95 Revolver 25 Best Albums of the 2010s 16 96 Commercial performance editWe Are Not Your Kind opened at the top ten on more than 20 album charts debuting atop about 10 including Australian Belgian Canadian Finnish Irish Portuguese Spanish British and American charts The album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with 118 000 album equivalent units including 102 000 pure album sales becoming Slipknot s third consecutive album to reach the country s summit after All Hope Is Gone and 5 The Gray Chapter 97 Ten previously uncharted album tracks also registered on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart Nero Forte at number 11 Birth of the Cruel at number 14 Critical Darling at number 19 Orphan at number 28 Red Flag at number 30 Spiders at number 34 A Liar s Funeral at number 38 Insert Coin at number 39 Death Because of Death at number 40 and Not Long for This World at number 43 59 The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart preventing Ed Sheeran s No 6 Collaborations Project from getting a fifth consecutive week at the top spot by selling 31 800 units in its first week including 25 500 physical copies This would give the band its first UK number one since 2001 s Iowa 98 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Corey Taylor Jim Root and Shawn Crahan except where noted 99 100 No TitleWriter s Length1 Insert Coin 1 382 Unsainted TaylorRootCrahanAlessandro Venturella4 203 Birth of the Cruel 4 354 Death Because of Death 1 205 Nero Forte TaylorRootMick ThomsonCrahanVenturella5 156 Critical Darling TaylorRootThomsonCrahan6 257 A Liar s Funeral 5 278 Red Flag 4 119 What s Next 0 5310 Spiders TaylorRootThomsonCrahan4 0311 Orphan 6 0112 My Pain 6 4813 Not Long for This World 6 3514 Solway Firth 5 56Total length 63 29 Japanese edition bonus track 101 No TitleLength15 All Out Life 5 40Total length 69 09Personnel editCredits adapted from album s liner notes 102 Slipknot 8 Corey Taylor lead and backing vocals 7 Mick Thomson guitars 4 Jim Root guitars 6 Shawn Clown Crahan custom percussion backing vocals art direction photography 0 Sid Wilson turntables keyboards 5 Craig 133 Jones samples media keyboards Alessandro Venturella bass piano synthesizer 103 Jay Weinberg drumsAdditional musicians Angel City Chorale choral vocals on Unsainted 3 Chris Fehn percussion and backing vocals on All Out Life Kat Primeau additional vocals on Death Because of Death Additional personnel Slipknot production Greg Fidelman production engineering Greg Gordon engineering Sara Killion engineering Paul Fig engineering Bo Bodnar engineering assistance Chaz Sexton engineering assistance Joe Barresi mixing Jun Murakawa mixing assistance Dan Monti editing Bob Ludwig mastering Michael Boland design Alexandria Crahan Conway band photographyCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for We Are Not Your Kind Chart 2019 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 104 1Austrian Albums O3 Austria 105 3Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 106 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 107 1Canadian Albums Billboard 108 1Czech Albums CNS IFPI 109 4Danish Albums Hitlisten 110 7Dutch Albums Album Top 100 111 2Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 112 1French Albums SNEP 113 2German Albums Offizielle Top 100 114 2Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 115 2Irish Albums IRMA 116 1Italian Albums FIMI 117 3Japan Hot Albums Billboard Japan 118 8Japanese Albums Oricon 119 9Latvian Albums LAIPA 120 6Lithuanian Albums AGATA 121 9Mexican Albums AMPROFON 122 1New Zealand Albums RMNZ 123 2Norwegian Albums VG lista 124 3Norwegian Vinyl Albums VG lista 125 1Polish Albums ZPAV 126 3Portuguese Albums AFP 127 1Scottish Albums OCC 128 1Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 129 1Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 130 4Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 131 2UK Albums OCC 132 1UK Rock amp Metal Albums OCC 133 1US Billboard 200 97 1US Top Rock Albums Billboard 134 1 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for We Are Not Your Kind Chart 2019 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 135 49Austrian Albums O3 Austria 136 55Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 137 73Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 138 146French Albums SNEP 139 187German Albums Offizielle Top 100 140 43Mexican Albums AMPROFON 122 94Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 141 66US Top Album Sales Billboard 142 32US Top Rock Albums Billboard 143 37US Top Hard Rock Albums Billboard 144 14Certifications editCertifications for We Are Not Your Kind Region Certification Certified units salesAustria IFPI Austria 145 Gold 7 500 Canada Music Canada 146 Gold 40 000 United Kingdom BPI 147 Silver 60 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit Grow Kory November 22 2016 Slipknot s Shawn Clown Crahan on Bloody Directorial Debut Rolling Stone Retrieved August 14 2019 Teitelman Bram November 23 2016 Shawn Clown Crahan talks Officer Downe next Slipknot album Metal Insider Retrieved August 14 2019 Clown Wants Slipknot To Make Double Concept Album We ve Gotta Write Our The Wall Or Sgt Pepper s Blabbermouth net June 27 2015 Retrieved August 14 2019 Slipknot Has Hundreds Of Ideas For Next Album Says Shawn Clown Crahan Blabbermouth net March 6 2017 Retrieved August 14 2019 Trendell Andrew August 4 2017 What s next for Slipknot NME Retrieved August 14 2019 Slipknot s Clown We have eight new songs Metal Hammer October 31 2017 Retrieved August 14 2019 Corey Taylor hasn t even heard any of Slipknot s new music Alternative Press November 13 2017 Retrieved August 14 2019 a b Corey Taylor Says New Slipknot Music Is Awesome Promises Most Autobiographical Lyrics In Years Blabbermouth net February 14 2018 Retrieved August 14 2019 Graff Gary April 5 2018 Stone Sour Unveils St Marie Video Indulging In Country Side of Band Premiere Billboard Retrieved August 14 2019 de Gallier Thea December 18 2017 Slipknot s Clown on Knotfest the end of the band and his relationship with Joey Jordison NME Retrieved August 14 2019 Confirmed Slipknot to Record New Album in January Loudwire November 29 2018 Retrieved August 14 2019 a b Slipknot s Corey Taylor Praises Producer Greg Fidelman Bashes Rick Rubin Ahead Of New Album Recording Sessions Blabbermouth net January 9 2019 Retrieved August 14 2019 Casteel Beth October 1 2018 Slipknot guitarist says Iowa producer not involved with new album Alternative Press 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Slipknot Get Even Creepier Than Usual on We Are Not Your Kind Rolling Stone Retrieved August 9 2019 a b Cordova Daniel August 9 2019 The Weekly Injection New Releases From Slipknot The Contortionist and More Out Today 8 9 Metal Injection Retrieved August 9 2019 a b c Monger James Christopher We Are Not Your Kind Slipknot Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic Retrieved August 14 2019 Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind Reviews Ultimate Guitar Retrieved July 13 2023 a b c d e Bassett Jordan August 8 2019 Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind review NME Retrieved August 14 2019 Caulfield Keith August 18 2019 Slipknot Ties Up Third No 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With We Are Not Your Kind Billboard Retrieved September 14 2019 Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind Sputnikmusic August 9 2019 Retrieved August 9 2019 Corey Taylor On We Are Not Your Kind This Is Probably The Furthest We ve Pushed The Boundaries Of Creativity Kerrang June 24 2019 Retrieved August 14 2019 Carter Emily August 9 2019 Slipknot Jim Root s 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Pattillo Alice May 16 2019 Watch Slipknot finally reveal new masks in video for Unsainted single Metal Hammer Retrieved August 14 2019 Trapp Philip May 23 2019 Slipknot Break Personal Record With Unsainted Loudwire Retrieved August 14 2019 Slipknot Chart History Mainstream Rock Songs Billboard Retrieved August 14 2019 Slipknot Full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved August 14 2019 Kreps Daniel May 18 2019 See Slipknot s Live Debut of Unsainted All Out Life on Kimmel Rolling Stone Retrieved August 14 2019 Rees Adam July 22 2019 The first reaction to Slipknot s new single Solway Firth Metal Hammer Retrieved August 14 2019 a b Slipknot Chart History Hot Rock Songs Billboard Retrieved August 14 2019 Serota Maggie August 5 2019 Slipknot Birth of the Cruel Spin Retrieved August 25 2019 Slipknot Announces Summer 2019 European Tour Blabbermouth net October 23 2018 Retrieved August 14 2019 Ruskell Nick October 23 2018 Reviewed Every Slipknot Download Headline Performance 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